>> our coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country. jack, you are on booktv. >> on saturday, booktv is live from the ninth annual savannah book fair which is a four day celebration of the written word with over 40 best-sell and emerging authors. this year's theme is lose yourself in book. then gale buckley will discuss her book the black calhoons; from the civil war to the civil rights. steve osborne joins us to talk about his book, the job; true

tales from a new york city cop. and author travis mills who wrote tough as they come. dana perino is live to talk about her new book. and rancor buck, author of the oregon trail; a new american journey. join us live from savannah, georgia on c-span2. be sure to tweet us on twitter and comment on facebook. >> programs that tell the american story. we kick off a series on the 1966 vietnam war hearings 50 years later. donald ritchie: >> the vietnam hearings were the most extraordinary hearings held by congress. they were an investigation into a war that was still being

fought. the congress and particularly the senate wanted to know why we were in vietnam, what the administration's policies were and they wanted to hear from opponents of the war. they gave equal status to critics s of the war. >> two presidents that opposed president johnson policy. first a february 1966 abc news special report that includes the testimony of the former ambassador to the soviet union. then retired general and a chairman is questioned. >> in korea we learned air and naval power alone cannot win a war and inadequate ground forces cannot win either. it was incredible we forgot that lesson so soon we were on the verge of making the same tragic