at the tv. >> well, this is booktv on c-span 2 and we are the university of chicago and joined by professor mark philip bradley, whose rows recent book is "vietnam at war." professor bradley, what are you looking out in this book? >> guest: the idea of the book was to think about the lawyer from the vietnamese perspective and to think about it in a kind of long historical survey. so for americans, the vietnam war is the vietnamese call the american worker in the late 1950s to 1975. but for much vietnamese, the war began at the latest in 1946. and many would argue at the beginning of the century as the french came to take control of vietnam veered as you try and think back as early as tonight 1890s and talk about anti-colonialist and from the french war, american water to talk about the war for memory in vietnam since the war was over. >> had the vietnamese -- had the vietnamese purse acted thomas throughout time? >> non-indian non. but in other places in the world. the american war in vietnam is the most written about topic in american history. there's thousands of books and articles in the scho

. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 and here's a look at our part-time lineup for tonight. >> in 2001, 2002, c-span american series writers the authors who created the american literature. in april 2002, broadcasting live from the ernest hemingway house in key west, florida, american writers spent two hours looking at the life and the literary career of ernest hemingway. this year marks the 50th anniversary of his death. watch a re-air of that program right now. ♪ ♪ >> we have some rare footage of ernest hemingway off the coast of key west, florida. ♪ >> and key west c-span is today as our american's writers series. today we're going to focus particularly on the 1920s and '30s through the life and times of this nobel prize winning writer with 21 books to his credit. joining me live from the ernest hemingway home in key west is hemingway scholar susan beagle. susan, if one wants to study this period of history, why would you turn to ernest hemingway. >> in a lot of ways ernest hemingway almost is the first half of the american 20th century. he's born in 1899 just as the new century is about to begin

. >> right now on c-span and watch chief justice john roberts latest comments on cameras in the courtroom. also american history tv and booktv from our local content vehicles online at youtube.com/c-span. >> french president nicolas sarkozy is proposing a 20 billion euro investment plan to promote research, innovation, science and technology in france. the french president it was up for reelection next year also announced a deal with french banks to give greece more timeb to pay off its debts. his comments now from paris. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. [speaking in french] >> translator: let me thank those who bothered to get up. thank you. and for those who didn't bother, well, that's all right. mr. prime minister, ladies and gentlemen, ministers, on june 22, 2009 in front of the congress in versailles, i was announcing that france was about to launch a large borrowing in order to finance investments for the future which it needed in order to guarantee future growth. we were facing the worst economic crisis the world had ever known for a century, and the response to this crisis was for all the governments of the world but it was not enough to prevent the colla

c-span will cover it if that happens. you can watch other events on phone hacking on our web site at c-span.org. >> this weekend on booktv on c-span2 on "afterwords." jane blair relives her experiences on the front lines in iraq. in railroaded, the impact of the transcontinental and in eisenhower 1956, david nichols look at the suez canal crisis, eisenhower faces a change. look for the complete booktv schedule at booktv.org and sign up for booktv alert, weekend schedules in your inbox. >> this is the great hall here at the library of congress. the largest library in the world. did you ever wonder if you were to read one book a day in the library how long it would take you? you'll find lots of answers in c-span's original documentary. the library of congress. airing this monday night. we'll tour the iconic jefferson building, including the great hall and the reading room. we'll show treasures, sound in the rare books, and special collection, including the original thomas jefferson library, and presidential papers from george washington to calvin coolidge, and learn how the library is using technology to discover hidden se

c-span's booktv. if there is tenet began for a q&a session with the author, we ask you to use the microphone located at the center of the room said the home viewing audience can hear a question. the schedule of when the program will air, go to www.booktv.org. please welcome moderator, it karen long and deborah baker, author of "the convert." [applause] >> good morning. it's wonderful to be here and thank you for joining us. i drove here from cleveland and i was delighted to be occupied with a complex object and engaging biographer. deborah baker seems allergic to the facile answer and drawn to flags that are complicated and eliciting more questions than answers. so if that is your cup of tea, you walked into the great room. because margaret marcus, who became mary and jamaal is so complicated, i thought the respect one interesting thing to do would to begin with some of her words. so, we are going to ask deborah baker to read for us. >> hi, thank you for coming. it's great to be in chicago. i love this city so much, especially in such a beautiful day. just a brief thing before i read from this -- this

