the author of th bran new book, james cey, it is great to have you. his book is "moment of battle."is so great to have you here. okay, sohe first ameican battle reaching considerable history in this book. most people don't don't talk about this in the revolutionary war. >> georgwashington was there. it's surprising that people do notalk about it. itas a critical battle of revolution. we needed support, we needed the french navyand trops. without that, we pobablyon't win the revolutionary war. lou: how much pushback did we get? >> since the book has been out, it has been tremendous. it is actually funny to watch it. when someone reads this, they consider and you just don't understand i at times. it is a no-win siuation. lou: you also brig up the battle. i don't know whether it's my perspectiv but when i think about the battles in history, you talk about eration in which our militt took the bridge acros to keep that moving. when did you choose that path? >> well, some of it is because pele can relate to it. number two is we think it is not consequential today. a tiny statesman once sa