mark danner, your book "spiral" means what?uest: spiral is a figure that talks about emotion, beginning at the center, going around and around and getting ever farther away from the original center, from the direction you are trying to go. it was, to me, this image of spiral, circling, circling, never getting closer to the point, characterized very well our war on terror. it darted, it was intended to, like all wars, and itself, finish the job at hand, and the continued andit continued and continued endlessly, circling itself on and on. that figure occurred to me and i thought it was a rather vivid representation of what we have in doing for the last 15 years. host: how many wars have you actually seen up close? guest: that is a good question. i wrote about central american wars, but i was there afterwards. i covered the bosnian war, balkan wars, and the political violence in haiti, which was never a war, but fascinating, a series of coup d'etat is, revolutions -- coup d'etats, revolutions and so on. and the iraq wars, dependin

. >> coming up next q&a with mark danner. then at 7:00 we open our phone lines and take a look at today's headlines on "washington journal." >> on q&a, marc danner. >> your book "spiral" means what? mark: it's a figure that talks about emotion, beginning at the center, going around and around and getting ever farther away from the original center and from the direction you're trying to go. so to me it was this image of spiral, circling, circling, never getting closer to the point, characterized very well our war on terror, that it started and was intended to, like all wars, end itself, somehow finish the job at hand d the violence and its act that continued on and on and that i thought was a vivid representation for what we've been doing now the last 15 years. >> how many wars have you actually seen up close? mark: that's a good question. i wrote about central american wars but i was there afterwards. i covered the bosnian war, the ball kahn war -- the balkan wars which were several wars and the politic

mark danner, your book "spiral" means what?uest: spiral is a figure that talks about emotion, beginning at the center, going around and around and getting ever farther away from the original center, from the direction you are

brian: our guest has been mark danner, professor at u.c. berkeley and also at bard, written all of his life, grew up in utica, new york, harvard graduate. and we thank you. your book is called "spiral, trapped in the forever war." thank you very much for joining us. mark: my pleasure. it's good to be here. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> if you enjoyed this week's q&a, here are some others you might like, retired general daniel bolger talks about his book "why we lost" a general's inside account of iraq and afghanistan wars. "new york times" london bureau chief john burns talks about covering military efforts in iraq and afghanistan. and former defense secretary donald rumsfeld on his book "known and unknown" about his life in public service. you can watch these any time online and search our entire video library at c-span.org. >> "washington jump" is next. on today's program, dan lamon the, national security writer for "the washington post" looks at defen

host: our guest is mark danner, a professor at uc berkeley and bard, written all of his life grew up in utica, new york. , harvard graduate. we thank you. your book is called "spiral: trapped in the forever war." thank you very much for joining us. guest: my pleasure. glad to be here. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. programs are available as c-span podcasts. ♪ >> if you enjoyed this week's q and a, here are some others you might like. daniel bolger talks about his book, why we lost, a generals inside account of the iraq and afghanistan wars. john burns talks about covering military efforts in iraq and afghanistan. former defense secretary, donald rumsfeld on his book, known and unknown about his life in public service. you can watch these online and search our entire video library at c-span.org. ♪ journaln's washington live every d

. >> sunday night on question and answer, journalist and professor mark danner talks about his career and the challenges facing the u.s. war on terrorism. >> what we don't want to do is respond in such a way that will produce more of these militants, more of these militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that is going to allow them to make their case against us. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's question and answer. each week, american art ifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about history, located in virginia beach, the military aviation museum is home to world war i and ii aircraft, most of which are air worthy. we toured to learn about the advances in aviation and pilot training during the war. >> well, welcome to the virginia beach military aviation museum. i'm lucky enough to be one of the staff pilots here. museum has a complete collection, and you can follow the development of aviation all the way through

. >> tonight on q&a, the journalist and professor mark danner talks about his career. >> what we don'tto do is respond in such a way that will produce more of these militants, more of these militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that is going to allow them to make their case against us. tonight on c-span's q&a. >> next week visit the national world war ii museum in new orleans. for a program from a conference titled 9046 year zero. in his a session, historians house and are richey and comic print discuss the origins of the cold war. it is a ritchie was at joseph stalin and the reasons behind soviet expansion. while professor crane examines the western response to a reader had been an ally during the war. >> welcome to the 925 session entitled the iron curtain. the bent and western response. up until now, we had been for grounding detailed behavior of berries individuals and groups. and itneed to do i think is a good time to do this at our co

