. >> next on book tv's author interview program, after words, barbara walter examines the warning signs that often precede civil wars. and discusses what can be done to stop them. she's interviewed by smith college middle east studies chair steven heydemann. afterwards is a weekly program is relevant guest hosts interviewing authors. >> welcome, barbara walter. it's a pleasure to have a chance to talk with you today. your book has generated an astonishing national debate about where we are as a country today during a moment of quite extraordinary polarization and division. and in the book, you advance this quite controversial claim that the u.s. is closer to civil war than many of us would like to think or believe. and what i thought it would make sense to do as we get launched is give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and then we can dig in to bits and pieces of it as we go along. >> yeah, so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years. i have looked at all regions, all countries that have experienced civil wars since the end of wo

. >> next on book tv after words political scientist barbara walter examines the warning signs that often proceed civil wars and discusses what can be done to stop them. she's interviewed by smith college middle east studies chair steven heydemann. afterwards relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >>> welcome, barbara walter.

. >> next on booktv's author interview program "after words," political scientist barbara walter examinesthe warning signs that often precede civil wars and discusses what can be done to stop them. she's interviewed by smith college middle of the studies chair stephen heideman. "after words" is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> welcome, h barbara walter. it's a pleasure to have the chance to talk with you today. your book has gener

that is a really awful prospect. >> yes, and in your interview with barbara walter, they made clear thatat you just said, we don't mean to armies, we don't lean uniforms on the other side. when this phrase civil war is used, that example that you just gave of israel is not one that i've heard before, but is illustrative of the kind of thing that these authors are talking about, which includes possibly sporadic violence here in their, the most horrific version of it being the -- as a precursor to all of this. as we get our january, 668 people, he close in oklahoma. but, the assassination, if you said to americans is it conceivable to you, that you could see a politically inspired assassination, in this environment? i think, everyone would say yes, that is easy for us to imagine, especially those of who's who can remember the assassinations of president kennedy, martin luther king, and bobby kennedy. >> absolutely. americans have a strange sense of invulnerability, that is occasionally punctured by historical incidents. whether they're assassinations, or pearl harbor, or 9/11. but, we have

in a article reviewing the assessments presented in two books, how civil wars start by barbara f walterion here, in our segments titled a host -- a house divided. david asked aoc the question he asked in his article is a civil war ahead? >> you hear talk now about being on the brink of civil war that's the latest phrase any series of books that have come out. but what will happen to bring us to that degraded point if in fact it happens? >> well i think it has started. but it's not beyond hope. we're never beyond hope. but we've already seen in the opening salvo's of this, where you have a very targeted, specific attack on the right to vote across the united states. but in particular in areas where republican power is threatened over both changing electorates and demographics. you have you know white nationalist, reactionary politics starting to grow into a critical mass. and so what we have is the continued sophistication and takeover of our democratic systems in order to turn them into an democratic systems. and order to overturn the results that a party in power may not like. >> and y

welcome barbara walter. it's a pleasure to have the chance to talk w >> welcome to pleasure to have a chance to talk with you today your book has generated an astonishing national debate about where we are as a countryiz an extraordinary polarization in the vision and this controversial claim that it is closer to civil war than many of us would like to think or believe. but i thought it would make sense to give you a chance to lay out what your archer on —- argument is in broad terms and then we can dig into beat - - bits and pieces. >> my argument comes from studying civil war the past 30 years. i have looked at all regions, all countries that have experienced civil war since the end of world war ii and there has been over 200. be learned they tend to break out in similar ways and the same factors emerge leading up to these wars the matter where they happen. then in 2017 i was invited to serve us government task force with the political instability task force and i stayed on that task forceor until the end

. >> laura: you are like barbara walters. it is a great tribute to you. >> sean: hit me. >> laura: they are telling me i have to go. it was an old home week with the old scandals. good to see you, my friend. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. we have a plot to get to. let's dive right in. speaking of freedom matters, the freedom problem, that's the focus of tonight's angle. now, back in may of 2020, just a few months into the pandemic, the u.n. high commissioner of human rights delivered what was actually a surprising warning. >> when we talk about human rights, because of a need like a natural cause or a pandemic like this one, it has to be, first of all, a clear need. it has to be proportionate to the need and it has to have a time. it cannot be forever. we have seen that some governments are using this to make even more shrink of their civic space. >> laura: three years later, with freedom convoys inspiring millions, officials who thought they would never be held accountable are growing more

later on our author interview program afterwards, political scientists barbara walter talks about what can be done to prevent civil wars and what can be done to stop them. for now, jess mchugh. >> like so many of our programs, tonight's program is sponsored by the wishing well foundation and pr, and it's produced in part in support of honoring frank lloyd who was with us in some tough times in louisiana and had great leadership and compassion for museums. we are happy to be able to honor him in this way. now i want to introduce our guests. peter sokoloski. he will be in conversation with jess mchugh, a writer and researcher that has appeared across national and international publications. she's reported stories from four continents on a range of cultural and historical topics, from present day liverpool punks to activists in greenwich villages. i know you are going to enjoy their company. i am welcoming now to the screen, jess mchugh. hi, jess. >> hi. happy to be here. >> tell our listeners, too, what time is it where you both are, 1:00 in the morning? >> that is correct. >> we are dou

