Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld discusses his book, "Known and Unknown: A Memoir."  It details his experiences in the Bush administration during the September 11th terrorist attacks and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Rumsfeld also talks about his formative years, military service, time in Congress and his work for the Nixon and Ford administrations.

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Bob Drury recounts the final twenty-four hours of the American withdrawal from Vietnam on April 29, 1975.  In his book, "Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam," the author profiles eleven Marine Corps Security Guards who oversaw the final evacuees and were the last to depart from the roof of the American embassy in Saigon.

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Carol Berkin discusses her book, "Civil War Wives: The Lives & Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, & Julia Dent Grant."  The three women were the wives of Abolitionist Leader Theodore Weld, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant.

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Dr. Jack Fisher discusses his book, "Stolen Glory: The McKinley Assassination."  The book chronicles the events surrounding the September 1901 assassination of President William McKinley and examines the medical evidence to determine whether McKinley could have been saved using today's medical technology.

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Former New York Times executive editor Max Frankel talks about his book, "High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis."  This October marks the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Harlow Unger discusses the life of Patrick Henry, best known for his declaration "give me liberty or give me death."  Mr. Unger argues that Patrick Henry is the most important founding father after George Washington, and that the significance of Henry's contributions to American independence ranks with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin.  This talk took place at Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial in Virginia.

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German historian Jorg Friedrich discusses his book, "The Fire: The Bombing of Germany 1940-1945."  It includes first-hand testimony on what it was like to be a German civilian during the World War II Allied bombings, and analysis on whether or not the bombings influenced the war's outcome.

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45 years ago, on October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African American Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.  He was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson.  This is his 1991 retirement press conference.

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Craig Shirley on his book, "Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America."  The book follows Reagan from his failed attempt for the Republican presidential nomination in 1976 through his successful 1980 campaign against the incumbent president, Jimmy Carter.

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Pauline Maier discusses her book, "Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788."  She details the history of the ratification process of the U.S. Constitution, recounting the year-long debates that took place throughout the country following the 1787 Constitutional Convention.

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