. >> rose: tony judt for the hour, next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: tony judt died of a.l.s. or lou gehrig's disease on august 6. he was 62 years old, although in some places he was known for his controversial views on. he authored 13 books for which he became a pulitzer prize finalist post-war a history of europe since 1945. last year, judt was awarded the george orwell prize for intelligence, insight and conspicuous courage. over the years he was a great friend of this program as a guest and a guest host. in september of 2008 tony judt was diagnosed with a.l.s. it is an affliction that he described as progressive imprisonment without parole. over the past 18 months, he dictated dozens of essays and on edz, wrote two books and delivered from memory his last lecture to an auditorium of n.y.u. students. his words that night were recently turned into his last book. it is a petition for the future, a rallying cry for renewing social democracy. as