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(Secretary Rumsfeld outside the dining facility of the Abu Ghraib Detention Center (Dept of Defense))
The troubled U.S. involvement in Iraq isn’t going to be made any easier by recent revelations of torture in Abu Ghraib prison. Mark Bowden talks about the Bush administration’s response to the scandal, and what led American soldiers to commit the abuses. Journalist and anthropologist Wendy Orent explains why the plague, a.k.a. Black Death, can never be completely eradicated. Then, a discussion with David Robb on how the Pentagon shapes Hollywood – the Defense Department helps movie producers with locations, technical advice, and equipment in exchange for positive portrayals of the U.S. military. And Wendy Aibel-Weiss and Stephen Hindy talk about the history of the Brooklyn beer-brewing industry.
Mark Bowden
Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down, has an article in the July/August issue of The Atlantic Monthly called "Lessons of Abu Ghraib."
Music: Meet Joe Black Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman
Music: Meet Joe Black Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman
Wendy Orent
Even though the plague is caused by a single agent, the bacterium Yersinia pestis, it can manifest itself in many different ways ranging from the benign to the extremely deadly. Wendy Orent’s new book is called Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease.
David Robb
According to David Robb, the Pentagon helps filmmakers as long as the movie in question helps the military’s image. Robb is co-author with Jonathan Turley of Operation Hollywood: How the Pentagon Shapes and Censors the Movies.
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» Read more about the book and authors
Wendy Aibel-Weiss and Stephen Hindy
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