. >> welcome barbara walters. it's a pleasure to have a chance to talk with you today. your book has generated an astonishing national debate about where we are as a country today during a moment of quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you give is quite controversial claim that the u.s. is closer to civil war then many of those would like to believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is to give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and then we can begin to bits and pieces as we go along. >> yeah so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years that i've looked at all regions in all countries that have experienced civil war since the end of world war ii and there have been over 200 of them. one of the things we have learned is they tend to break out in similar ways and the same factors emerge in the lead-up to these wars no matter where they happen. then in 2017 i was invited to serve on the u.s. government task force. they have a task force called the political instability task force and

in both america and britain were angling for diana to sit on a couch, notably oprah winfrey, barbara walters the clutches of panorama with martin bashir, someone who was pretty much unknown. martin bashir got to diana by approaching her brother, lord spencer, and made allegations about how she was being spied on. he claimed her car had been fitted with a tracking device, her telephone lines were bugged. >> martin bashir came to her apartment with what he called his anti-bugging team and went right over to a radio and produced what he said was a electronic bug, a listening device. >> bashir even convinced her that the boys' nanny was having an affair with prince charles. he convinced diana that her private secretary was in cahoots with prince charles's private secretary. >> diana had good reason to believe martin bashir's deception. charles's camp had been trying to undermine her for years. and she'd been spied on before. >> the abhorrent ways in which bashir deceived her played right into her biggest fears. >> with the squijie gate tapes diana had had her private phone conversation recorded

welcome barbara walter.leasure to have the chance to talk w >> welcome to pleasure to have a chance to talk with you today your book has generated an astonishing national debate about where we are as a countryiz

let's get barbara walters. >> jimmy: it's like a retrospective. it's like a -- how are you?ou doing? >> heard about last week, man. >> guillermo: oh, yeah. >> good for you. >> >> guillermo: oh, thank you. thank you. >> and i heard about friday too. >> guillermo: all right, good, yeah. >> jimmy: will arnett is here. we'll be back to see a clip from his new show "murderville." we'll be right back. this is antonelli's cheese shop, and we're the antonellis! we chose our new spark cash plus card from capital one because we earn unlimited two percent cash back on every purchase. and with no preset spending limit, our purchasing power adapts to our business needs. what's in your wallet? pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. and now get relief without a pill with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the water. the kfc chicken sandwich is only served one way: straight from the fryer, piping hot, and kentucky fried to order. if you don't like it this way, you'll have to go somewh

. >> next on book tv's author interview program, after words, barbara walter examines the warning signs that often precede civil wars. and discusses what can be done to stop them. she's interviewed by smith college middle east studies chair steven

welcome barbara walter. it's a pleasure to have the chance to talk with you today. your

welcome barbara walter. it's a pleasure to have the chance to talk with you today. your book has generated an astonishing national debate about where we are as a country today during a mome o

welcome barbara walter. it's a pleasure to have the chance to talk with you today.your book has generated an astonishing national debate about where we are as a country today during a moment of. quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is cloto

you like barbara walters now?ar i mean she's it's a great talking to you all. let me go ahead or just go. but it was just it was it was an old home week there with the the old scandals. oh . all right. good to see you, my friend. i'm laura ingraham. the ingraham angle from washington tonight . we have a a lot to get to, so let's dove right in . speaking of freedom matters, the freedom problem that's the focus of tonight's @ngel now back in may of 2020 just a few months into the pandemic o ,the u.n. highf commissioner of human rights delivered d what ws actually a surprising warning when weac the 60% human rights because it seemed like n a natural course of a pandemic like this one. it has to be first of all, it has to be a clear need. it has to be proportionate toee the need and it has to have a time, but it cannot be forever. we have seen that some arego using it tove shrink to make evn more shrink their feeding space and the possibility of civil society expert and that is unacceptable. >> how prescientin she was two years later with freedom convoys inspiring

walter foundation. koo and patricia yuen, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. barbara hope zuckerberg. we try to live in the moment, to not miss what's right in front of us. at mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. mutual of america financial group: retirement services and investments. >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. we offer a variety of no-contract plans, and our u.s.-based customer service team can help find one that fits you. to learn more, visit www.consumercellular.tv. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. fierce fighting on day three of the russian insion of ukraine. ukrainians kept control of their capital city of kyiv, civilians took up arms, and many thousands fled to neighboring count

walter foundation. koo and patricia yuen, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. barbarae zuckerberg. we try to live ithe moment, to not miss what's right in front of us. at mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. mutual of america financial group: retirement services and investments. >> for 25 years, consumer cellular has been offering no contract wireless plans designed to help people do more of what they like. our u.s.-based customer service team can help find a plan that fits you. www.consumercellular.tv. additional support has bn provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thank you for joining us. president joe biden spoke with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky today as more u.s. troops aived in eastern europe and diplomatic talks continued. in a readout of the call between the two leaders, the white house said, “president biden made cl