>> bruce hoffman is next on book tv talking about the three decades that led up to the creation of israel from 1917 to 1947 discussing the conflict between british and freedom fighters. >> preuss, welcome back bruce, welcome back to the wilson center. congratulations on this accomplishment. let's begin with some context. anonymous soldiers begins as world war i was drawing to a close and the british have conquered jerusalem. in palestine in the 1920s, 1930s the british fail repeatedly to reconcile competing arab and jewish demands. it was the british mandate destined to fail? >> before i i answer that if i could just think the wilson center for this event. if i. if i can -- i can say unequivocally if it were not for the wilson center this book would not be possible. i really want to thank the previous president, lee hamilton current president, jane harman the library. this is a huge treasure here the wisdom of the united states congress, which is not something you here often come in creating the wilson center in making it a tremendous resource for scholars but also a resource to discuss i

as i mentioned at nice tim roemer and bruce hoffman and bruce hoffman for authors of the poor and appreciate you mentioned in your opening testimony. one of the key recommendations they made that a know you have already begun to do and want to ask you to elaborate on a little more is the vital important role that intelligence analysts play in the new world, the fbi now confronts. and could you talk over more about work you are doing to government the recommendation of the 9/11 9/11 commission to professionalize the intelligence analysts position within the fbi? >> thank you, mr. chairman. the fbi didn't have an intelligence career service as recently as 13 years ago. and so we have made great progress but transform amortization creating an entirely new element of the organization i believe is a generational project. and so bob mueller spent a decade on. i announced as soon as i start i was in my decades pushing on that same change because it's about attracting great chow training and equipping but it's about having the rest of the organization accept them learn to work well together with the

. >> bruce hoffman is next on booktv. he talks about the three decades that led up to the creation of israel from 1917-1947. he also discusses the conflict between jewish freedom fighters and the british. this discussion is about one hour in length. >> bruce come welcome back to the wilson center congratulations on this major accomplishment. let's begin with some context. "anonymous soldiers" begins as world war i is drawing to a close. and the british have conquered jerusalem. in palestine in the 1920s, ma 1930s the british failed repeatedly to reconcile competing arab and jewish demands. was the british mandate destined to fail? >> before i answer that if i could just thank the wilson center rob, for this event. and state unequivocally that it wasn't for the wilson center this book would not be possible. it took this long to write that i was to prop twice as a filter it was extremely generous of the september so want to thank the previous president, lee hamilton, current president jane harman janet and the library. this

. >> bruce hoffman is next on booktv. he talks about the three decades that led up to the creation of israel from 1917-1947. he also discusses the conflict between jewish freedom fighters and the british. this discussion is about one hour in length. >> bruce come welcome back to the wilson center congratulations on this major accomplishment. let's begin with some context. "anonymous soldiers" begins as world war i is drawing to a close. and the british have conquered jerusalem. in palestine in the

. >> bruce hoffman is next on book tv talking about the three decades that led up to the creation ofisrael from 1917 to 1947 discussing the conflict between british

members of that commission, ed mees, former attorney general, tim romer, former congressman and bruce hoffman, from georgetown university, for -- this commission was put together at the instigation of my predecessor frank wolf and the report is comforting to see the progress that the fbi has made in transforming itself in light of the 9/11 attacks. we'll be working through some tough questions in today's hearing, mr. director, and we want to make sure that the investments we make in the fbi have a real impact on enhancing national security and reducing crime. we deeply appreciate your service to the nation. and i would like to recognize mr. fattah for any comments he would like to make. >> let me thank the chairman and thank the director for being with us today. you said recently that we have -- in every single state, the bureau has active investigations around terrorism. and obviously it is a major concern given the activities taking place in all parts of the world. part of the big discussion in the 9/11 commission was whether or not how we kind of recalibrated ourselves to deal with these c

members of that commission, ed mees, former attorney general, tim romer, former congressman and bruce hoffmanwn university, for -- this commission was put together at the instigation of my predecessor frank wolf and the report is comforting to see the progress that the fbi has made in transforming itself in light of the 9/11 attacks. we'll be working through some tough questions in today's hearing, mr. director, and we want to make sure that the investments we make in the fbi have a real impact on enhancing national security and reducing crime. we deeply appreciate your service to the nation. and i would like to recognize mr. fattah for any comments he would like to make. >> let me thank the chairman and thank the director for being with us today. you said recently that we have -- in every single state, the bureau has active investigations around terrorism. and obviously it is a major concern given the activities taking place in all parts of the world. part of the big discussion in the 9/11 commission was whether or not how we kind of recalibrated ourselves to deal with these challenges becau