Title

The nightingale's song

Description

How the legacy of the Vietnam War changed the lives of five Naval Academy graduates: John McCain, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, John Poindexter and James Webb.

Subject

"United States Naval Academy--Biography."

"Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990."

"Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Influence."

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpaper: Chicken Hawks--didn't go talked big. North/Webb boxing match. North no Nazi p. 452. Underlinings/Notes: Underlinings: Lamb underlines passages about family, childhood, examples of personalities, interactions at the academy, relationships with women, goals--or lack of them--conduct. Lamb also marks the names of soldiers and officers who served with the subjects. Notes: "5 men as metaphor," "no Vietnam, no Iran-Contra," "Grease," "J.Mc Filipino steward," "father to Bud," "Larry North," "Jim Webb," "boxing match," "Bill Corson," "Jim Webb v. O.North," "North's stories," "Norris Overly," "Barb his marriage a casualty," "Webb writer in residence at academy," "Lebanon," "Deaver," "Webb Sec. NAV," "Captain Al Krekich," "Boland amendment," "McCain v. Poin., 5th amendment," "North and B.S.," "Interviews Mc/Webb, McF, Poin 1991, North Jan 1, 1992."

Creator

Timberg, Robert

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Date

1995

Program air date: August 27, 1995

Rights

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Relation

Original Booknotes interview

Booknotes Oral History Project interview

Language

eng

Identifier

547858

684803011