brian: our guest has been mark danner, professor at u.c.erkeley and also at bard, written all of his life, grew up in utica, new york, harvard graduate. and we thank you. your book is called "spiral, trapped in the forever war." thank you very much for joining us. mark: my pleasure. it's good to be here. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> for free transcripts or to give us your opinion about this program, visit us at q-and -a.org. week, on c-span in primetime, tonight at 8:00 eastern, hear from some of the democrats vying to be the party including ray buckley, jamie and representative keith ellison from minnesota. ellison: do you know we hit a low in voter turnout, 36%. the democratic caucus is lower than any time since truman? we have a lot of rebuilding to do. >> tuesday night at 8:00, president barack obama and japanese prime minister chin so of a visit pearl harbor. mr. of a --

. >> journalist and professor mark danner talks about his career.rever war, what we don't want to do is respond in such a way that will produce more of these militants, more of these militant organizations. they want us to over react. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that's going to allow them to make their case against us. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. saturday afternoon, just before 5:00 eastern, architectural historian barry lewis, talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge. why manhattan needed the bridge and how transportation in the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. >> when the brooklyn bridge was opened it did not put the ferries out of business. the ferries were still rung at capaci capacity. all through the 1880s and 90s, thecity of brooklyn which by then had reached 1 million people. >> then at 8:00. that's the interesting thing about country musi

. >> sunday night on "q" and "a," journalist and professor, mark danner, talks about his career and thehallenges facing the u.s. war on terrorism in his latest book, "spiral, trapped in a forever war." >> we don't want to respond in such a way that will produce more of these militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that are going to allow them to make their case against us. >> sunday night, at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q" and "a." >> here is a conversation on the benefits of education and job training of prison inmates during incarceration. vera institute of justice president, nicholas turner, speaks about the state of the criminal justice system and needed changes. he is hosted by the center for law and social policy. >> hi, everyone. welcome. i'm david socolo from the center of law and social policy or clasp. we are delighted to be hosting this event to discuss reconnecting justice, how opportunities in correctional education and p training c

. >> sunday night, journalist and professor mark danner talks about his career and the challenges facing the u.s. war on terrorism in his latest book "spiral" we don't want to produce more militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recutement. they want us to torture people. the want us to do things that is going to allow them to make their case against us. >> sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> next week, beginning monday, december 26th we'll look at national security and defense issues, including challenges facing president-elect trump's national security team in the year ahead and the closer look at the career of secretary of defense nominee, james mattis. then on tuesday, december 27th , it's trade and job issues, examining how congress and the trump administration could change current trade laws in an effort to eeither creating or save johns. on wednesday, energy and environmental policy and discuss our are in and climate issues my be affected. thursday, we'll talk about immigration and how president

danner talks about his career and challenges facing the u.s. on terrorism in his new book. >> what we do not want to do is respond in such a way that will produce more of these militants, more militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. .hey want us to torture people they want us to do things that is going to allow them to make their case against us. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> architectural historian barry lewis talks about the construction of the brooklyn bridge in the 1870's, and how transportation through the city changed at the turn of the 20th century. here is a preview. >> the brooklyn bridge itself, very dangerous. this is an illustration. this is one of the caissons that would become one of the foundations of the bridge. they caisson was basically a huge breadbasket made out of wood, turned upside down. inside the hollow caisson -- they pumped in high pressured out, soeep the water the men are all working with high pressured

. >> sunday on q&a journalist market danner talks about his career and the u.s.ar on terrorism. >> what we do not want to do is respond in such a way that will produce more of these militant organizations. overreact.s to they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that will allow them to make their case against us. announcer: sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> now a look at the latest book featured in our author series from washington journal. author of a nation of nations. a great american immigration story. he's here to talk about the book which examines how america has been transformed in the 50 years following the 1965 immigration act. thank you so much for joining us today. iverpblgtsdzniced to be here. zphreels us about what made you embark on this project. guest: we were coming up on the 509sdz anniversary this law, immigration act of 1965. i considered it one of the most important laws pass t in the 20th century as far as its effect on this country and yet a lot of pe

