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Pritzker Military Presents

More Than 400 Streaming Video Programs Right Here, Right Now.

Pritzker Military Presents is an original program series that airs each week on Chicago Public Television, WYCC Channel 20, and is also available through this site via streaming video. Topics cover the full spectrum of military history and include lectures, discussions, and interviews, with authors, scholars and veterans.

Sandra Grimes: Circle of TreasonPreview Program

Record date: Thu Dec 12, 2013

Air dates: Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Feb 1, 2015 5:00am (WYCC)

Sandra Grimes: Circle Of Treason

Sandra Grimes discusses her fascinating book "Circle of Treason: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed."

John Borling: Holidays at the Hanoi HiltonPreview Program

Record date: Tue Dec 10, 2013

John Borling: Holidays At The Hanoi Hilton

Retired Air Force Major General John Borling reads from his book -- Taps on the Walls: Poems from the Hanoi Hilton -- and shares his experiences of holidays spent as a POW during the Vietnam War.

Standing Down: From Warrior to CivilianPreview Program

Record date: Wed Dec 4, 2013

Air dates: Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Sep 6, 2015 5:00am (WYCC)

Standing Down: From Warrior To Civilian

Standing Down: From Warrior to Civilian, an anthology of 44 selections, was created for Talking Service, the Great Books Foundation’s initiative to develop reading and discussion programs for veterans, as well as their families, friends, service providers,…

2013 ON WAR Military History Symposium AnthologyPreview Program

Record date: Fri Nov 15, 2013

Air dates: Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Sep 27, 2015 5:00am (WYCC)

2013 ON WAR Military History Symposium Anthology

Authors Tim O'Brien, Allan R. Millett, Gerhard Weinberg and Max Hastings spoke about 20th Century Conflict at the On War Military History Symposium.

Military History Symposium: Sir Max Hastings: Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to WarPreview Program

Record date: Fri Nov 15, 2013

Air dates: Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Feb 2, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

Military History Symposium: Sir Max Hastings: Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes To War

In this exciting program Sir Max Hastings gives the audience a sneak peak into his new book, Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War.

Military History Symposium: Gerhard Weinberg: Big Men of WWIIPreview Program

Record date: Fri Nov 15, 2013

Air dates: Sun Feb 2, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Feb 9, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

Military History Symposium: Gerhard Weinberg: Big Men Of WWII

Interviewed by Dr. John Allen Williams, one of America’s foremost WWII scholars, Gerhard Weinberg, for an in-depth discussion on the major players in WWII, and the effect each had on the war that changed the world.

Military History Symposium: Allan R. Millett: The War for Korea, 1950-1951Preview Program

Record date: Fri Nov 15, 2013

Air dates: Sun Feb 9, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

Military History Symposium: Allan R. Millett: The War For Korea, 1950-1951

Allan R. Millett is Ambrose Professor of History and Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans and is the recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military…

General Robert W ConePreview Program

Record date: Mon Nov 11, 2013

Air dates: Sun Aug 24, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

General Robert W Cone

General Robert W. Cone assumed duties as Commander, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command on April 29, 2011

Frank Jones: BlowtorchPreview Program

Record date: Thu Nov 7, 2013

Air dates: Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:00am (WYCC)

Frank Jones: Blowtorch

Frank Jones discusses his book Blowtorch: Robert Komer, Vietnam and American Cold War Strategy.

Jake Tapper: The OutpostPreview Program

Record date: Tue Oct 29, 2013

Air dates: Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Jul 6, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

Jake Tapper: The Outpost

An unflinching, moving, and eye-opening account of the devastating sacrifices made during one of America’s deadliest battles in Afghanistan.

The 132nd Infantry Regiment on GuadalcanalPreview Program

Record date: Wed Oct 23, 2013

Air dates: Sun Aug 9, 2015 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Aug 16, 2015 5:00am (WYCC)

The 132nd Infantry Regiment On Guadalcanal

Col. Paul Hastings, IL ARNG (Ret), moderates a discussion between artist James Dietz and Richard Frank, author of Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle.

