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Opinion piece for The New York Times, “Biden Must Block Trump’s Sword of Retribution” by Barry Werth


Press related to PRISONER OF LIES :

Barry Werth interview with New England Public Media, NPR, “What America’s longest-held prisoner of war can teach us about this political moment”

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Podcast interview with Adam Brookes for Spybrary Spy History Podcast, Episode: Cold War Spy Stories – The True Story of Jack Downey, America’s Longest-Held Prisoner of War

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Video of Barry Werth in conversation with Anthony Giardina at the Forbes Library :

Barry Werth Interview for The Cypher Brief’s podcast series Cover Stories, Episode: The Many Lives of the Prisoner of Lies

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Podcast interview for the New York Stock Exchange’s Inside the ICE House, Episode 432: America’s Longest-Held POW: Author Barry Werth Rediscovers Jack Downey

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Barry Werth interviewed on the Cold War Conversations Podcast, Episode: The longest-held prisoner of war in American history

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Barry Werth interview with James Hughes of AFIO (Association of Former Intelligence Officers) :

Barry Werth on the MacArthur Memorial Podcast, Episode: Jack Downey’s Cold War, Aug. 2, 2024

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Press related to THE ANTIDOTE :

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Reporting From Inside the World of Big Pharma: MIT podcast:

For Barry Werth AARP Radio interview:

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For more on DAMAGES:

For the full text of the 2004 JOURNAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION symposium on DAMAGES:


For more on Newton Arvin, The 1960 Smith College Scandal and THE SCARLET PROFESSOR:


For more on Gerald Ford, the aftermath of Watergate and press related to 31 DAYS:


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