Honorable Survivor weaves John S. Service’s extraordinary story into the fabric of a watershed moment: World War II was ending, the Cold War was dawning, and the McCarthy-era witch-hunters were stirring. Award-winning journalist and news anchor Lynne Joiner tells the true story of John S. Service, a U.S. Foreign Service officer in wartime China whose reports were not heeded by U.S. policymakers. When he predicted Mao Tse-tung’s successful revolution long before anyone else, he became the first victim of Senator Joseph McCarthy. A book signing will follow the program.
The speaker was introduced by Douglas Swanson, Public Programs Coordinator, National Archives.
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