of people, providing them ideas, opening more and more spaces for civic societies. probably the only way to deal with it. while in ukraine case it's always we see every time one party trying to impose history and ideas on one group and then another party, and try to impose it. this is what making ukraine actually more open and free country because the our no one single force which is trying to enforce and make it to the top 10 or something. somehow differences in poor country. actually helping them to stage against the totalitarian regime. >> thank you very much karina. the book is available from oxford university press. i would like to thank karina

very much for engaging in very original presentation. >> and the gipper much for questions because i'm writing the book on insults now. so it's really interesting to see into. it will be more like different level. >> erica. thanks so much to everyone for coming. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on twitter and facebook, ever want to hear from you. tweet us twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page, this book.com/booktv.

>> my father law, i inherited my resilience my passion and my audacity. looking back all those never explain to me in this way, he taught me the spirit the greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when one interest rate than one own life is in peril. growing up on there for anything but oesterle, they were two stories about the second world war increase that it always kept close to my heart. the first was in 1940 when mussolini, italy's prime minister asked the greek prime minister for free passage through greece. and on the spot at 3:00 in the

morning without hesitation without confrontation, he said no. it was a spirited defiance come and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians it prompted sir winston churchill the greatest figure of the 20th century in my mind to say it is not greeks that fight like a rose, but that heroes fight like greeks. and then again in 1943 on the island, the german military commander ordered the bishop to prepare him a list of the jewish community on the island. this plan was to deport the entire jewish community to concentration camps in poland.

the word had gotten out that any greek caught hiding the gmac would be executed on the spot. instead of preparing, the bishop and the mayor went to the jewish committee on the island and they sent him into hiding in the mounds or with christian friends in the countryside. they returned to the german military commander and present him with a sheet of paper the list that the german military commander was asking for. theythere were just two names on that piece of paper. the bishop and the premier. they told the commander that it was the entire jewish community. it was the spirit that was behind both of those acts i'm at it is that precise spirit that has encouraged me to answer what i consider the greatest moral calling of our time the defense

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stores this coming weeks and watch for the authors in the near future a booktv and on booktv.org. >> up next on booktv, "after words" with guest host dan balz chief correspondent for the "washington post." this week "meet the press" moderator chuck todd and his book "the stranger: barack obama in the white house." ended he argues the president is ineffective for several reasons, among them he says the refusal to reach out to congress and a lack of managerial experience. this program is about one hour. of. >> host: chuck todd, welcome to c-span. we've been on opposite sides of the table before as you've always us questioned in the past so this is my turn. >> guest: looking forward to it. >> host: the book is "the stranger: barack obama in the white house." first question, the obvious question, why the title? >> guest: i was trying to get in something about the book addicted he was an outsider, th