. >>> jeremy talked to booktv about his new book liberty's carvin to read the interview which took place at the university of texas austin >> professor jeremy, what is nation-building? >> it is the effort to actually get involved in another society and held that society in prove itself as you improve yourself as well. >> who does the nation-building? >> one of the points i make is that nation-building is actually being part of a process that involves bringing americans to another society not dictating to another society but working with people on another society. it's americans and citizens of another society working together. spec the guardian is your most recent book and i want to read just a portion.

>> guest: i look on climate if carvin is going in the atmosphere and impacts climate with the timingd what the models are going to show i'm not a climate scientist, that is not what i'm doing, so what i try to do is kind of explain how the scientific consensus turned into a political consensus so that's what i was trying to do. >> host: are you agnostic? you don't want to label yourself? [laughter] >> guest: i wanted to tell the story and help people with the framework of how to time and with energy and everything comes along to see them in perspective and that is what i try to do and i wanted to do it in a very negative way. >> host: thank you very much. >> guest that was "after words," booktv's signature perham kimmage authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policy makers, legislators and others familiar with the material. "after words" airs every weekend on booktv at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9 p.m. on sunday and 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words" on line. go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the book tv series and