Yours in Truth

Jeff Himmelman recounts the forty-five year career of the Washington Post’s Ben Bradlee, vice president at large and former executive editor… read more

Jeff Himmelman recounts the forty-five year career of the Washington Post’s Ben Bradlee, vice president at large and former executive editor of the newspaper. Utilizing access to Mr. Bradlee’s personal papers and interviews with numerous colleagues, the author examined the former executive editor’s ascendancy from a press attaché in Paris following World War II to his twenty-three years (1968-1991) of leadership at the Post, where he oversaw the paper’s release of the Pentagon Papers and reportage on the Watergate scandal. Jeff Himmelman responded to questions from members of the audeince at Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.

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Program ID:
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Category:
Public Affairs Event
Format:
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Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
May 26, 2012 | 5:20pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:
Jul 06, 2012 | 4:05am EDT | C-SPAN 2

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  • May 26, 2012 | 5:20pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 10, 2012 | 11:15pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jun 23, 2012 | 11:01am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jul 05, 2012 | 10:10pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jul 06, 2012 | 1:09am EDT | C-SPAN 2
  • Jul 06, 2012 | 4:05am EDT | C-SPAN 2
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