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Program 226: War and Revolution Today

Walter Millis, a noted war historian, argues against two long-held tenets: first, that revolution is a popular uprising against unbearable tyranny; and, second, that war is a conflict of organized armies in which victory is resolved through conquest of one by the other. He asks for new definitions to fit contemporary facts. Discussion with Jon Alexander, Scott Buchanan, W. H. Ferry, Harrop A. Freeman, Robert M. Hutchins, Raghavan Iyer, Vukan Kuic, Irving Laucks, Richard Lichtman, Donald McDonald, Stanley K. Sheinbaum, Rexford G. Tugwell, John Wilkinson, and Robert Woetzel. Sept. 23, 1965. [CSDI program number 226; UCSB tape numbers A7798/R7, A7799/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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