at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on booktv on c- span2, from the libertarian freedom fest, matching leaders to their counterparts. several oat authors. also, on it "afterards, -- afterwards," the triple agent. also, how a teddy roosevelt lead was shaped as a rancher. look for the booktv schedule. you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning is "washington journal," connecting with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists. weekdays, watch the house and during the ninth congressional hearings. also, supreme court or arguments. on the weekend, you can see our signature interview programs. on saturday, "the communicators," and on sunday, "q&a" and "prime minister's questions." you can also watch anytime at c- span.org, and it is odd searchable at our c-span video library. c-span, a public service, created by american cable companies. >> the house rules committee approved roles tonight for a new deficit-reduction bill, making way for a debate on it in the house tomorrow. this bill includes 917 billion of budget cuts over the next 10 years and i

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span's youtube channel, watch chief justice john roberts latest comments on cameras in the courtroom. american history tv and "booktv" vignettes from our local content vehicles online at youtube.com/c-span. >> when the senate gavels in today at 2:00 p.m. eastern they will continue the debate on use of military force in libya. the senate foreign relations committee approved the resolution last month authorizing the use of u.s. troops in the nato mission for one year. we're going to show you the committee's one hour ten minute discussion of that resolution. earlier in the day the senate foreign relations committee heard from the state department's legal advisor, harold coe who said the president did not violate the war powers act of 19723 in intervening in libya. >> so now, like to turn to the primary reason that we're today which is the resolution on libya. i've said a lot about this in the last weeks. i think most of you know where i stand. i'm not going to tie up the committee with a long opening statement on it. i would say that we had a good hearing. i thought this morning for those who were able to be there. i think it was helpful that we heard from the legal advisor to the sta

at noon eastern. she will take your phonecalls, e-mail questions and tweets. >> next on booktv, encore booknotes. in 2000, historian joyce appleby was on c-span's booknotes programs discussing her book, "inheriting the revolution" the first generation of americans examining the legacy of americans who lived between 1776 and 1830. c-span: joyce appleby, author of "inheriting the revolution." where'd you get the idea for this book? guest: well, it was a long time gestating--gestating. it--i'm an early american historian and so i'd studied 17th and 18th century america, the colonies, and then i'd particularly been interested in the american revolution and the era of the writing of the constitution and then i became very curious about what happened to this revolutionary heritage. how did it turn into a heritage? what difference did it make to the lives of those people who were the sons and daughters of the revolutionaries? and that--that was the beginning, that question, and it took me--it took me a couple of years to figure out the best way for me to answer it. c-span: so what period are you writing about? >> guest: well, i'm really writing about-

. >> host: professor at university of virginia and author of common sense has joined us here on booktv. >> it is a pleasure to be here and also to be talking to an audience on c-span through the camera's. i will tell you about the new book of mine by showing the pictures. it is not music on the music stand but notes for me. i think that writing a book is a matter of following an obsession and why your of assessed by something. for me, but all my life had an obsession with a period of the first world war as long as i can remember. it has fascinated me as they grow older and reading history i realize there are good reasons for being fascinated it left 20 million dead, military and civilian and more than six times the casualty toll of any previous war europe had ever known and it left a larger number of wounded soldiers behind and large parts of europe in smoldering ruins the way armies have retreated on both sides and when one is drawn to a subject matter how much there is something personal as well. fought in the first world war fad is hymns there in the center of the picture with his fighter squadron of the imperial russian air service if you read my first book ha

c-span. if you looked at every photo in this collection and spend one minute on each it would take 24 years to see them all. >> this weekend on booktv on c-span2 on afterwards, marine maj jane malware relives her experience on the front lines in iraq. richard white gauges the impact of the transcontinental railroad on the gilded age. in eisenhower 1956 david nichols looked at the suez canal crisis. eisenhower faces the change in the cold war's balance of power. go to booktv.org and sign up for booktv alert. the weekend schedules in your in box. >> the fourth of the white house council on jobs and competitiveness jeff immelt, ceo of general electric spoke to any event hosted by the chamber of commerce. this is half an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. our next speaker leads one of america's greatest, most innovative and successful companies, general electric as it is commonly known. jeff has one of the toughest and best jobs in the world. ge is the sixth largest firm in the united states with a dazzling array of product from light bulbs to fuel cells, entertainment programming to get engines. it is the single largest exporting

