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Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama
A conversation with authors Marvin Kalb and Deborah Kalb will be moderated by Ted Koppel on Friday, June 24 at 6:00 p.m. The United States had never lost a war - that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in utter humiliation and abandon South Vietnam to a victorious communist army. The legacy of this first defeat has haunted every president since, especially on the decision of whether to commit troops to war. In “Haunting Legacy,” the father-daughter journalist team of Marvin and Deborah Kalb presents a compelling, accessible, and hugely important history of presidential…
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Senator Bob Graham "Keys to the Kingdom"
Senator Bob Graham will discuss his suspense novel "Keys to the Kingdom" at 6:30 p.m. in the Murrow Rooms. Reservations are required at [email protected]. This event is free for NPC members and $5 for all non-members. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing at the event. Proceeds benefit the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library. No outside books will be permitted.
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Rick Beyer "The Greatest Music Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from Music History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy"
Rick Beyer will discuss his new book, "The Greatest Music Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from Music History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy." Reservations are required and may be made at [email protected] or by calling 202-662-7523. This event is free for NPC members and there is a $5.00 charge for non-members. Learn how the FBI spent years trying to decode the lyrics of one rock song. Discover how Watergate provided the inspiration for "A Chorus Line." Find out how one megahit was born in a history class, while another was dashed off in a fit of anger at actor Robert De Niro. Meet the monk…
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Garrett Graff
Washingtonian Editor-in-Chief Garrett M. Graff will tell the story of his new book, "The Threat Matrix: The FBI at War in the Age of Global Terror" at a National Press Club Book Rap Monday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m. The 28-year-old Graff has spent more time traveling with FBI Director Robert Mueller than any other journalist and this unprecedented access is the basis of his book, which explores the story of a small group of FBI agents who believed that they could confront a new generation of international terrorists without sacrificing America’s moral high-ground. In his book, Graff writes that…
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Governor Deval Patrick
Governor Deval Patrick will discuss his memoir, "A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life." In January 2007, Deval Patrick became the first African American governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of only two African American governors elected in American history. That was just one triumphant step in a long, improbable journey that began in a poor tenement on the South Side of Chicago. From a chaotic childhood to an elite boarding school in New England, to a sojourn doing relief work in Africa to the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies and now to a career in politics…
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Harold Holzer: How the Civil War Changed Journalism
On the eve of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Fort Sumter, S.C., renowned Lincoln and Civil War scholar Harold Holzer will speak at the National Press Club on Monday, April 11th, at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Rooms. His talk will focus on his newest book, The New York Times Complete Civil War. Chairman of The Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation, Holzer is the author, co-author, or editor of 36 books; he is a popular lecturer and a frequent guest on television. In 2008, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal. Mr. Holzer’s talk will kick-off the National Press Club’s commemoration…
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Tim Johnson: Tragedy in Crimson
Tim Johnson will discuss his new book, “Tragedy in Crimson: How the Dalai Lama Conquered the World but Lost the Battle with China,” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, in the Bloomberg Room. In his book, the former Beijing bureau chief for Knight Ridder and McClatchy details the cat and mouse game involving China and Tibet. Johnson intertwines interviews with monks, nomads, exiled activists, and the Dalai Lama himself in this account of China's suppression of the Tibetan people and their traditional way of life. The event is free for Club members, $5 for nonmembers. The book will be available for $…
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Walter Cronkite IV & Maurice Isserman "Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home"
Walter Cronkite IV & Maurice Isserman "Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home"
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Steve Berry "The King's Deception"
Steve Berry "The King's Deception"
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Tom Young "The Warriors"
Advance screening of "The Central Park Five," a film by Ken Burns
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