for more, we're joined by andrea pitzer, journalist and author. book has just been published titled, "one long night: a global history of concentration camps." andrea back to democracy now! ,why don't you start by responding to what has taken place in the last month. and then talk about why you chosen to do this global history of concentration camps. >> unfortunately, right now i think that we are in a period where sort of intolerance and labeling the other and looking as a danger to society, looking at whole groups to societys a danger is becoming acceptable again. this is happening worldwide. we're seeing it in european elections and here in the u.s. with some of these naz demonstrations, ini burma as you mentioned. there is a little bit of pendulum swings that happens. certainly, economics can be part of the issue as well. but i think that you do and that in a dangerous loop we've seen before between sort of a public sentiment rising and and people coming to power that reflect that sentiment and then reflect that idea back to the larger populat

and in one long night, journalist andrea pitzer reports on the history of concentration camps around the world. also being published this week, historian brion mcclanahan offers a critical look at the political ideologies and influence of alexander hamilton in how alexander hamilton screwed up america. brookings institution senior fellow thomas mann and political columnists e.j. dionne and norman orrin steven weigh in on the 45th president. best selling author doug staten looks at the vietnam war's tet to offensive. and former u.s. secret service agent dan bongino provides his thoughts on challenging impacting that agency in protecting the president. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. [inaudible[inaudible conversati] knox. [inaudible conversations] >> and you're watching c-span2's booktv. up next live from the brooklyn book festival is a discussion on the supreme court. >> ready? welcome. glad to see such a big crowd at the best law school in brooklyn. [applause] all right. [laughter] you kno

where andrea pitzer provides a history of concentration camps standing for continents and two centuries. and we will have a group at three library of field philadelphia to hear for william solon recall the life of soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. on wednesday we will be at google's offices in washington dc where georgetown university law professors sheryll cashin will examine how the supreme court case loving the virginia impacted race relations in america. thursday we had to the westport library in connecticut to hear author and documentary filmmaker tom shakman recall the role the french played assisting the continental army during the revolutionary war and later that night we will be in denver at the cover bookstore where doug stanton will look at the vietnam war's tet offensive of 1968 through the eyes of 40 men in the us army's an company. wrapping up the week on friday we had west to seattle for stanford university history professor richard white's talk on reconstruction in the gilded age. that's a look at some of the events book tv will be covering this week. many of these events

and in one long night, journalist andrea pitzer reports on the history of concentration camps around the world. also being published this week, historian brion mcclanahan offers a critical look at the political ideologies and influence of alexander hamilton in how alexander hamilton screwed up america. brookings institution senior fellow thomas mann and political columnists e.j. dionne and norman orrin steven weigh in on the 45th president. best selling author doug staten looks at the vietnam war's tet to offensive. and former u.s. secret service agent dan bongino provides his thoughts on challenging impacting that agency in protecting the president. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. [inaudible[inaudible conversati] knox. [inaudible conversations] >> and you're watching c-span2's booktv. up next live from the brooklyn book festival is a discussion on the supreme court. >> ready? welcome. glad to see such a big crowd at the best law school in brooklyn. [applause] all right. [laughter] you kno