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6) World War II
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Describes the second World War through the letters of the people who fought it, serving in all branches of the military, throughout the Pacific, northern Africa, and Europe.
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The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of the press, but how do we reconcile the conflict between national security and government accountability? Do we err on the side of secrecy or transparency? From the Pentagon Papers to WikiLeaks, how do we balance the government's need to keep some information classified and the public's right to know what the government is doing? Does freedom of the press extend to state secrets?
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Analysis of how governments bent on war-making have relied on a vast arsenal of propaganda techniques to overcome resistance at home and disapproval abroad ... Moving from Vietnam to Iraq, the film examines how news reports have become nearly indistinguishable from White House and Pentagon talking points, a problem that has become exacerbated by journalists who have grown accustomed to being fed information by official sources.
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Scope and content: Audio recordings of four speeches given by James G. "Jimmy" Stahlman, 1937-1939, primarily on the topic of freedom of the press, and most given when he was president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. One unidentified speech, unrelated to Stahlman, concerns an election in Berry Hill, Tennessee in 1947.
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Scope and content: Typescripts of speeches and a small quantity of miscellaneous documents, audio recordings, and photographs, ranging in dates from 1950 to 1975, regarding Beverly Briley's public career as Davidson County Judge (1950-1963) and first mayor (1963-1975) of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. These materials show an effort to explain and promote consolidated government to local citizens and officials. The items were...