. >> sunday night on "q&a," mark danner talks about his career and the challenges facing the u.s. war on terrorism in his latest book "spiral: trapped in forever war." >> we don't want to produce more militants. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that's going to allow them to take their case against us. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> virginia rommetty was the eaker at this year's churchill club. this is a silicon valley business and technology forum. it begins with the ceo karen ucker. >> ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming ceo of the churchill club, karen tucker. [applause] karen tucker: hello. thank you, thank you very, very much. my name is karen tucker, and i am ceo at the churchill club. welcome to the 2016 annual dinner as we proudly present virginia rometty, chairman and president of ibm, and promod haque. senior managing partner at northwest venture partners. they'll exchange views on a range of topics from cognitive co

"q&a," mark danner talks about his latest book "sprial: trapped in the forever war." >> we do not want to respond in a way that will create more these militants organizations. they want us to overreact if they want us to occupy muslim country so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that will allow them to make their case against us. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." next, a group of economists compare and contrast economic growth, taxation, and inequality in europe and the u.s.. from the brookings institution, this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> good evening. bon soir. i am bruce jones, vice president of the foreign policy department here at brookings. tonight's discussion will offer a transatlantic perspective on making growth more inclusive. economic growth has been at the heart of the post-cold war era period. we know the broad picture against the backdrop of a broad piece between the powers. between 1990 and 2013, over a billion of people moved out of poverty and roughly the same amount into the middle class, especia

q & ncer: sunday night on a, journalist and professor mark danner talks about his career challenges facing the u.s. war on terrorism in his latest book. >> what we don't want to do is respond in such a way that will these militants, more of these militant organizations. want us to overreact. muslim e to occupy countries. want us to torture people and do things that will allow them to make their case against us. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. next week "washington journal" devote the entire program with the issue facing administration. closer look at the career of james matties. how thee and job issues trump administration could laws to create or save jobs. how energy and climate issues might be impacted by congress and the trump administration. we'll talk about immigration and how president-elect trump and he new congress might change immigration policy. the iday, december 30, future of the affordable care act now that the congress and he trump administration will appeal and replace the a.c.a. the key players in the month ahead. at 's starting december 26 7:00 a

they cannot build a new talkstonight, mark danner about his career and the challenges facing the u.s. war on terrorism in his latest book. >> what we do not want to do is respond in such a way that will produce more of these militants, more of these militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> coming up next, author william hazel grove talks about his book, "madam president: the secret presidency of edith wilson." when woodrow wilson suffered a stroke in 1919, it was edith who guarded access to the recovering president. the wilson house in washington, d.c. hosted this hour-long event. theelcome everyone to woodrow wilson house. i am the interim director. before we get started, i would like to point out the portrait on the wall. that is the lady we will be talking about tonight.

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. >> sunday night on q&a, journalist and professor mark danner talks about his career and the challengesing the u.s. war on terrorism in his latest book "spiral ". >> what we don't want to do is respond in a way that will produce more militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that will allow them to make their case against us. >> sunday night. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> follow the transitional government on c-span. as president-elect donald trump selects his cabinet and the republicans and democrats paper for the next congress. we'll take you to key events as they happen without interruption. watch live on c-span. watch on demand on c-span.org, or listen on a free c-span radio at. >> the federal abuse court richmond virginia recently heard a case challenging the national security agency searches of americans internet communications with people overseas. the american civil liberties union brought the case on behalf of the

. >> professor mark danner talks about his career and the challenges facing the war on terror. >> whate do not want to do is respond in such a way that will produce more of these militants, more these militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that is going to allow them to make their case against us. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. washington journal continues. host: we are joined by tevi troy who spent time in the george bush administration who has released a new book, "shall we take the president?" welcome this morning. let me ask you what was behind the idea of writing about a president and administration's response to disaster? guest: i worked in the bush administration and i'm a presidential historian. i was thinking of writing a book that was a little more policy focused. marrhen i had the idea of ying it with presidential history, how presidents have looked at disaster over time. it was fascinating. the approach has chang

announcer: sunday night, and mark danner talks about his career and the challenges facing hisu.s. war on terrorism in latest book "spiral: trapped in the forever war." >> what we do not want to do is respond in a way that will produce more of these militants, more of these militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so that they can build their recruitment. they want us to torture people. they want us to do things that will allow them to make their case against us. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." me fornew congress will the first time in january and include several new members. we spoke with some incoming freshmen during a visit to capitol hill. jayapal.ative elect tell us about your background. i was born in india. my parents had about $5,000 in their bank account and they used the whole thing to send me here by myself for college. i feel like the opportunity i have had is to go from that 16-year-old girl by myself to being able to serve as the congresswoman from the seventh district is the american dream.