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Advocates; Debate #1 in the McGovern - Nixon 1972 Presidential Election: Should You Support McGovern’s Defense Proposal?

Defense: Debate #1 in the 1972 McGovern-Nixon presidential election Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: John Marshall Advocate: Alan Dershowitz Witnesses: Herbert Scoville – Former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency Paul Warnke – Former Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense Rep. Peter Frelinghuysen – Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. William Minshall – Appropriations Committee Produced by WGBH at Faneuil Hall, bears WGBH copyright


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Series
Advocates
Program
Debate #1 in the McGovern - Nixon 1972 Presidential Election: Should You Support McGovern’s Defense Proposal?
Program Number

301

Series Description

A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969

Program Description

Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: John Marshall Advocate: Alan Dershowitz Witnesses: Herbert Scoville – Former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency Paul Warnke – Former Assistant Secretary, Department of Defense Rep. Peter Frelinghuysen – Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. William Minshall – Appropriations Committee Produced by WGBH at Faneuil Hall, bears WGBH copyright

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres
Debate
Topics
Public Affairs
Social Issues
Citation
Chicago: “Advocates; Debate #1 in the McGovern - Nixon 1972 Presidential Election: Should You Support McGovern’s Defense Proposal?,” GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E070C94427714B34A3815459391739D9.
MLA: “Advocates; Debate #1 in the McGovern - Nixon 1972 Presidential Election: Should You Support McGovern’s Defense Proposal?.” GBH Archives. Web. July 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E070C94427714B34A3815459391739D9>.
APA: Advocates; Debate #1 in the McGovern - Nixon 1972 Presidential Election: Should You Support McGovern’s Defense Proposal?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_E070C94427714B34A3815459391739D9
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