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Important announcement at the Pritzker Military Library To serve our listeners better, we've begun using a new, updated podcast service, and we are discontinuing this podcast feed. Please re-subscribe at www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/podcasts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website June Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of June. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marcus Luttrell: Lone Survivor Ed Tracy interviews Navy Cross recipient and Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell about his experiences in Afghanistan and his book, Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. Originally aired 05/19/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alex Kershaw: Escape from the Deep Author Alex Kershaw discusses his latest book, Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew. Originally aired 05/15/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Todd DePastino: Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front John Callaway interviews Todd DePastino about his book Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front. Contains some explicit language. Originally aired 05/08/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sir Max Hastings: Retribution Sir Max Hastings returns to the Library to discuss World War II and his new book, Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45. Contains some explicit language. Originally aired 05/01/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of May. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edward Burke: End of Watch Ed Tracy interviews author Edward M. Burke about his book End of Watch: Chicago Police Killed in the Line of Duty 1853-2006. Originally aired 04/17/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 100 Episodes Honoring the Citizen Soldier [Audio] PML Executive Producer Ed Tracy hosts a special retrospective for the Library's 100th episode broadcast on WYCC-TV in Chicago. Originally aired 04/11/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 100 Episodes Honoring the Citizen Soldier [Bonus Video] In a bonus video podcast, Ed Tracy hosts a special retrospective for the Library's 100th episode broadcast on WYCC-TV in Chicago. Originally aired 04/11/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bruce Chadwick: 1858 Author Bruce Chadwick discusses his latest book, 1858: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and the War They Failed to See. Originally aired 04/09/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Howard Reich: Prisoner of Her Past Guest interviewer Rick Kogan and Chicago Tribune Arts Critic Howard Reich discuss: “Prisoner of Her Past”, a film documentary based on the book “The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich: A Son's Memoir.” Originally aired 03/31/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website James McPherson: Tried by War Pritzker Military Library Literature Award recipient James McPherson returns to present Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief, a lecture based on his forthcoming book. Originally aired 03/13/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marc Leepson: Desperate Engagement Historian and author Marc Leepson discusses his new book, Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History. Originally aired 03/08/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steven Mayeux: Earthen Walls, Iron Men Author Steven M. Mayeux discusses his first book, Earthen Walls, Iron Men: Fort DeRussy, Louisiana, and the Defense of Red River. Originally aired 03/08/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website James Megellas: Part II Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel James Megellas returns for a special interview covering the second part of his celebrated World War II memoir All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe. Originally aired 03/06/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of March. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stephen Coonts Ed Tracy interviews renowned author Stephen Coonts about his life and career in writing. Originally aired 02/13/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dr. Heidi Squier Kraft: Rule Number Two Author Dr. Heidi Squier Kraft discusses the Iraq war and her book, Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital. Originally aired 02/07/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of February. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forrest Bryant Johnson: Phantom Warrior Ed Tracy interviews Forrest Bryant Johnson about his book, Phantom Warrior: The Heroic True Story of Pvt. John McKinney's One-Man Stand Against the Japanese in World War II. Originally aired 01/17/08. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website James Campbell: Ghost Mountain Boys James Campbell discusses World War II, and his book, Ghost Mountain Boys: Their Epic March and the Terrifying Battle for New Guinea: The Forgotten War of the South Pacific. Originally aired 01/10/08. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rick Atkinson Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Rick Atkinson discusses the time he spent embedded with the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq and his book, In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat. Originally aired 03/17/04. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website December Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of December. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ralph Peters Wars of Blood and Faith: The Conflicts That Will Shape the Twenty-First Century. Originally aired 11/29/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jack Hamann Ed Tracy interviews journalist and author Jack Hamann about his book, On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II. Due to technical difficulties, the initial 7 minutes of the program contains compromised audio. Originally aired 01/19/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Julie M. Fenster Award-winning author Julie M. Fenster discusses her new book, The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultry, Murder, and the Making of a Great President. Originally aired 11/08/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joseph Persico Ed Tracy interviews renowned author Joseph Persico about his career in writing and his many popular books, including Roosevelt’s Secret War, The Imperial Rockefeller, Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, and My American Journey, the biography of Colin Powell, which he cowrote. Originally aired 11/01/07. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rick Atkinson Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Rick Atkinson returns to the Library to discuss the second volume in his Liberation Trilogy, The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944. Originally aired 10/18/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website James M. McPherson James M. McPherson, winner of the 2007 Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing, is interviewed by Ed Tracy about the Civil War and his distinguished career in military writing. Originally aired 10/05/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website October Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of October. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Ferling Historian and author John Ferling discusses the American Revolution and his new book Almost A Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence. Originally aired 09/27/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tim Weiner Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author Tim Weiner discusses U.S. intelligence operations and his new book Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. Originally aired 09/20/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website September Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of September. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Robert M. Citino Historian and author Robert Citino discusses his book Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational Warfare. Originally aired 05/05/05. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Philip Caputo Library Executive Producer Ed Tracy interviews Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Philip Caputo about his career in writing and his novel, Acts of Faith. Originally aired 06/10/05. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sir Max Hastings Chicago Public Radio's Steve Edwards interviews acclaimed historian Sir Max Hastings about World War II and his book, Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-1945. Originally aired 11/30/04. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bryan Mark Rigg Historian Bryan Mark Rigg, who won the 2003 Colby Award for his book Hitler's Jewish Soldiers, discusses his new book, Rescued from the Reich: How One of Hitler's Soldiers Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Originally aired 03/09/05. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Charles Jones Journalist and author Charles Jones discusses the careers of three Marine Corps generals and his new book, Boys of '67: From Vietnam to Iraq, the Extraordinary Story of a Few Good Men. Originally aired 07/12/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website July Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of July. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Andro Linklater Journalist and author of Measuring America, Andro Linklater discusses Boundary Commissioner Andrew Ellicott, and his new book, The Fabric of America: How Our Borders and Boundaries Shaped the Country and Forged Our National Identity. Originally aired 06/21/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paul Dickson Author and historian Paul Dickson joins Ed Tracy to discuss the veterans of World War I and the book he co-authored, The Bonus Army: An American Epic. Originally aired 02/11/05. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website June Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of June. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sandra O'Connell & Harry Butowsky Sandra O'Connell and Harry Butowsky discuss the wartime experiences of Ralph "Lee" Minker and the book, An American Family in World War II, based on the letters written to and from his family. Originally aired 05/31/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website James M. Olson Former Chief of CIA Counterintelligence, James Olson discusses the history of America's espionage operations and his new book, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying. Originally aired 05/24/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mark R. DePue Author Mark R. DePue joins us to discuss the 233rd Military Police (MP) Company from Springfield, Illinois, and his new book, Patrolling Baghdad: A Military Police Company and the War In Iraq. Originally aired 05/17/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ian W. Toll Author Ian W. Toll joins us for our 150th program to discuss his 2007 Colby Award winning book, Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy. Originally aired 05/10/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fred Chiaventone Fred Chiaventone joins us for a special Civil War Saturday event to discuss the importance of historical fiction and his book, A Road We Do Not Know: A Novel of Custer at the Little Bighorn. Originally aired 04/28/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website James S. Robbins James S. Robbins joins us for a special Civil War Saturday event to discuss his book, Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point. Originally aired 04/28/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of May. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steve Mumford - ENHANCED Artist Steve Mumford comes to the Pritzker Military Library fresh from a visit to Iraq to discuss his book Baghdad Journal in a special Tuesday evening presentation. This presentation contains a slideshow of art created in Iraq. This special enhanced podcast will allow you to view the images on a compatible iPod or in iTunes. Originally aired 04/24/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steve Mumford Artist Steve Mumford comes to the Pritzker Military Library fresh from a visit to Iraq to discuss his book Baghdad Journal in a special Tuesday evening presentation. This presentation includes a slideshow of art created in Iraq. If you would like to see the slides, a special enhanced podcast will also be available to view the images on a compatible iPod or in iTunes. Originally aired 04/24/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jerry Crimmins Journalist and author Jerry Crimmins discusses his latest book, Fort Dearborn: A Novel. Originally aired 04/26/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Allan R. Millett In anticipation of his forthcoming book, The Korean War: The Essential Bibliography, this week we are podcasting a lecture by Allan R. Millett from October 13, 2005, where he discussed his book The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning. Originally aired 10/13/05. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dr. Philip C. Bobbitt Constitutional theorist and author Dr. Philip C. Bobbitt discusses the transformation of the nature of war and his book, The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace and the Course of History. Originally aired 04/12/07. 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Palmer Retired Army Lieutenant General Dave Palmer discusses the American Revolution, and his new book, George Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots. Originally aired 03/15/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ed Ruggero Author Ed Ruggero returns to the library to discuss the American paratroopers who spearheaded the Normandy beachlandings during World War II, and his new book, The First Men In: U.S. Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Day. Originally aired 03/08/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of March. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gabor Boritt Gabor Boritt, the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, discusses his new book, The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knows. Originally aired 01/25/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bob Drury Author and reporter Bob Drury visits the library to discuss Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, the U.S. Third Fleet's encounter with a savage typhoon in the autumn of 1944, and his new book, Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue. Contains some explicit language. Originally aired 02/15/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carlo D'Este Esteemed historian and author of Patton: A Genius for War and Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life 1890-1945, Carlo D'Este returns to the Pritzker Military Library for a one-on-one interview with Executive Producer Ed Tracy to discuss his career and his upcoming book on Winston Churchill. Originally aired 02/08/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website February Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of February. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Wukovits John Wukovits, author of One Square Mile of Hell: The Battle for Tarawa, discusses General Dwight Eisenhower and his new book, Eisenhower: A Biography. Originally aired 01/23/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cole C. Kingseed Cole Kingseed, thirty-year Army veteran and author of Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956, discusses his new book, Old Glory Stories: American Combat Leadership in World War II. Originally aired 01/11/07. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bruce Berkowitz Bruce Berkowitz, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a senior analyst at RAND, discusses his book, The New Face of War: How War Will Be Fought in the 21st Century. Originally aired 09/29/05. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website January Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of January. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Williamson Murray Williamson Murray, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defense Analysis and author of A War to Be Won, discusses his book, The Iraq War: A Military History. Originally aired 03/16/05. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Max Boot Award-winning author of The Savage Wars of Peace, Max Boot discusses his new book, War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today. Originally aired 12/07/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website December Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of December. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jeff Shaara Author Jeff Shaara discusses the first book in his new World War 2 trilogy, The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II. Originally aired 11/30/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Patrick K. O'Donnell Author Patrick O'Donnell discusses the War in Iraq, the Battle of Fallujah and his new book, We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah. Originally aired 11/16/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alex Kershaw Author and historian Tom Wheeler discusses World War II and his new book, The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain. Originally aired 11/14/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tom Wheeler As part of a special Civil War Saturday, Tom Wheeler discusses the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, and his new book, Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: The Untold Story of how Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War. Originally aired 11/04/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edward G. Longacre As part of a special Civil War Saturday, Edward G. Longacre discusses the Civil War, its aftermath, and his new book, Worthy Opponents: William T. Sherman & Joseph E. Johnston: Antagonists in War - Friends in Peace. Originally aired 11/04/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Winston Groom Ed Tracy interviews acclaimed author of Forrest Gump, Winston Groom, about his career in writing as well as some of his recent books, including Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans and 1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls. Originally aired 11/02/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website November Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of November. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Donald L. Miller Historian and author, Donald L. Miller discusses World War II and his new book, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany. Originally aired 10/26/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chicago Historical Museum Unfortunately, due to flight delays we were forced to cancel the Hampton Sides program. Instead, Ed Tracy interviewed Gary T. Johnson and Phyllis Rabineau of the Chicago History Museum about the new renovations and 150th anniversary of the Chicago Historical Society. Originally aired 10/12/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thomas E. Ricks Thomas E. Ricks, Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post and author of Making the Corps, discusses the war in Iraq and his new book, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. Originally aired 10/05/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website October Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of October. