joining me is "reuters" foreign affairs columnist, david rohde, his book, "beyond war." te department is saying that this is not a new shipment, rather, but i think what the russian response is that this is completing a previously signed contract. but it's definitely something that the u.s. had argued against. that prime minister netenyahu had gone to moscow to argue strongly against because the weapons are so advanced. and frankly, my understanding is that israel does not have defense against this. this is not like some dumb scud. >> this it is a anti-ship missile, it's got a range of 185 miles, it's a real issue for the israeli navy. it would make any kind of embargo if the u.s. was going to act and cut off supplies to the syrian government. there is a more sophisticated missile, calling it the s-300, a surface-to-air missile that the russians have not provided to syria. that's the one figure leaf they're giving the u.s. they're not providing the s-300s, but these are very sophisticated long-range anti-ship missiles. it's a signal, kerry was in moscow last week, he's go

next, david rohde argues that u.s. engagement in the middle east, gives his analysis on the arab spring and current events on syria. this is a little under an hour. >> thank you, and thank you for this bookstore. and i appreciate everybody coming here tonight, and it's just so -- this is such a great institution and such a great thing for this city and this country, and i am honored to be here, and i just really appreciate it. and i want to ask you, first, to be patient with me. this is actually only the second time i've talked about this book. it just came out last week. so this might be a little rough tonight but, hopefully, we'll get true this well together. there are also many of my good friends here, so that makes me extra nervous. [laughter] can you hear me? >> [inaudible] >> should it come up? how about this? now? now? i can, you know -- oh, there we go. all right. [inaudible conversations] all right, okay. i won't repeat anything i said because there wasn't any point to it all. i do feel, i mean, it is awkward

first, david rohde on "beyond haass,nd then richard nasr on his vali book "the dispensable nation." be aere tends to denigration by the u.s. military by some historians that whenever one german battalion fought in american italian -- tended to the germans be tactically superior. the betterere military. i think this is nonsense. it is pointless. global war is a clash of systems. it is which system can produce the wherewithal to project .ower the atlantic, the pacific, the indian ocean, southeast asia, which system can reduce -- systems, the civilian system. >> on tuesday, rick atkinson will take your calls, e-mail's, facebook comments and tweets. that's three hours of live on "book tv" on c-span2. >> now, a live discussion on u.s. relations with russia. we're expecting to hear from john brown at cnn foreign affairs correspondent, jill dougherty. the associated press rights with the u.s. decision to arm and three rebels and russia's decision to supply the assad regime with missiles, possible that it has overshadowed attempts to bring representatives of the regime and the opposition to