Terry McKnight: Pirate AlleyPreview Program

Record date: Wed Oct 16, 2013

Air dates: Sun May 18, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun May 25, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

Terry McKnight: Pirate Alley

In 2009, with piracy on the rise and fast becoming a serious global security issue, Rear Adm. Terry McKnight took command of CTF 151, the multinational task force on patrol in the Gulf of Aden. As task force commander, he directed operations that disrupted…

David Finkel: Thank You for Your ServicePreview Program

Record date: Thu Oct 10, 2013

Air date: Sun Apr 27, 2014 11:00am (WYCC)

David Finkel: Thank You For Your Service

No journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the…

Robert Colella: Battle for BaqubahPreview Program

Record date: Fri Jun 21, 2013

Air dates: Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Mar 23, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

Robert Colella: Battle For Baqubah

A first sergeant's firsthand account of 15 months in the volatile Diyala Province of Iraq.

Richard Rubin: The Last of the DoughboysPreview Program

Record date: Thu Jun 13, 2013

Air dates: Sun Apr 13, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Apr 20, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

Richard Rubin: The Last Of The Doughboys

A fascinating book based on the oral histories of the last surviving World War I veterans.

Thomas Fleming: A Disease in the Public MindPreview Program

Record date: Thu Jun 6, 2013

Air dates: Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Feb 21, 2016 5:00am (WYCC)

Thomas Fleming: A Disease In The Public Mind

By the time John Brown’s body hung from the gallows for his crimes at Harper’s Ferry, abolitionists had made him a “holy martyr” in the fight against Southern slave owners. But Northern hatred for Southerners had been long in the making. Northern…

Aaron Belkin: Bring Me MenPreview Program

Record date: Wed May 29, 2013

Air date: Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:00am (WYCC)

Aaron Belkin: Bring Me Men

Bring Me Men: Military Masculinity and the Benign Facade of American Empire, 1898–2001 explores the theory that the masculinity of those who serve in the American military is full of contradictions. To become a warrior, one must renounce…

Talking Service: The Gettysburg AddressPreview Program

Record date: Thu May 23, 2013

Talking Service: The Gettysburg Address

A special discussion about the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address.

Rick Atkinson: The Guns at Last LightPreview Program

Record date: Thu May 16, 2013

Air dates: Sun Jun 2, 2013 5:00am (WYCC); Thu Sep 26, 2013 10:00pm (WTTW)

Rick Atkinson: The Guns At Last Light

The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944–1945 is the final book in Rick Atkinson's critically acclaimed "Liberation Trilogy." The first book in the series, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943, won…

Robert Edsel: Saving ItalyPreview Program

Record date: Thu May 9, 2013

Air date: Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:00am (WYCC)

Robert Edsel: Saving Italy

Author Robert Edsel lectures on the race to save Italy’s national treasures and greatest artistic masterpieces from the Nazis in World War II.

Kathleen Cox: Destination UnknownPreview Program

Record date: Fri Apr 26, 2013

Air dates: Sun May 11, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun May 18, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

Kathleen Cox: Destination Unknown

LeOna Kriesel (Cox) was a 27-year-old recent college graduate and teacher when a fellow teacher recruited her for the American Red Cross. From 1943 to 1945, LeOna ran enlisted men's social clubs in Constantine, Algeria, and Rome, Italy. Now, her daughter…

Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia: Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffPreview Program

Record date: Fri Apr 5, 2013

Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia: Senior Enlisted Advisor To The Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff

Sgt. Maj. Battaglia visits the Library to address active duty military from all branches on the issues facing today's Armed Forces personnel. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia is the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs…

Max Boot: Invisible ArmiesPreview Program

Record date: Wed Mar 13, 2013

Air dates: Sun Sep 7, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

Max Boot: Invisible Armies

Invisible Armies by Max Boot examines the evolution of guerrilla warfare and terrorism, spanning 5,000 years of global history, leading up to the contemporary conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The author provides a detailed history and analysis…

General Stanley McChrystal: My Share of the TaskPreview Program

Record date: Thu Feb 21, 2013

Air dates: Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Apr 6, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

General Stanley McChrystal: My Share Of The Task

My Share of the Task (Portfolio/Penguin), is the revealing memoir of General Stanley McChrystal, former commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Following McChrystal from his first…

John Borling: Taps on the WallsPreview Program

Record date: Tue Feb 12, 2013

Air dates: Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:00am (WYCC); Sun Sep 28, 2014 5:00am (WYCC)

John Borling: Taps On The Walls

During his six and a half years of incarceration, John Borling, Major General, USAF, Ret., (then Captain Borling) mentally composed poetry and communicated it to fellow prisoners via a special, but forbidden, tap code. Unable to write anything down,…