you've been listening to william daugherty. his book is called "in the shadow of the ayatollah." he was a hostage in iran during the embassy takeover, and now it's your turn to take your questions to him directly. the phone numbers will be up on the screen. let's begin with a call from martin in chicago for william daugherty. martin, you're on the air. go ahead. >> caller: hi, dr. dawg cannerty. you said that the iranians blame us for everything, so what are we responsible for? >> guest: well, we're not entirely blameless. we stayed out of iranian affairs for the most part until the nixon administration. the shah and his predecessor during the 20th century kept pressing the united states for particularly military equipment as dictators, autocrats tend to do. but we, we left things basically alone. iran was kind of a side show to, in what the british and the russians called the great game, dealing with afghanistan and that part of the world. iran did sit across the trade routes to india which was very important for the british empire. after, after world war ii, however, when the u

william daugherty is here with us today courtesy of leopold's ice cream. [laughter] where are they? william j. daugherty served eight years in the u.s. pa marine corps before joining the central intelligence agency where he served as an operations officer for 17 years. dr. daugherty is professor emeritus of government at the university of california-irvine. he is the author of "executive secrets: covert action and the presidency" and "in the shadow of the ayatollah: a cia hostage in iran." and he also lives here in savannah. please give a warm, hometown welcome to william daugherty. ms. . >> thank you all for coming. what an amazing crowd. shouldn't you all be out playing tennis or walking your dog or something -- [laughter] i do want to, need to correct one thing. i just did a degree at the university of california. actually, i'm an emeritus professor at armstrong. and and since i have a cap tuf audience here -- captive audience, i'm going to digress from my normal talk for two minutes and address the university of georgia board of regents. [laughter] about 10 or 12 years ago, armst

here's author and former cia agent william daugherty talking about "in the shadow of the ayatollah." [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. we have a few more people coming in, but we're going to go ahead and get started. how are you enjoying the book festival so far? [applause] great, great. my name is diane thompson, and we're delighted to have you join us at the tenth annual anniversary of the saw van a that book festival presented by georgia power and sh

the nor is william daugherty. up next is fox news anchor gerri willis and her book is "rich is not a four-letter word". >> good afternoon. we are delighted that you are here today participating in the 10th annual savannah book festival presented by georgia power and the sheehan family foundation. we are blessed to host such celebrated authors in the trinity united methodist church today, made possible by curt anderson and thanks to our members and donors who have made and continued to make saturday's free festival events possible. before we get started i have a couple of housekeeping notes. immediately following this presentation, gerri willis will be signing festival purchased copies of her book at tellfar square. give her a couple of minutes because she'll spend a couple of minutes with cnn-- c-span. if you're planning to stay for the next author presentation, please move forward so our ushers can get an accurate count of available seats. now, let's please take a moment to turn off your cell phones and we also a

william daugherty and dan slater author of "wolf boys." we will be taking your calls with featured authors throughout the day. be sure to follow us on book tv on twitter. join us saturday for the tenth anniversary of the savannah book festival. >>> a confirmation hearing to consider david friedman to be the next u.s. ambassador to israel. he is a bang raeps attorney. he co-chaired the trump presidential campaign's israel advisory committee. some american jewish and

william daugherty talks about his book "in the shadow of the ayatollah." gerry willis on her book "rich is not a four-letter word." and dan slater, author of the book "wolf boys." we'll also be taking your calls with the featured authors throughout the day. be sure to follow and tweet us with your questions @booktv on twitter. join us live saturday beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern for the tenth anniversary of the savannah book festival on book tv. >>> department of veterans affairs officials and veterans advocates testified at a house hearing about the va backlog in processing disability claims and how to expedite claims and appeals. the hearing focused on the va's national work system for handling disability claims. this is an hour and a half. >>> good morning. welcome, everyone. this is the oversight hearing of the subcommittee of disability assistance and memorial affairs will now come to order. i first want to take a moment to welcome the subcommittee members, especially those who are new to congress and new to the committee. and although those who are r

william daugherty talks about his book "in the shadow of the ayatollah." gerry willis on her book "rich is not a four-letter word." and dan slater, author of the book "wolf boys." we'll also be taking your calls with the featured authors throughout the day. be sure to follow and tweet us with your questions @booktv on twitter. join us live saturday beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern for the tenth anniversary of the savannah book festival on book tv. >>> department of veterans affairs officials and veterans advocates testified at a house hearing about the va backlog in processing disability claims and how to expedite claims and appeals. the hearing focused on the va's national work system for handling disability claims. this is an hour and a half. >>> good morning. welcome, everyone. this is the oversight hearing of the subcommittee of disability assistance and memorial affairs will now come to order. i first want to take a moment to welcome the subcommittee