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peter prichard. it was more of a so-called moral victory for, the viet cong, than it was a military, wasn't it? correct. for months, the had been telling the american people and all us soldiers there was light at the end of the tunnel that we defeating the enemy across, the country, and that there was hope that the war would ensue. and of course, when this offense had occurred, that completely upended that assumption. i remember listening to the radio the morning of the tet offensive. and general westmoreland came on the radio and said the is secure and we've the enemy. well, it didn't seem very secure when the terrorists got inside the embassy and people had to throw a gun to somebody up there trapped to get him to be able to escape. so it really proved to the people that the war wasn't over. and apparently wasn't going to end any time soon. does the tet offensive play a role in killing grace. i in this particular book that the story just before the tet offensive. but i'm doodling around on a sequel
peter prichard. it was more of a so-called moral victory for, the viet cong, than it was a military, wasn't it? correct. for months, the had been telling the american people and all us soldiers there was light at the end of the tunnel that we defeating the enemy across, the country, and that there was hope that the war would ensue. and of course, when this offense had occurred, that completely upended that assumption. i remember listening to the radio the morning of the tet offensive. and...
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peter prichard. it was more of a so-called moral victory for, the viet cong, than it was a military, wasn't it? correct. for months, the had been telling the american people and all us soldiers there was light at the end of the tunnel that we defeating the enemy across, the country, and that there was hope that the war would ensue. and of course, when this offense had occurred, that completely upended that assumption. i remember listening to the radio the morning of the tet offensive. and general westmoreland came on the radio and said the is secure and we've the enemy. well, it didn't seem very secure when the terrorists got inside the embassy and people had to throw a gun to somebody up there trapped to get him to be able to escape. so it really proved to the people that the war wasn't over. and apparently wasn't going to end any time soon. does the tet offensive play a role in killing grace. i in this particular book that the story just before the tet offensive. but i'm doodling around on a sequel
peter prichard. it was more of a so-called moral victory for, the viet cong, than it was a military, wasn't it? correct. for months, the had been telling the american people and all us soldiers there was light at the end of the tunnel that we defeating the enemy across, the country, and that there was hope that the war would ensue. and of course, when this offense had occurred, that completely upended that assumption. i remember listening to the radio the morning of the tet offensive. and...
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eastern, former usa today editor-in-chief and vietnam war veteran, peter prichard, recalls his experiencesnam, his career in journalism, and he shares his recent novel, "killing grays: a vietnam war mystery." then at 10:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, ruth simmons shares her journey from academia serving as president of smith college, brown university, and pray view area men university. in her book "up home," she is interviewed by freeman grabowski. watch tv every sunday on c- span2, and find a full program on the schedule guide or watch online anytime at book tv.org. >>weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday, american history tv documents america's story. and on sundays,gives you the latest in nonfiction offers. funding from c-span2 comes from these companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? no. this is way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with community centers so that students from low-income families can get the tools that they need. comcast -- along with these television companies -- supports c-span2 as a public se
eastern, former usa today editor-in-chief and vietnam war veteran, peter prichard, recalls his experiencesnam, his career in journalism, and he shares his recent novel, "killing grays: a vietnam war mystery." then at 10:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, ruth simmons shares her journey from academia serving as president of smith college, brown university, and pray view area men university. in her book "up home," she is interviewed by freeman grabowski. watch tv every sunday on...
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eastern, former usa today editor-in-chief and vietnam war veteran peter prichard recounts her experices in vietnam, a career in journalism and shares about his book. then at 10:00 p.m. eastern afterwards, ruth simmons shares her journey from poverty to academia, serving as president of smith colleg brown university and perry view and m university. in her book, she is interviewed by author freeman grabowski. watch on c-span two, find the full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at booktv.org. today. we're going to talk about a very piece of california history which is not ignore ward, but certainly overlook it most of the time and so we have jean pfaelzer here
eastern, former usa today editor-in-chief and vietnam war veteran peter prichard recounts her experices in vietnam, a career in journalism and shares about his book. then at 10:00 p.m. eastern afterwards, ruth simmons shares her journey from poverty to academia, serving as president of smith colleg brown university and perry view and m university. in her book, she is interviewed by author freeman grabowski. watch on c-span two, find the full schedule on your program guide or watch online...
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peter prichard is the author of this book, killing grace a vietnam war mystery. and he has been our guest on c-span. mr. we appreciate your time, peter. it's a privilege to be on c-span, and i love the civil discussion that your channel generates day and distribute around the country. thankdr. aron came the united ss in the late 1970s as a refugee from russia. he also did his undergraduate at moscow state university, but slumming it at columbia for his graduate work, which is in political sociology, which i feel like that's plum line running through your work because, even when you are writing biography, be like your outstanding book. yeltsin it really is more about the culture, sociology of russia that's producing these of leaders. so with that, tell us about particular political sociology. well, thank you very much for being here, finding the time to be here and also for all your support while i was i was writing this book. it is not only my pleasure, it's my actual job. well, it's it's i think each of chapters of this book could be could be a separate book. bu
peter prichard is the author of this book, killing grace a vietnam war mystery. and he has been our guest on c-span. mr. we appreciate your time, peter. it's a privilege to be on c-span, and i love the civil discussion that your channel generates day and distribute around the country. thankdr. aron came the united ss in the late 1970s as a refugee from russia. he also did his undergraduate at moscow state university, but slumming it at columbia for his graduate work, which is in political...
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eastern former usa today editor-in-chief and etm war veteran peter prichard recnts his experiences innam, his career in journalism, and shares his recent novel "killing ac" then at 10:00 p.meastern on afterwards, ruth simmons share her journey from poverty to academia, serving as president of smith college, brown university, and prairie view a&m university. she is interviewed by free men were about ski. watch book tv on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your ogram guide, or watch online anytime at booktv.org. ♪ >> weeknights at 9:00 eastern c-span's encore presentation of our 10-part series "books that shaped america." c-span partnered with the library of congress. monday night we will feature mark twain's novel "the adventures of huckleberry finn." our guest is andrew leavy. watch c-span's encore presentation of "books that shaped america," on c-span, or go to c-span.org/booksthatshaped america. >> traveling over the holidays? make c-span podcast be part of your playlist. listen to podcast that future nonfiction books in one place. c-span's shelf features critically acclaimed autho
eastern former usa today editor-in-chief and etm war veteran peter prichard recnts his experiences innam, his career in journalism, and shares his recent novel "killing ac" then at 10:00 p.meastern on afterwards, ruth simmons share her journey from poverty to academia, serving as president of smith college, brown university, and prairie view a&m university. she is interviewed by free men were about ski. watch book tv on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your ogram guide, or...