cambridge university press is the publisher. >> this is book tv on c-span2, currently we are at the university of maryland, a college park maryland and of foreign bank library in the katherine anne porter room and we are talking with the university of maryland professors who are also authors joined by a history professor jon sumida, who has written this book, "decoding clausewitz: a new approach to on war." professor jon sumida, who was coral clausewitz? >> he fought against napoleon and the entire and first as a teenager in 79 these leader to be made great officer in the battle in 1906 and was subordinate to the chief of staff of the army and was a participant in the reform of the prussian army after its three defeat. in 1812 he resigned the commission because he disagrees with the king in terms of their decision to be an ally of france and invade russia, so he goes over to the russian army and serves as an adviser to the czar and is attached to senior russian commanders in the battles of 1812 with at the retreat of the army when it's retract in the late fall of 1812 and goes on when they say

. >> turn 10, professor kristina miler is the author, cambridge university press. >> december 7, and 1941, a date which will live in infamy. >> this sunday for 24 hours american history tv looks at the japanese attack on american military forces at pearl harbor, including the seventh anniversary commemorative ceremony overlooking the uss arizona memorial at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. eastern. live call-in programs at noon, 2:00 and 45 with world war ii historian into 71941 author craig shirley and throughout the day, first person accounts from servicemen and civilians. this weeks national park service conference about pearl harbor, a tour of the visitor center and our footage of the attack and its aftermath. sunday on c-span threes american history tv. >> on your screen is well-known historian stanley weintraub whose most recent book is called "pearl harbor christmas." that was 70 years ago at this time. what was christmas 1941 like in this country? >> christmas 1941 was a very quiet time. people were stunned by what had happened at pearl harbor. this was the first christmas after the event,

and had some commentary about it and discussion and an edited collection which cambridge university press published in 2008. >> describe the role of women in this book. >> there are several emphases in the book. what we are not doing is looking at public policy per se. we are not looking at women in the executive because even in 2008 there were so few women in the executive and not yet a major female candidate for the nomination for president of a major political party in the united states. women at the executive level means the research wasn't there yet. to support a good discussion. finally we didn't address women in the judiciary. what did we addressed? we looked at the behavior of women as voters. the behavior of women as candidates for office in state and national office, behavior of women in close parties. behavior of women once elected to national office. the gendered nature of political institution, u.s. politics and women in politics and comparative politics, the picture is not so pleasant. it was a single plurality system. we have two major political parties which are in formal

commentary about it and discussion, and then put together as an edited collection which cambridge university presshed in 2008. >> described the role of women described in this book. >> there are several in the book to let me tell you first what we are not doing in this book. we're not looking at public policy, we're not looking at women in the executive because even at the -- even in 2008 there was not yet a major to a candidate of a major political party in the united states. so very few women at the executive level which meant the research wasn't there yet to really have a good discussion but finally we didn't address women in the judiciary. so what we addressed, we at look at behavior of women as voters, the behavior women as candidates for office both state and national office. behavior women within political parties. the behavior of women once elected to national office. we also have a huge look at the gendered nature of u.s. political institutions as well as u.s. politics for women and politics in the context of comparative politics. that is, what does the situation women in politics look li

commentary about it and discussion and then put it together as an edited collection which the cambridge university pressublished in 2008. >> describe the role of the women in this book. >> there are several of the season the books of let me tell you first we are not looking at public policy per say. we are not looking at women in the executive because even in 2008 there were few women in the executives and not yet a major female candidate for the nomination for president of the major political party in the united states as women at the executive level which meant research wasn't there yet to the good discussion and finally we didn't address women in the judiciary so what did we address? we looked at the behavior of women in this voters and as candidates for office for both state and national office behavior of women within the political parties, the behavior of women once elected to the national office. we also have a few chapters that look at the gendered nature of u.s. political institutions as well as u.s. politics for women in politics in the context of comparative politics that is what is the situa