rich history. learn more about chico and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/cities tour. - c-span.org/citiestour. tonight on "q&a." >> britain was a dominant power in the middle east, it was in decline, nationalists were rising up. the big, strategic question the u.s. faced was should support britain against the rising nationalists or try to create a new order by mediating between the nationalists and the british? >> hudson institute senior fellow michael duran on his book "ike's gamble: america's rise to dominance in the middle east" about the suez crisis. he's trying to prevent them taking control of the oil in the middle east. we cared about the oil because it was 100% of european oil came from the middle east. so we wanted to make sure we had

friendly arab regimes that would -- if not align with the united states at least keep the soviet union out. that's the goal. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> each week, american history tv's real america brings you arkivel films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. >> woodrow wilson led america to victory in the war that was rightry -- rightly called the great war, the first world war. the greatest the united states had ever fought. simultaneously, woodrow wilson fought another great war, the greatest ever waged against hunger and pest lebs, famine and disease. in this crusade, his commander was herbert hoover who was also high in the councils of the conduct of the war itself. the french people idolized woodrow wilson. he was the hope of the war-weary masses of all europe. but when he left france for his

own country, for washington, he found a hostile element in the u.s. senate that bitterly opposed his idea for a league of nations. woodrow wilson then set out across the country in a valorous attempt to rally the american people to his shining visions. the abolition of war from the earth forever. what happened during his years of ordeal? what happened to the man himself? the tragic story of the 28th president of the united states, a democrat, is told now in a unique historical tribute by the 31st president of the united states a republican. by herbert hoover. he speaks out of personal experience, almost half a century after the events, because he believes the ideals of america's great should be kept fresh in american memory. >> i served for three years directly under woodrow wilson in washington and at the peace

conference in paris. i came to know his philosophy of life, his humane spirit, and his idealism. i saw him rise to the highest intellectual leadership of mankind in all history. i was a witness to the ordeals which beset him and the tragedy which finally enveloped him and the whole world. >> watch the entire film sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. nly on c-span 3. >> tonight on "afterwords," rhode island senator sheldon whitehouse look at how washington is impacted by corporate money and interest groups in his book "captured." he's interviewed by "new york times" investigative reporter

eric lipton. >> when you have one corporate front group spending $700 million plus in the last election and threatening, planning to spend $400 million in the next electioned in mid terms, that is a huge footprint and there's a lot more going on behind it. the second piece of that has been kind of bringing home the long-term effort of the republican party to put so-called business friendly judges in the courts. so that the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. >> watch "afterwords" tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span 2's book tv. shepherdes in history, university's bank hurst teaches

a course on appalachia in the american imagination and describe house the regional stereotype has changed over time from being viewed as, quote, backwards hillbillies, end quote, to a people respected for their folk culture in the early 20th century. his class is about an hour. prof. bankhurst: all right. let's go ahead and get started, everyone. welcome to class. over the course of this semester so far, we have seen how appalachia, perhaps to a greater degree than any other american region, is defined to the world and in the minds of its residents by outsiders. we have seen, for example, how industrialists ememployed the negative stereotype of the violent hillbilly to rationalize the seizure of thousands of acres of land on the boundary between kentucky and west virginia. the image