[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":60},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-the-war-at-home-the-history-of-controversial-wars":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":26,"excerpt":32,"content":33,"transcript":28,"transcript_file":28,"audio":34,"resources":38,"segments":43},287,"the-war-at-home-the-history-of-controversial-wars","Controversial Wars","",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1212778852,"06.06.08","Jun 6, 2008","June 6, 2008",[14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25],"American Civil War","American Revolution","Vietnam War","War in Iraq","World War I","World War II","antiwar protest","conscription (draft)","military leadership","national unity","public opinion","war",{"src":27,"caption":28,"derivatives":29},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-war-at-home-the-history-of-controversial-wars\u002FControversialWars.jpg",null,{"square_small":30,"square_medium":31},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-war-at-home-the-history-of-controversial-wars\u002Fsquare_small\u002FControversialWars.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fthe-war-at-home-the-history-of-controversial-wars\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FControversialWars.jpg","Critics of the war in Iraq compare it – rightly or wrongly – to Vietnam. But there’s no disputing that like Vietnam, this war has split the nation down the middle. It’s enough to make one yearn for earlier times, when the nation united against a common enemy. Or did it? This hour of BackStory [...]","\u003Cp>Critics of the war in Iraq compare it – rightly or wrongly – to Vietnam. But there’s no disputing that like Vietnam, this war has split the nation down the middle. It’s enough to make one yearn for earlier times, when the nation united against a common enemy. Or did it? This hour of BackStory is about what happens on the home front when America goes to war. The hosts are joined by author Nicholson Baker, and a three-star Marine general, to explore the question of whether any American wars have \u003Cem>not \u003C\u002Fem>been controversial.\u003C\u002Fp>",{"url":35,"duration":36,"formatted_duration":37},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Fthe-war-at-home-the-history-of-controversial-wars.mp3","3214","00:53:34",[39],{"title":40,"content":41,"files":42},"Related Links","\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.amazon.com\u002FHuman-Smoke-Beginnings-World-Civilization\u002Fdp\u002F1416572465\">\u003Cem>Human Smoke\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>, Nicholson Baker’s book about WWII.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.history.org\u002FFoundation\u002Fjournal\u002FAutumn07\u002Fslaves.cfm\">Fighting\u003C\u002Fa>…maybe for freedom, but probably not: slaves and free blacks in the Revolution\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",[],[44],{"index":45,"title":46,"description":47,"audio":48,"tags":52,"transcript":28,"episode":55},0,"General Education","\u003Cp>Retired Marine Lieutenant General \u003Cstrong>Paul Van Riper \u003C\u002Fstrong>tells the Backstory hosts what it’s like to have civilian bosses, why he spoke out publicly in favor of Donald Rumsfeld’s resignation, and what the study of history has to teach the soldier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":49,"duration":50,"formatted_duration":51},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Fthe-war-at-home-the-history-of-controversial-wars\u002Fthe-war-at-home-the-history-of-controversial-wars-01.mp3","426","00:07:06",[53,54,22],"U.S. Marine Corps","government oversight",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":56,"tags":57,"thumb":58},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25],{"src":27,"caption":28,"derivatives":59},{"square_small":30,"square_medium":31},1790963881891]