elaine pagels, why religion? [applause] >> i'm just going to mention that elaine pagels will be signing her book across the hall. if you want to pick up a copy. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv live coverage of the miami book fair. join now we have jonah goldberg. his recent book is suicide of the west. we'll get to the subtitle in just a minute. mr. goldberg, is there a line that you can draw between your three books, liberal fascism, and now suicide of the west?

elaine pagels, why religion?applause] >> i'm just going to mention that elaine pagels will be signing her book across the hall. if you want to pick up a copy. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv live coverage of the miami book fair.

princeton university's elaine pagel in "why religion." historian andrew roberts recalls the life of british prime minister winston churchill. in "a savage order," rachel klinefeld offers her thoughts on how violent countries can recover. and "usa today" editor eileen rivers profiles three women who fought in afghanistan in "beyond the call." our look at this week's new book releases continues with "the war before the war." columbia university american studies professor andrew delbanco's recount of the political and moral divisions of the united states in the antebellum area. and in civil war barons, jeffrey work. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the or authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> host: and now joining us on booktv is vicki alger. her book, "failure: the federal miseducation of america's children," came out in 2016. ms. alger, is it any better today the than it was in 2016 when you wrote your book, in your view? >> guest: well, sadly, no. test scores haven't gone up. we have

[applause] >> i'm just going to mention that elaine pagels will be signing her book across the hall. if you want to pick up a copy. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv live coverage of the miami book fair. join now we have jonah goldberg. his recent book is suicide of the west. we'll get to the subtitle in just a minute. mr. goldberg, is there a line that you can draw between your three books, liberal fascism, and now suicide of the west? >> yes. one, the most obvious is they all took an enormous amount of work by jonah goldberg. i have to tell people that this book is a bit of a prequel to liberal fascism. if i had it all to do over again there are parts of the liberal fascism i would have written differently. it is amazing how it's become kind of a totem for people to hate me on the left or to like it on the right and all of that kind of stuff. but i have changed some of my views about how intellectual history works. in liberal fascism there is a very common tendency that is true of lots of people. on the left and the right, to say they sai

princeton university's elaine pagel in "why religion." historian andrew roberts recalls the life of british prime minister winston churchill. in "a savage order," rachel klinefeld offers her thoughts on how violent countries can recover. and "usa today" editor eileen rivers profiles three women who fought in afghanistan in "beyond the call." our look at this week's new book releases continues with "the war before the war." columbia university american studies professor andrew delbanco's recount of the political and moral divisions of the united states in the antebellum area. and in civil war