[applause] with three tours in indochina. and one tour he commanded a vietnamese unit, then was an intelligence officer and then parachuted into the country north of dien bien phu. so he is, certainly, honored, and we're honored to have him. >> mercy. [applause] >> anyone else? >> well, we're certainly honored by your presence, we thank you very, very much for just a wonderful presentation. >> this event was part of the annual association of the u.s. army meeting. for more information visit ausa.org. >> booktv is on twitter. follow us for regular updates on our programming and news on nonfiction books and authors. twitter.com/booktv. >> the problem with monopoly over the long term is while it starts promising and results this the golden, often results in the golden age, over the long term entrenchment leads to paranow ya, stag nancy and abuse. over the long term. you know, cbs and nbc when they started had a lot to say for them. by the 1970s things had gone too far. and so what i guess i suggest in my book, a more modified ve

and then over towards the south, southern china and indochina looking at scattered showers as well. but nothing heavy. now, in terms of temperatures, stays mild again today. 19 in hong kong. 17 in chongqing. then 16 degrees in shanghai. very pleasant in seoul again. double-digit figures again. 12 degrees. then 12 in tokyo. right, then. as for north america, we have a winter storm moving into the united states. a fairly strong system going to be producing significant snow for the northern rockies, the cascades, a couple of systems in place, in fact. that's going to be heading into the northern plains. we're look at a fairly widespread snowfall into your wednesday. over towards the south, dry just now. but we expect to find some showers and thunderstorms popping up for you on your wednesday. and then in terms of temperatures, stays very chilly out towards the northwest. we've got 2 in vancouver. only 4 in seattle. it stays on the cool side for los angeing a bit milder for the midwest. 4 in chicago. and then 4 in new york. and stays very pleasant down toward the south. 18 in atlanta an

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, a day after france offered to help resolve the dispute by providing maps it made when it ruled indochina. border clashes between the neighbors flared up earlier this month resulting in the deaths of three people, including a civilian. 22 others have been injured in the skirmishes. >>> hi there. it's time now for another world weather update. i'm eva gardener. let's begin in eastern arab where we desperately need moisture across china. unfortunately looks like another dry day across friday and into the weekend where we will find some of that wet and wintry weather across the south and the southwest. also let me point out, a very strong storm system starting to take shape across southern japan. and that's really going to be impacting the country over the next 24 hours. look at all of this moisture. very cold conditions. it will be falling as snow for many parts. not in the north where we've had so much heavy snow this season but into friday evening down into kyushu. we're looking at some places picking up as much as 20 centimeters of snow. friday and even saturday it looks like it's going

we talked about the french in indochina. we talked about mccarthy. and i was taken along to a lot of civic situations and public situations where the issue of freedom of speech and the first amendment were--were predominant and very much talked about in my home. so i was raised in that environment. and that instilled in you a social conscience where you felt you could make a difference? well, i think my father really felt that one person could make a difference. he was an amazing man. i always spend a moment to talk about him, because he was blind from the age of four, and he went on to graduate summa cum laude from the university of idaho in moscow. he became a pianist and entertainer, had a wonderful career in music, but also was a-- a sort of a bit of a philosopher and loved good poetry and wrote good songs and talked to us-- all of us-- all five of us-- talked to us about life and about commitment and about the feeling that he had that one person can make a difference and does make a difference. so i was weaned on that. it was something that i al

. -- indochina. back then, there were some people who seriously took on those issues and try to grapple with them and deal with them seriously. we do not have that now. >> what about general petraeus? i mean, he has spent an enormous amount of time, or general childers over there in afghanistan. what kind of marks do you give him? >> i think he is pursuing a fool's errand in afghanistan. i think the surge he is being credited with in iraq was not a reason why we have a less disasterous ending in iraq than we could have had. for example, we are able to withdraw from iraq not being kicked out. al qaeda is not an operative entity in iraq. the sunni revolt that was a large part of the reaction to our occupation in iraq was suppressed, not because of the surge, but because the sunnis got sick, and they needed to affect change. affect change. their decision to change their behavior in reaction to the occupation proceeded the surge. it was not caused by the surge. general petraeus has a lot of status in thi

we shouldn't try to replace the french in indochina. that's not why we fought in world war ii, duty, the new old world empire. and that was -- nobody called of those people come in this because they said that. they said yes, that's right. we didn't have the war, then. we didn't have the war until 10 years later. and more to get the war 10 years later, 13, well, however many, 11, 12 years later, lyndon johnson had to cook up the gulf fiasco. which he himself said there's a statement, if i find i tell them about what johnson said after the u.s. destroy for allegedly fired on by north vietnamese pt boats in the tonkin gulf in 1964, johnson was asked about it later and said off-the-cuff but it was recorded, those boys did know what they were shooting at. the people, they must've been drunk or something, they did know what they were shooting out. because, in fact, i've been a challenge to u.s. boats in the tonkin gulf of the night before the tonkin gulf incident, it's worth reading up on this, it's amazing people don't know these stories bet

that's -- indochina. that's not why we fought in world war ii, to become the new old world empire. and that was -- nobody called those people communists because they said that. people said, yeah, yeah, that's right. and we didn't have the war then. all right? we didn't have the war until ten years later. and in order to get the war ten years later -- more than ten years later, 13 -- well, however many, 11, 12, 13 years later, lyndon johnson had to cook up the on tonkin gulf fiasco. johnson said after the u.s. destroyers were allegedly fired on by north vietnamese pt boats in 1964, johnson was asked about it later and said off the cuff but it was recorded, those boys didn't know what they were shooting at. they must have been drunk or something, they didn't know what they were shooting at. because, in fact, there had been a challenge to u.s. boats in the tonkin gulf the night before the tonkin gulf incident -- it's worth reading up on this. actually, it's amazing that people don't know these stories better than they ought to know them. the night before the tonkin gulf, the alleged t