People that love drama buy tickets to Broadway Plays. You will buy a front row seat to a real historical drama when you purchase a copy of ‘The Juror Rejudges the Trial’.
A Four Star General the main man in the Vietnam War, sues a major TV network for defamation of character.
Those of you that were around in the 1960s when that war was tearing apart our country will recall that the War had been in question for years.
As you thumb through the pages of this trial those of you that protested Vietnam, will have your day in court. If you had children fighting in this war you will recognize several of the 100 witnesses. A lot of them were high up in government during the Kennedy, and the Johnson administrations. The courtroom was like a who’s who in the media, the military and the political world. In 1984 it had been called the trial of the century.
Read the trial part of the Juror Rejudges the Trial, (One Day at a time) just like I wrote the experience. You’ll complete the book in late Feburary,133 days later and feel the sensation of having lived through the trial just like one of us jurors did over the course of almost 5 months. The words of the witnesses will wake you up at three in the morning. You’ll discuss the confessions of these men with members of your book club as you debate what You really heard. Though the writings are my personal notes, I include opinions of the other jurors as well. We are all witnessing the same event, but just as in life; we interpret what we hear differently. I did research as I was re-writing the Juror and the General about how and why we all have such diverse opinions. I read about hearings and committee meetings that the lawyers had used as evidence for their side of the story. I researched philosophers going back even one thousand years.
Shock of shocks, Man does not change. I share much of my findings in Re-judging the trial.
Not only did this research help me understand the Vietnam War but I’m understanding what is happening in today’s diversity as well. Sitting in a courtroom with nothing else to do but to think about a trial gives one a lot of time to think about themselves as well. Who am I and am I being true to myself?
You’ll be surprised at how similar those years are to how people are today.