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The first question from the audience pertained to Kuznick and Stone’s physical authorr ing of the book. Essentially, which came first, the documentary or the book? Stone relays that he and Kuznick would come up with dense material, and ESTABLISHED IN CHARLESTON. IL IN I983 TO ADD TO STUDENTS GPA AND GENERAL DATING ABILITY. \ attempt to cut it down to a manageable size; this is hard to imagine, considering the extreme thickness their accompanying book possesses. Kuznick and Stone transitioned into a question about the editorialization of their work. Stone explains that they created the multirmedia output from the point of view of soldiers and work ers, using their own experiences in the point of view they portrayed in “Untold History." “It’s ambiguous, life is ambiguous,” said Stone. “There’s facts, suggestions, and opinions [in ‘Untold History.’] We editorialize because it’s our movie." 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Stone began to compare historical docur mentaries to historical WWII dramas, citing “SavV ing Private Ryan,” “Pearl Harbor,” and “Blackhawk Down" as part of the “American won WWII" myth, that the public buys into. He claims that such movies focus on individuals, rather than groups. Showing the great sacrifice that one person had made, but not the numerous sacrifices countless individuals have made. Stone suggests that movies like these make Americans “worship" the military, and don’t cone sider enough poinmrofrview in their execution. One audience member asked about the U.S.’ de facto role of playing the “world police,” tak ing the role from Britain during WWII, concerning the countries that need our help, and those who ask for it. “The US. can’t afford to play that role anymore. We need a real U.N. where people can make real decisions. We’ve overrextended our resources, and are too ambitious,” Kuznick answered. “This leads to a collapse. The US. aren’t the ‘good guys’ anymore. We’re declining economically. International institutions need to step in, and bring in different ways to solve prob lems." ‘What kind of planet are we, in that we think of ourselves in positive Ways, but don’t see malevolent practices,” Kuznick continued. “What sort of legacy are we leaving to our pose terity." The conversation of our current weapr onsrbased military continued. “We’ve had many close calls [concerning weapr ons of mass destruction.] Between India and Pakistan for example. We live in a dangerous world. Any single person should not have veto power on the human race,” Kuznick said. ‘We should get rid of nuclear weapons, cut back on nuclear and conventional bombs. Actually cone duct intrusive searches. There’s a certain level of comfortability that shouldn’t be born of our arr rogance and hubris." “These are not practical answers, they’re hopeful,” Stone continued. “We’re against re gional powers that are not on our side. Nothing works out the way you think they will. Let’s not overlook the Roman Empire. [Empires] don’t fade gradually." One of the most interesting questions was relating to the new movie, “Zero Dark Thirr ty" and its glorification of torture. “The forms of abuse in that movie are taken for granted,” Stone answered. “They be lieve this terror exists. There’s this sense of ‘the other’ on TV, like on that show ’24.’ It’s in our culture." The last question of the session came from President Iohn Anderson, asking about Truman’s decision between bombing Iapanese civilians, and saving US. soldiers. “I write their paychecks,” Anderson joked. The panelists maintain that Truman knew this was to bully the Russian forces, and how many troops he would have to sacrifice. “It’s hard to know what Truman was thinking." Kuznick said. “He was not evil, he was a man. He didn’t take any personal pleasure. Why do good people do horrible things? It’s easy for the good to do bad." The exhaustive, yet extremely titillating Q&A finally came to a close, where Stone and Kuznick retired to the MTCC Welcome Center to sign copies of their bulkybook. This event was sponsored by the Hur manities Department, the College of Science and Letters, and the newly formed Lewis Col lege for Human Sciences, which the member ship of the audience reflected. Faculty and stur dents abounded, though some students were in attendance merely for class credit, and the line formed nearly 45 minutes before the event was scheduled to begin. The turnrout left the MTCC Auditorium at nearrcapacity. This lecture was nothing short of a raging success. Kuznick and Stone’s liberal agenda was well received and applauded. The event’s focus on nuclear power, and is destructive forces, through a humanistic approach, rather than a scientific one is welcomed. While IIT is re nowned for our innovative approaches to en gineering and architecture, the magnitude and quality of this event shows that while we focus on scientific aspirations, learning from history is always a point of view worth approaching.