A 2016 Finalist for the Army Historical Society Distinguished Writing Award, Rabalais discusses his book on General Fox Conner and presents the portrait of the quintessential man behind the scenes in U.S. military history.
Robert Gerwarth discusses his book on the epic account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War I - conflicts that would shape the course of the twentieth century.
Bestselling author A.J. Baime tells the dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely, small-town Washington outsider had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
Historian and award-winning author Michael Robbins talks about the writing process for the book Lest We Forget: The Great War, with the book's Executive Editor and Creative Director Kenneth Clarke.
Patrick K. O'Donnell discusses his book "The Unknowns: The Untold Story of America's Unknown Soldier and WWI's Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home."
Former Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Pitts is the ninth living recipient of the United States' highest award for valor from the War in Afghanistan, receiving his medal on June 21, 2014 for extraordinary heroism in combat operations near Wanat Village, Kunar Province in July 2008. He discusses his military service with Paul Herbert.
Norty and Suzie Schwartz discuss their book "Journey: Memoirs of an Air Force Chief of Staff" about General Schwartz's term as the wartime US Air Force Chief of Staff under presidents Bush and Obama.
Before George Butterworth fought in The Great War, he wrote his Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad as an expression of his love for traditional English folk songs. Ives' powerful In Flanders Fields communicates the American composer's sentiments about war, while composer and British army member Ivor Gurney's Ludlow and Teme evokes the English town of his youth. Songs by some of America's greatest Tin Pan Alley songwriters close out this afternoon of musical storytelling.
