Bruce Franklin | Cultural Historian and Author H. Bruce Franklin

Once a tugboat mate and then an Air Force navigator and intelligence officer, H. Bruce Franklin for more than a half century has been a progressive activist and renowned historian and author. His nineteen groundbreaking books and hundreds of articles have won him top awards for lifetime achievement in fields as diverse as American studies, science fiction, prison literature, and marine ecology.

Why are some of America’s leading activists, historians, and writers saying that every American should read his latest book?

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“Two threads are skillfully interwoven in this absorbing memoir: the record of a remarkable life, with rich and varied experience; and astute analysis of the background of critical historical events. The outcome is a fascinating picture of post-World War II America, all under the grim shadow of ‘forever war.'”
–Noam Chomsky

Books

Countdown to Midnight

The Vietnam War in American Stories, Songs, and Poems

From the Movement: Toward Revolution

Vietnam and America: A Documented History

The Wake of the Gods: Melville's Mythology

Who Should Run the Universities

The Confidence-Man

Crash Course: From the Good War to the Forever War

American prisoners and ex-prisoners, their writings by bruce franklin

American Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners: An Annotated Bibliography

War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination

Back Where You Came From

MIA in mythmaking in america by bruce franklin

M.I.A. Or Mythmaking in America

Prison Literature in America by Bruce Franklin

Prison Literature in America: The Victim as Criminal and Artist

Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the 19th Century

Robert A. Heinlein: America as Science Fiction

Vietnam & other american fantasies by bruce franklin

Vietnam and Other American Fantasies

the most important fish in the sea by bruce franklin

The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America

Prison Writing in 20th-Century America

Some Shorter Writings by H. Bruce Franklin

How We Started Our Forever War in the Mideast: My personal experience

What Is Covid19 Trying To Teach Us?

The Exploding Bombers: An Air Force Dark Secret

From Realism to Virtual Reality: Images of America's Wars

American Memory of the Vietnam War in the Epoch of the Forever War

New World Imaginations and Deceptions

Missing in Action in the 21st Century

Can the Penitentiary Teach the Academy How To Read?

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Events

Talk at Stanford, May 8

May 8, 2019 @ 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm

"Differing Perceptions of Reality: 1939-2019": A Talk on American Politics, Culture and Activism Everybody welcome Margaret Jacks Hall is on the Main Quad of Stanford's Campus.…

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KPOO-FM Interview, Thursday, March 28, 1-2PM PDT

March 28, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Judy Drummond will be interviewing me on her "Connecting the Dots" show, Thursday, March 28, 1-2 PDT, KPOO-FM, 89.5 in San Francisco. We will be connecting…

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Austin, Texas Live Radio Show

January 28, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

KOOP, 91.7FM "Bringing Light into Darkness," hosted by Pedro Gatos. Live interview. 6-7 PM Central time, January 28. Airs live online. This show bring news and…

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December 11 Talk and Book Signing at the Veterans Building, San Francisco

December 11, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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Leonard Lopate At Large December 3

December 3, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Leonard Lopate interview, WBAI, 99.5 New York, December 3, 1-2PM Eastern time

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Why are some of America’s leading activists, historians, and writers saying that every American should read his latest book?

Featured Book

Featured Book

Books

Countdown to Midnight

The Vietnam War in American Stories, Songs, and Poems

From the Movement: Toward Revolution

Vietnam and America: A Documented History

The Wake of the Gods: Melville's Mythology

Who Should Run the Universities

The Confidence-Man

Crash Course: From the Good War to the Forever War

American Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners: An Annotated Bibliography

War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination

Back Where You Came From

M.I.A. Or Mythmaking in America

Prison Literature in America: The Victim as Criminal and Artist

Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the 19th Century

Robert A. Heinlein: America as Science Fiction

Vietnam and Other American Fantasies

The Most Important Fish in the Sea: Menhaden and America

Prison Writing in 20th-Century America

Some Shorter Writings by H. Bruce Franklin

Events

Talk at Stanford, May 8

KPOO-FM Interview, Thursday, March 28, 1-2PM PDT

Austin, Texas Live Radio Show

December 11 Talk and Book Signing at the Veterans Building, San Francisco

Leonard Lopate At Large December 3

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