at noon eastern live on "booktv." >> the supreme court is now available as a standard and enhanced ebook. 11 original c-span interviewsith current and retired justices. this current book includes interviews with elena kagan and the enhanced ebook add to your experience by watching multimedia clips from all of the justices. available wherever ebooks are sold. >> news yesterday that the president has chosen a nominee to lead the consumer financial protection bureau. our guests, carter 4dougherty is here to talk about this organization. guest: this is created by the regulatory overhaul that president obama signed into law, almost exactly one year ago. it consolidated supervision and regulation of banks when it comes to consumer finance, mortgages, payday lenders, your credit card. this put into one agency. she was tapped by president obama in last fall and september to begin setting the bureau up here yet take you have a recent profile about elizabeth warren talking about how she came up with this idea. it really was her brain child. writer througho wate the thought process. guest: elizabeth warren has a long track recor

international economics after with a look at be intending free trade agreement with columbia, south korea, and panama. "washington journal" on c-span. >> this weekend on booktvn c- span2, it is everything you know about the oakton chorale wrong? a different story about why it ur, doc holliday, and the clan gangs on "afterwords. looking at the long war on islamism. also, a former mexican foreign minister talks about the challenges facing our southern neighbor. look for that at booktv.org, and sign up for the alert, a weekly schedules in your in box. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> at the end of every week, so we are moving in a particular direction. camasses posed -- cameras pose all sorts of things that the others do not. >> right now on the c-span youtube channel, watch the latest comments on cameras in the courtroom. also, our local content of vehicles on line at youtube .com/cspan. >> addressing the situation about packing into individual cell phones, and members asked about education reform and health care costs. after the half-hour question time, the prime minister makes

booktv, in the "hesitation kills" marine maj relives her experience. in "railroaded" the gilded age. and, again at eisenhower 1956, a complete change. look at the complete schedule and set up for alerts. >> the c-span network, would provide coverage of public affairs, politics, nonfiction books, and history. it is available to you online and of social networking site. we take c-span on the road with our digital auto boss, and local content vehicle. it is washington, your way, the c-span network, now available in over 100 million homes. "washington journal" continues. host: our next guest is representative carolyn maloney. yesterday, she was involved in the the hearing with elizabeth warren, and we will talk a little bit more about the consumer protection agency that ms. warren is setting up, but first, of course the big story today is the debt resolution. how'd you see this playing out? guest: i think it is decision time. one of the wake-up calls was the fact that this week moody's and standard and poor's came out and said that america could lose their aaa rating, and the president has said let's make a decision. i feel we cannot have a default. the ramifications would be huge, not only with the na

at noon eastern on booktv on c- span2. >> have you ever visited the library of congress? over 2 million people have, and this is your chance to tour the world's largest library. tonight, join c-spanare glimpse inside the library of congress. we will explore the main reading room. you will find unique books and special collections, including original books from thomas jefferson's personal collection. we will see how the library is using modern technology to discover hidden secrets and to preserve its holdings for future generations. join us for the library of congress, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on a c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: julie rovner is back at our table. she is health policy correspondent for national public radio, talking about medicare spending reductions, but something specifically known as the independent payment advisory board. sounds like an awful, but it is an important thing for us to know -- sounds like a mouthful, but it is an important thing for us to now. guest: it is going to be a 15- member commission, appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. they will make recommendations for how to restrain medicare spending

at 1:30 eastern. the national governor's association. this weekend online on c-span radio and on c-span. >> this weekend on booktv on c-span2 on afterwords in hesitation kills. jane blair relives her experiences on the frontline in iraq. >> tonight on c-span2, white house advisor testified on capitol hill about the new consumer financial protection bureau. the senate foreign relations committee holds a hearing on sudan and the new nation of south sudan. and later today's funeral for former first lady betty ford. >> consumer financial protection bureau advisor e -- elizabeth warren faced the committee today. there was her third trip on the agency set to begin work next thursday, july 21st. it was created as part of the dodd-frank. it's primary is to over see financial products, including mortgages and credit cards. this is three and a half hours. >> we exist for two fundamental principals. first americans have a right to know that the money washington takes from them is well spent. and second, americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight and government reform committee is to protect t