so if you look at the papers of andrew johnson, there are many many more letters to andrew johnson then andrew johnson to other people, so that poses a problem for a biographer right there. we don't have this inner voice and with jefferson you have 18,000 letters that he wrote over the period of his life and you know other kinds of documents and other things and even though he remains an enigma to lots of people there is still enough there to sort of craft some sense of what he is thinking, what he is feeling in who he was. but johnson was at a disadvantage because we don't really have that to the same extent, and the letters we have that show when he is a young man, show lots of misspellings, lots of phonetic spellings of things and it is difficult to wrap your mind -- i mean it was, difficult to wrap my mind around who he really was a kid as you just don't have the kind of record you would typically have. not just somebody like jefferson but other people who were president. it is just not there so that is a big problem. and because we don't have lots of his letters and there is not a

if you look at the papers of andrew johnson, there were many, many more voters to andrew to from andrew johnson to other people appeared so that poses a problem for a biographer ratepayer. we don't have it in her voice. thomas jefferson to 18,000 letters that he wrote over the period of his life and other kinds of documents and other things. even though she remains an enigma to lots of people, there was still enough there to craft some sense of what he's thinking, would be stealing and who she wants. johnson county are at a disadvantage because we don't have that to the same extent in the letters we have that show when he is a young man show lots of misspellings, lots of phonetic spellings of things. it's difficult to wrap your mind -- it was for me, difficult to wrap my mind around who he really was because we just don't have the kind of record you typically have. not to signify someone like jefferson, but other people who were president. so that's a big problem. and because we don't have lots of his letters and there's not a huge repository of him explaining what he's doing, we don't

told me a number of years ago at any point in my life that i would have written a book about andrew johnson, i would have told them they were crazy. it is not that i don't think he is an interesting person. he really is an interesting person. not that i didn't know anything about him, but for most of my career as a historian i have tried to avoid the period of period of reconstruction and sound strange for someone who writes about slavery, which is a difficult topic to write about. but i find it easier to deal with the 17th century and the 18th century and attitudes about race and slavery than i do dealing with reconstruction. there is something about it that is just maddening to me and i think what it is is that it was a moment of opportunity. when i think of the people in the 17th and 18th history who have very primitive ideas about many things in the world and you know there are lots of things they don't know, i cannot totally forgive them but it is not his as his era taping to me, exasperating to me as the period of time when you had photographe part of the modern era and you feel poste

one on the impeachment trial of andrew johnson impeached and i have a new one called this fall on aaron bury western conspiracy. it's called american emperor. the other folks involved come from journalism. there are book writers as well. we've been so lucky in recruiting reviewers. we've got -- for a book on the ikeman trial in israel, we're able to get judge patricia walled who was on the war crimes tribunal for yugoslavia. we've been able to get a leading constitutional scholar to look at a book for us. we've just had a terrific response from people, just as an example pauline mayer from mit who has a wonderful book about the ratification of the constitution is going to review. a new book of the revolution by gordon wood so we've really been able to get top-notch reviewers and it's an exciting thing. and, you know, everybody in this operation works for the same amount of money. nobody is paid. that includes our reviewers so it's just wonderful people willing to pitch in to create this conversation about the world of books which is really what we're all about. >> and there has been a d

her book on andrew johnson is a part of the times books and the american presence series. to find out more, visit americanpresidentsseries.com. >>> up next on booktv, a program that originally aired live on book tv. three former high-level pentagon insiders take a critical look at how the defense department operates. thomas christie, franklin spinney and pierre sprey are contributors to the book the pentagon labyrinth. >> good evening. thanks for being with us tonight. i am the executive vice president for the world security institute. the institute is the nonprofit organization that is home to the center for defense information and our military reform project whose latest work the capacity the cut pentagon labyrinth is recently gathered here tonight. the goal of the straus military reform project is to transform u.s. national-security to meet the threats of today. and believes it is essentials that we consider both the fiscal and the strategic implications of the defense programs. and it promotes informed oversight in the pentagon activities. the pentagon labyrinth is edi

her book on andrew johnson is part of the american presidents series. to find out more, visit americanpresidentsseries.com. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> coming up next on booktv, historian john mcmillan recounting the underground newspapers of the 1960s and their effect on the political movements of their time. according to mr. mcmillan, the fbi began monitoring underground newspapers in 1968, and they placed obstacles in the way of their continued publication. hes the book at -- he discusses the book at city lights bookstore for about 45 minutes. l. >> i'd like to welcome you all to city lights bookstore, a literary landmark since 1953 here in the city of san francisco. we're very, very delighted to have john mcmillan here with us tonight. john teaches history at georgia state university in atlanta, he's also taught at harvard in the committee on degrees in history and literature and also in the undergraduate writing program. 's also the founder finish he's also the founding editor of

