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The One Percent Doctrine by Ron Suskind
Ron Suskind is making headlines with his investigation into the Bush administration’s counterterrorism efforts. On today’s show, he shares his findings on the successes and failures of the war on terror. Later on, a new biography of John Paul Jones, the Revolutionary War naval hero. Plus, we’ll look back to the heyday of Schrafft’s restaurants. And we’ll hear about one man’s quest to find the three sisters he left behind in South Africa, when he fled from apartheid with his mother as an infant.
Ron Suskind on Counterterrorism
Ron Suskind investigates the effectiveness of the Bush administration’s counterterrorism efforts since 9/11 in The One Percent Doctrine.
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America's First Sea Warrior
Rear Admiral Joseph Callo shares his new biography of the naval hero John Paul Jones—a key figure in the Revolutionary War.
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When Everybody Ate at Schrafft’s
Joan Kanel Slomanson reminisces about a favorite New York institution: Schrafft’s restaurants. Her new book is When Everybody Ate at Schrafft’s.
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Returning to South Africa
In 1966, when David Houze was still an infant, he and his mother fled South Africa and apartheid. In Twilight People, he describes returning to South Africa to find the three sisters who (unknown to him) had been left behind.
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