for the invasion of japan and i was down in georgia for the first time in the out where i saw jim comericat its worse -- jim crow america at its worse. and so i was on from a ship, i was able to go in the hole of the ship to keep this down and i had no idea what that would mean, but it was like a slave ship down below. and this went on until i became a security policeman in germany where there were bloody shootout situations between soldiers and there were many white soldiers in my experience in germany in 45 and 46 was an experience that for the first time introduced me to the racial issues of this and in a very dramatic way. >> you want to on booktv.org and other programs online. this week booktv takes a look at the los angeles times best-selling nonfiction books. first is unbroken, which recounts the travails of louis zaffirini who survived 70 days addressed after his plane crashed in may 1943. secretary of state hillary clinton recounts her tenure in her book, "hard choices." and then we have dinesh d'souza, america, a match in a world without her. and the french economist report on we