writing of the constitution constitution in the summer of 1787 and one on the impeachment trial of andrew johnson and i have a new one coming out this fall on aaron burr's western conspiracy called american emperor. the other folks involved come from journalism. there are book writers as well. we have been so lucky and for creating reviewers. we have a book on the eichmann trial in israel. we were able to get judge patricia walz who was on the war crimes tribunal for yugoslavia. we have been able to get the leading constitutional scholar, erlang -- irwin chemerinsky to look at a first amendment book for us. we have just had a terrific response from people. just as an example pauline meir at mrt who has a wonderful book out about the ratification of the constitution is going on review. a new book by gordon wood so we have really been able to get top-notch reviewers and it is an exciting thing, and everybody in this operation works for the same amount of money. nobody is paid and that includes a review or so it is wonderful to see people willing to pitch in to create this conversation about the wor

history, one on writing the constitution, the summer of 1787, one on the impeachment trial of andrew johnson, "impeached," and i have a new one coming out this fall called "american emperor." the other folks involved come from journalism, there are book writers as well. we've been so lucky in recruiting reviewers. we've got for a book on the eichmann trial in israel we were able to get judge patricia walt who was on the war crimes tribunal for yugoslavia. we've been able to get a leading constitutional scholar to look at a first amendment book for us. it's, we've just had a terrific response from people. just as an example, pauline maier at mit who's got a wonderful book out about the ratification of the constitution is going to review a new book on the revolution by gordon wood. so we've really been able to get topnotch reviewers, and it's an exciting thing. and, you know, everybody in this operation works for the same amount of money -- nobody's paid, that includes our reviewers -- so it's just wonderful to see people willing to pitch in to create this conversation about the world of books

we will go to andrew johnson's shot and injured jackson's great plantation. we have a behind-the-scenes tour arranged of the lbj ranch. we might even have a barbecue next to lbj's old swimming pool. the bush library, central high school in little rock, the site of the 1957 integration crisis. there is a lot packed into those 10 days. host: you are invited c-span viewers to come along on the tour. how many spaces are available? guest: we have about five rooms left. they can be single or double. we tried to keep it to a small group, intimate. we're going to historical hotels and restaurants. we have had a lot of c-span viewers in the past. a number have returned over and over again. host: it is 10 days and nine nights. what is the cost? guest: 6 under dollars for double occupancy. -- $600 for double occupancy. there is a number on the screen where viewers can call. 202-621-7250 anyway, it should be a good trip. host: people may be asking why c-span is doing a commercial for a presidential tour. is this a commercial enterprise? guest: know, -- no, i am glad you

match in chennai to get their world cup campaign alive andrew strauss not try starting routes fast hammering a six off down sunday. for johnson taught how to move races seventy three for one after eleven i was against a calf to chris that ricky did end of issue involving twenty seven while in morgan with our fellow keeping right in james tredwell added thought he wanted a sudden quickest total of two hundred forty three with those left. and right gayle snatched the thirty six runs of two overs to the west indies two fifty for not just five overs but try to out trapped again and just dismissed all those sunny balls at one hundred. but very most seem to be out in thirty nine was eventually given a six instead track as a judge perhaps lead into the boundary. the rest is out soon afterwards as the windiest collapsed two hundred twenty two for six to two hundred twenty five all out their final paratime to the risky second round and has run out wide to celebrations innings in count. now much of g.p.s. high speed rivalries will start anew this weekends but before the season gets underway it's been a friendly get together for the com

toss and batted first but to andrew strauss was quickly out to five slowed to moving into incorrectly doing and in balancing departed england thirty one six zero then johnson trott running the party combined face sixty four run stand for much in his fifth or century of the world cup before falling for eighty six become torn and score. in more than also hit fifty five england could only manage two hundred twenty nine for six which didn't impress the crowd so in the needed a decent voting display trying to pass for having none of this and both it would be a centuries old tarango yes mccain went on for six. crisp trim it wasn't quite quick enough to have him is caught and bolt. brought up his deserved time by dispatching swann three wickets. and trying to reach his hundred twenty runs with a four after emmett so trying to finish on two hundred thirty one for the last and staying full of both those new zealand and choose their. batting performances on the park. but we thought that pressure is a big man if we could get two or three early which is hopefully that might be enough to. make that pressure count fortunately dushan and draw your plate outstandingly wel