This program discusses humanist and scholar Walter Capps’ famous course on the Vietnam War and its impacts. The panel consists of former U.S. Senator and Governor Bob Kerrey, who is a veteran of the Vietnam War and co-instructor in Walter Capps' Vietnam War class. Shad Meshad is Founder and President of the National Veterans Foundation who served as a psych officer in Vietnam. Meshad met Walter Capps in 1977 and their conversation about the war led to the Vietnam War class, which Shad continued to help teach for the next 20 years. And Richard Hecht, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Religious Studies at UCSB, who taught the Vietnam War course for nearly 25 years. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 39718]