the daniel oppenheimer. [applause] >> thank you for being here today. this is really exciting and want to thank politics and prose. i think it's a right of passage for political writers in particular to do with reading here. it's exciting for me. before i get started just want to say one or two more things. one is to my wife jessica who is here today, who is sort of a part of the book in more ways than i can articulate. i tried to get at it a little bit innate knowledge meant to thank you for being here with me and being april of this but i want to say i'm back to my kids. i did know i was gone to be on tv so it is added joel and annie what i'm going to do is i'm going to give you i guess what i would call a genealogy of the book. i would get into the themes of the book some but i want to start with how it came into existence because it's not always the case that a book that's about history and politics has a useful or meaningful personal back story but i think in this case it does it's maybe impossible to fully understand what the book is and what i've

but i am pleased to introduce daniel oppenheimer with his debut "exit right". a writer ensure a documentary filmmaker whose videos have been featured in "the new york times" he discusses figures such as ronald reagan and christopher hichens ed whitaker chambers trying to reconcile the lf to the right. to celebrate daniel oppenheimer is on display on this book as a political essayist and contributes an exciting per trail of the subjects in their transition and it is insightful. >> thank you for being here today. had to be part of the book i also say hi to children i do not know i would be on tv. that what we would call the genealogy of the book. of howe comes into existence with the back story but in this case and what it is try to do. other then in the acknowledgments but to set up some of that discussion and with that conclusion of that benefit that some people think has done. in the communist party members. but isn't that comment. common and and the world in which my mom grew up in with passover and with the questions of the activities from those members of t

daniel oppenheimer. [applause] >>. >> this is really exciting it is a rite of passage for political writers to do a reading here. just want or two more things i want to say the key to my life who is up part of the book in more ways than i can articulate. thank you to be here with the. also high to make kids. i didn't know what would be on television. so i will give you a genealogy. and how it comes into existence but in this case it does add a baby possible to fully understand even though i don't show up but healthy there is not all i in the book except personal acknowledgements. and at the and i will read a very short passage from the conclusion that captures what i was trying to do. i discover "the national review" does the things that i have done as i discovered this morning. [laughter] so the book starts in a way with my grandparents who were schoolteachers in philadelphia. that is a fairly common story but it is said that, and more broadly it just to give you an illustration of the world of a story

daniel oppenheimer is a writer in short documentary filmmaker whose articles and videos have been featured in "the new york times," tablet magazine and salon.com. as the title suggests oppenheimer is a prominent political figures such as whittaker chambers ronald reagan christopher hitchens among many others and the force that led these men from the left to the right. rick perlstein author of the invisible bridge celebrates oppenheimer with exceptional wisdom discernment on display in this book. hailing oppenheimer is a political essayist for the ages and kurdish review commends "exit right" for its portrayal of the cost of the subjects in the struggle and insightful narrative of soul-searching among political believers of every stripe. i present daniel oppenheimer. [applause] >> thank you for being here today. it's really exciting and i want to thank politics and prose but i think it's a rite of passage for political writers in particular to do reading here so it's exciting for me. before get started i wanted to say one or two more thanks to one as to my wife jessica who is here today, wh

and that's followed at 11 with daniel oppenheimer. he examines six political personalities who changed their ideological allegiances from the left to the right. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> every day books are reviewed by publications throughout the country. here's a look at some recently-reviewed books. washington post columnist e.j. dionne's look at the state of the republican party was reviewed in the los angeles times by michael boblian. he writes that mr. dionne identifies john boehner as the latest in a long series of republicans transformed from conservative hero to villain and notes that other than ronald reagan, who has been spared this fate despite compromising with democrats on taxes and nearly tripling the national deficit, almost every major republican figure has suffered boehner's fate since the 1960s. sonya shaw's history of pandemics over the past 5 year 0 years was review -- 50 years was reviewed in scientific american. ms. shaw shows how political and practical factors such as city crowding and la