Books
The Meaning of The American Revolution Today: Divisiveness Then & Now
Saturday, July 3, 2010 through Monday, July 5, 2010
Thomas Fleming will be participating in an interactive moderated discussion on www.ourvoiceourcountry.org.
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The Smith-Mundt Modernization Act goes into effect this month, lifting prior domestic broadcast bans on U.S. propaganda. Bob talks to historian Thomas Fleming, author of The Illusion of Victory: America in World War One, about how powerful domestic propaganda was in the past, and how unlikely it is to have much impact today.
Thomas Fleming will be participating in an interactive moderated discussion on www.ourvoiceourcountry.org.
Historian Thomas Fleming discusses the 50th anniversary edition of his book Now We Are Enemies: The Story of Bunker Hill . Hailed as a masterpiece when it was published, it still remains the most complete account of the clash that changed the course of America history—the battle of Bunker Hill.
Bootlegging was written into the U.S. constitution 90 years ago today. On January 16, 1920, the prohibitionists finally got what they had been fighting for decades: the federal government had banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol. The prohibition movement had be active since 1810 and its legacy is still visible today.