GUEST: Historian Scott Laderman on the decline of American Empire and the CRISIS of American higher education
On today’s show, we are joined by author and professor Scott Laderman, who specializes in modern American history and the Cold War. His most recent book, from 2019, is The “Silent Majority” Speech: Richard Nixon, the Vietnam War, and the Origins of the New Right.Scott talks to us about the parallels he sees between the current situation in Iran and the Vietnam War. We chat about the attacks on our political system and the attack on academic freedom and the crisis facing higher education.Please check out Scott on Substack! https://scottladerman.substack.com/His most recent book…
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