History Makers Interviews Author:Fred Schultz Interviews and addresses given by a distinguished group of Americans make up this anthology drawn from the pages of Naval History and Proceedings magazines. The book's title plays on the word "makers," encompassing those who have participated in historic events and those who have reported on them, written about them, or created fil... more »ms or programs with historical themes. In one volume, we hear from explorers of the ocean depths--Robert Ballard, Jean-Michel Cousteau, and Don Walsh--along with those who have journeyed into space--Jim Lovell and Bill Readdy--and earned a Medal of Honor--John Bulkeley. We are allowed to reach deeply into the memories of veterans who have gone on to high-profile civilian careers--Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ben Bradlee, James Webb, Ernest Borgnine, Herman Wouk, Gene Hackman--and even a Japanese kamikaze pilot, Kaoru Hasegawa. We are filled in on how important naval history is to some of our greatest historians--David McCullough, Shelby Foote, and Ken Burns--and best-known journalists--Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw, Art Buchwald, Robert Timberg, and Tom Ricks. And we are invited into the inner sanctum of military policy to the offices of Secretaries of Defense Caspar Weinberger and Dick Cheney and a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff William Crowe. History Makers makes a strong connection between naval and maritime affairs and some of today's biggest names in their respective fields.« less