JAMES PERLOFF, the author of Shadows of Power, the primer on the Council on Foreign Relations, joins S.T Patrick to discuss the history of the deep state in America. Subjects discussed by Perloff include whether or not Thomas Jefferson actually wrote the Declaration of Independence, the CFR, the "Wise Men," The 1979 Coup of the Shah of Iran, the New World Order, Vietnam, 9/11, … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 050 – Enduring Vietnam
JAMES WRIGHT, President Emeritus and Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History at Dartmouth College, joins S.T. Patrick to discuss the Vietnam War. Wright wrote Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War to highlight the struggles of the average American soldier who spent time in Vietnam. In the conversation, Wright addresses the origin of American involvement in Vietnam, … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 046 – JFK’s Last Hundred Days
Author and Historian THURSTON CLARKE joined S.T. Patrick on the Midnight Writer News Show to discuss the last hundred days of JFK as a man and a president. Clarke, the author of JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President, addresses the death of Patrick Kennedy two days after his birth, Russia, Vietnam, the Diem assassination, the … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 043 – The Tet Offensive – Vietnam in 1968
LT. COL. JAMES WILLBANKS (Ret.) joins the show to talk about The Tet Offensive and its impact on the turning tide against the Vietnam War. Lt. Col. Willbanks answers questions on the Tet holiday, the surprise nature of the attack, the Tet Offensive's objectives, the U.S. military's reaction, the turn of Walter Cronkite, an influential New York Times article, Sen. Eugene … [Read more...]
MWN Episode 037 – Nixon’s Gamble
RAY LOCKER author of Nixon's Gamble, joins S.T. Patrick to discuss the risk President Richard Nixon took in sacrificing transparency and unity for secrecy and potential success. The gamble, Locker writes, was "to do it all in secret before the weight of the secrets crushed him." Locker addresses the reason for secrecy, changes in the national security apparatus, Nixon's trusted … [Read more...]