Catherine Bishop - The World We Want: Cold War Teens Talk Politics

Catherine Bishop - The World We Want: Cold War Teens Talk Politics
For 25 years of the Cold War the New York Herald Tribune World Youth Forum flew 30 specially selected teenage boys and girls from around the world (including Australia) to New York. For 3 months, they lived with American families, attended American schools and debated world issues on television (now available on YouTube). Feted as future leaders (which many became), delegates met celebrities, politicians, diplomats, and sometimes the President. Catherine Bishop’s latest book brings to life the story of the Forum and its impact on these impressionable teens.

Historian Dr Catherine Bishop is the author of Minding Her Own Business, which won the Ashurst Business Literature Prize, Women Mean Business and Too Much Cabbage and Jesus Christ. She is currently researching a history of Australian businesswomen since 1880. The World We Want is her most recent book.