>>eric larsen follows adolf hitler and the third reich. >> i started looking for characters of whose -- through whose eyes i could tell that story. that's when i stumbled upon william e. dodd. >> this story of politics and intrigue in nazi germany tonight on "q &a." ." >> this morning, a political roundtable. roundtable.

also, join us for a lecture featuring the best selling author of double in the white city, eric larsenhe will be discussing his new book, in the garden of peace, love, terror, and an american family in hitler's berlin. tonight's lecture is being recorded by c-span. check your local listings for the broadcast day. you can see it again. at this time of what like to ask you to please turn off all your cell phones or pagers, in the electronic devices that might disrupt our program, or as the delta airlines flight attendants says, turn off everything that doesn't keep you alive. delta air lines. cheeky. our other this evening is david nichols. he will speak for about 40 minutes and take questions. david nichols is a leading expert on the eisenhower presidency. this evening he will discuss his new book, "eisenhower 1956". the christian science monitor called it one of seven history books worth checking out in 2011. he is the author of a matter of justice, eisenhower and the beginning of the civil rights revolution and the lincoln and the indians. he holds a ph.d. and he currently resides in

also joining us for the featuring best-selling author of deval in the white city eric larsen who will be here. who will be discussing his new book in the garden of peace, love, terror and american family in hitler's berlin. tonight's lecture is being recorded by c-span and check your local listings for the broadcast state you can see it again. at this time i would like to ask you to please turn off all of yourself phones or pagers, any other electronic devices that might disrupt our program whereas the delta air lines flight attendant said turn off everything that doesn't keep you alive. [laughter] delta airline stewardesses are geeky. our author this evening is david nichols who will speak about 40 minutes and then take your questions. david is a leading expert on the eisenhower presidency. this evening he will discuss his new book eisenhower, 1956, the president's ear of crisis in the break of the war which the christian science monitor called one of seven history books worth checking out in 2011. he is the author of the matter of justice eisenhower and the beginning of the civil ri

after that, author eric larsen. >> it is now telling the story of the eyes of the justices themselves. the 11 original interviews. as the nose supreme court justice. >> some scholars warned that the continuing political protest could have dire consequences than nations. the center for scholars suggested this discussion friday. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon. thank you all for coming. executive vice president of the woodrow center. >> this is a meeting that is precisely what they do best we bring the most important issues to public finances in ways that are extremely timely. the middle east program has done something like 25 meeting since january on what has been happening throughout the middle east. the session sell -- have included two or three on libya and many on egypt. it includes allegations that come further algeria and from egypt. they include public talks by two female ministers. the only woman who is serving in the traditional parliament. we are happy to come here and talk to you about it. you'll be hearing from to seniors dollars. he produced a pape

>> author eric larsen follows adolf hitler and the third reich in his latest book. >> i started lookingor characters through whose eyes i could tell that story. ideally, outsiders, ideally americans, and that is when i stumbled upon a e diem. dodd the first ambassador to nazi germany's >>. that is to night on"q &a." >> if you want to be informed about what is happening in the world and congress, it is not so hard. cspan has a digital are online archive that goes back to 1987. you can basically watch anything that happened to in the house or senate chambers right there on your screen. there are sources of information that are on a manageable -- were unimaginable 20 years ago. >> the cspan video library makes it easy to follow washington with instant access from events from the white house, a committee rooms, and the house and senate chambers. the peabody award winning cspan video library is washington, your way. >> revisit the civil war this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. we are alive today from the manassas national battlefield on the 150th anniversary of the battle of bull

>> officer eric larsen follows the rise of adolf hitler and the third reich in his latest, "in the garden of the beasts." >> i started to look through characters. ideally outsiders, ideally americans. that is when i stumbled upon the first ambassador to nazi germany. >> politics and intrigue in germany tonight on c-span's "q&a." >> it takes a behind these taxila. the l.a. times calls it required tv viewing. it solved the mysteries that even nicolas cage cannot conjure. "the library of congress" tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, a discussion on which nations were considered failed states and how they affect u.s. national security. from "washington journal," this is 30 minutes. c-span. washington journal continues. >> the fund for peace. here to discuss a series of articles in the july/august 2011 edition. the titles of which include 2011 fail-state index. the state of change where countries have faced a decline. what exactsly is a failed state. can mean many things to many people. most can agree a failed state is one that cannot provide the most basic protections and service