instead of the debate which is up there, destructor academic undersea, we have students debate from one perspective, and have them debate the other side. read a position paper that involve multiple points of view. such a valuable thing for young people, and from 15 minutes before they have to learn both sides of an issue and then they can't get stuck in one point of view. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> we are talking with james robbins about his latest book this time we win. tell us about it. >> it is about the tet offensive in the vietnam war which was an outstanding victory for u.s. forces but was reported as a defeat and has gone down in history as a defeat. the purpose of the book is to clear that up. >> how do you go about that? >> going back to some original documents and declassified things talking to people who were involved in reviewing the case that it was a defeat and show how some of the points made about it are wrong. >> did you explain how cbs at the time and over history have gone wrong? >> yes. the whole front of the book is about power