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In this edition of Conversations with History, Berkeley political scientist Nelson Polsby in an interview with UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler offers insight into the workings of the US congress.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people2/Polsby/polsby-con0.html

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning author Neil Sheehan, who reflects on the Vietnam War through the prism of American soldier John Paul Vann,

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Sheehan/

Former Director of the CIA John A. McCone talks with UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler about his student days at Berkeley, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the lesson learned from his distinguished career in business and government.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/McCone/mccone-con0.html

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Jacques Bouchard, Special Adviser to the Chairman of the French Atomic Energy Commission, for a discussion of French energy policy and its reliance on nuclear power. Drawing on the French experience, he argues for the utility of nuclear power in dealing with global warming and explains the role of the nuclear engineer in responding to the technical needs generated by new challenges in design and safety. Bouchard also analyzes how nuclear engineering can address the problem of nuclear proliferation in cases such as Iran.