Memories
and Legacies of World War
One
First
Week (April 3 through April
9)
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Millions of men were killed on the fields of Europe in a great
struggle for international dominance. Mark
Facknitz (JMU) discusses the way in which France, Britain
and the United States remembered their fallen soldiers. Also
featured: After Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown, President
Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize the legitimacy of the
Bolshevik rule over Russia. In his latest book, Eugene
Trani (VCU) traces the history of what he calls The
First Cold War.
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War and Elections
Second Week (April
10-16
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Foreign
policy and national security are shaping up to be big campaign
issues in this year’s presidential race. Elected leaders
tend to be somewhat skeptical of waging war because of the
electoral implications, according to political scientist Kurt
Taylor Gaubatz (ODU), author of War
and Elections. Also featured: Voters only get the opportunity
to choose one person to be president, but much of the work
of a presidency is actually done by an un-elected staff. How
a president organizes his foreign policy team affects the
kind of policies the president will be remembered for. William
Newman (VCU) is the author of Managing
National Security Policy: The President and the Process.
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The Video Game Wars
Third Week (April 17 through April
23)
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| Last year,
sales of home video games overtook box office receipts to
become one of the most popular pastimes in the nation. But,
in the business of video game consoles, you’re only
as good as your last platform. The reigning king is Sony with
the PlayStation 2, but Microsoft and Nintendo are still looking
for a piece of the action. Marketing professor Jim
Olver (W&M) explains why
the future looks bright for gamers as the industry seeks new
audiences, young and old.
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| The
Bausch Brothers Go Hollywood
Fourth Week (April
24 through April 30)
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Many authors
who've written books that were turned into movies usually
say they didn't recognize much from their original work in
the film. But it's a lot easier for novelists to stomach the
changes if they're adequately compensated. Robert
Bausch (Northern Virginia Community College) is the
author of the novel Amighty Me that he says is the basis of
the movie "Bruce Almighty" starring Jim Carrey.
Also featured: Robert’s twin brother Richard Bausch
(GMU) has also worked in Hollywood on the adaptation of his
novel, The Last Good Time,
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