Publishing the Pentagon Papers; the novel The Son; Prosecuting Rape in Pakistan; the Last of the Doughboys

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 23, 2013

James Goodale, chief counsel for the New York Times when it published the Pentagon Papers, talks about the debate over whether publishing those documents was in the country's best interest. Philipp Meyer describes his new novel, The Son, set it Texas and spanning more than a century. We’ll find out about the challenges of prosecuting rape cases in Pakistan, the subject of the documentary “Outlawed in Pakistan.” And Richard Rubin discusses finding and interviewing find dozens of WWI veterans to capture their stories of the Great War before they died.

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