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Andrew Carroll Ed Tracy interviews Andrew Carroll, best-selling author and editor of Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families. They are joined by two contributors to the book, Clint Douglas and Sharon Allen, who will speak about their entries and their personal experiences surrounding their time in the military overseas. Originally aired 9/28/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gary W. Moore Gary Moore discusses his father, Gene Moore, and his new book,Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams. Originally aired 9/15/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kathy Roth-Douquet & Frank Schaeffer Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer discuss the growing divide between who serves in the military and who doesn't in our society, how it is affecting our military and our country, and their new book, AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service -- and How It Hurts Our Country. Originally aired 9/14/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eileen Welsome Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Eileen Welsome discusses Gen. John Pershing, Pancho Villa, and her new book The General & the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa - A True Story of Revolution & Revenge. Originally aired 9/07/06. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edwin C. Bearss Acclaimed historian and author Edwin C. Bearss discusses the Civil War, historical battlefields, and his new book, Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War. Originally aired 06/23/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mark Bowden Mark Bowden, journalist and author of Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo, discusses the Iranian hostage crisis and his new book, Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam. Originally aired 06/07/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Colin Beavan Author Colin Beavan discusses World War II, D-Day, and his new book Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War. Originally aired 06/01/06. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Neil Hanson Neil Hanson, author of The Confident Hope of a Miracle, discusses World War I and his new novel Unknown Soldier: The Story of the Missing of the First World War. Originally aired 05/19/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alexander Rose Acclaimed historian and author Alexander Rose discusses George Washington, the Revolutionary War, and his new novel Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring. Originally aired 05/12/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scott Turow Acclaimed author Scott Turow discusses his new novel Ordinary Heroes. Originally aired 05/10/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Derek Leebaert Author Derek Leebaert, a professor of government at Georgetown and author of The Fifty-Year Wound, discusses his new book To Dare and To Conquer: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations from Achilles to Al Qaeda. Originally aired 05/04/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website May Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of May. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Douglas S. Russell Author Douglas S. Russell discusses Winston Churchill and the book Winston Churchill, Soldier: The Military Life of a Gentleman at War. Originally aired 04/27/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website More April Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of April. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Steve Huntley Journalist and author Steve Huntley discusses Truman K. Gibson Jr. and the book Knocking Down Barriers: My Fight for Black America. Originally aired 04/13/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Col. Thomas X. Hammes, USMC Col. Thomas X. Hammes, USMC, discusses his new book, The Sling and The Stone: On War in the 21st Century. Originally aired 04/13/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website April Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of April. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kristin Henderson Author Kristin Henderson discusses her new book, While They're at War: The True Story of American Families on the Homefront. Originally aired 03/30/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mine Detection Dog Partnership Program Perry F. Baltimore III, President of the Marshall Legacy Institute, and Kimberly McCasland, head of the CHildren Against Mines Program (CHAMPS) team, join Ed Tracy to discuss the Mine Detection Dog Partnership Program (MDDPP) and give a demonstration by retired mine detection dog, Rosa. Originally aired 02/22/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kevin J. Weddle Author Kevin J. Weddle discusses his new book, Lincoln's Tragic Admiral: The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont. Originally aired 03/11/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kerry Trask Author Kerry A. Trask discusses his new book, Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America. Originally aired 03/11/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website James L. Swanson Author James L. Swanson discusses the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and his new book, Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. Originally aired 03/11/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website W.E.B. Griffin Author W.E.B. Griffin discusses his career in writing and his new book, The Hostage. Originally aired 03/02/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website March Programs at the Pritzker Military Library Hear what programs will be offered at the Pritzker Military Library in the month of March. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jonna Doolittle Hoppes Author Jonna Doolittle Hoppes discusses her new book, Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle - Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero. Originally aired 02/16/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jonathan Parshall&Anthony Tully Authors Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully discuss their new book, Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. Originally aired 02/09/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Richard Carwardine Author Richard Carwardine discusses Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and his new book, Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power. Originally aired 02/02/06. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doris Kearns Goodwin Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and her new book, Team of Rivals-The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website