To the Best of Our Knowledge

PROMO       7/1/2007     "Leadership in War"
*When do we most need our leaders?  In times of crisis?  In times of
war?  In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge Winston Churchill's
biographer Martin Gilbert explains how the man who offered his nation
only blood, sweat, toil and tears made it believe that was enough.  And
he says Churchill's approach to all-party government could solve
America's problems in Iraq.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Leadership in War"

0:00 - 23:23        SEGMENT 1: (23:24)
            Deborah Scranton, director of "The War Tapes," tells Jim
            Fleming that she got volunteers from the New Hampshire
            National Guard to record their experiences in combat in
            Iraq for one year. She then turned their video into an
            award-winning film. Scranton says her goal is to bridge
            the disconnect between ordinary Americans and the
            soldiers who are enduring combat on our behalf. And we
            hear clips from "The War Tapes." Also, Martin Gilbert is
            Winston's Churchill's biographer. His latest published
            volume of "Churchill: A Life" is "Churchill and America." 
            Gilbert tells Steve Paulson what made Churchill such a
            great leader during WWII and we hear historic recordings
            of some of Churchill's most memorable speeches.  
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

23:24 - 23:53  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

23:54 - 40:25       SEGMENT 2: (16:33)
            James Bradley told the story of his father raising the
            flag on Iwo Jima in his book "Flags of Our Fathers."  In
            "Flyboys" he tells what happened on the next island over,
            where 8 American airmen were captured and beheaded.
            Bradley's conversation with Jim Fleming revolves around
            the moral and ethical considerations facing the
            government in such situations.  How much information do
            you release and when?  Also, Shakespeare expert Stephen
            Greenblatt tells Steve Paulson about shaking Bill
            Clinton's hand and learning he could still recite
            sections of "Macbeth," and says Shakespeare believed all
            rulers suffered from insomnia.  And Kenneth Branagh fires
            us up to face the French.  
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

40:26 - 40:55       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

40:56 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (12:04)
            Wisconsin Public Television producer Patty Loew talks
            with Anne Strainchamps about her TV documentary "Way of
            the Warrior," which deals with the experience of Native
            American veterans of America's wars from WWI to the
            present day.  Patty talks about her grandfather's diary
            account of WWI, tells the incredible WWII story of a Crow
            soldier who became his tribe's war chief, and says what
            Native America has to teach mainstream America is how to
            re-integrate warriors into society after combat. And we
            hear excerpts from the program, which will air nationally
            around Veteran's Day.
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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