karl marlantes, thank you very much. >> thank you. it was a pleasure.captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> for a dvd copy of this program calls 18776627726. for free transcripts are to give us your comments about this program visit us at www.q- and-a.com they are also available as podcasts. >> upcoming guests on "q&a" include call money perhaps congress and what to do about it. simon winchester talks are rising over 20 books and is planned for anyone next year. carl colby reveals his new documentary film about his father. an international student enrollment. then program which helps runs a company. this is a 7:00 a.m. eastern. david cameron takes questions. >> next david cameron takes questions at the house of commons. then ed accused him of implementing a relaxed border security one this summer and suggested millions of of entered illegally. he defended his policy saying that and lead to the seizure of fire arms. he conceded that they acted without approval and certain actions

after this week on "q&a" karl marlantes discusses his new book, "what it is like to go to war." >> karl marlantes, in your book "what it is like to go to war" on page 114 chapters 6, i want to reduce sentences. one of the greatest test of characters is telling the truth. the vietnam war will be infamous for the way thosthose who perpetrated it lied to those who bought and paid for it. >> i feel strongly about it. i then we got ourselves into a bit of a morass there. it was leading off the way statistics that inflated. you find yourself in a situation where you are being judged by standards that is not -- it is like when you write fitness report for people. if you did not give everybody a positive perfect score, it hurts them. if i do not give a positive score it will hurt me. you have to say well i tell the street when everyone is not? you get into this morass. vietnam was the one that got into it. >> use a lies in the vietnam war were more prevalent because that was bought without meaning. >> that is right. i spot about that a lot. what we get ourselves into that situation how do we ge

karl marlantes, and your book what it is like to go to war. on page 114, chapter six, line i want to read you a first couple of sentences. one of the greatest tests of character is telling the truth when it hurts to tell her. the vietnam war will be infamous for the way those that perpetrated it lied to those who fought in it. how strongly do you feel about that? >> well, i feel pretty strongly about it because i think we got ourselves into a bit of a morass there. one of the things that was leading off of was the way statistic got inflated. and body count because you find yourself in a situation where you're being judged by one whole set of standards that is not -- how do i describe this? it's like when you write fitness reports for people. if you don't give everybody a positive, perfect score then it hurts them. if i don't get a positive perfect score then it's going to hurt me. i think then you got to say am i going to tell the truth when everybody isn't? you start you get into this morass and vietnam is what got us into it. >> then you say

. >> in his new autobiographical narrative, decorated veteran and best-selling author karl marlantes comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy about my symptoms. jumping up in the middle of the night and running outside without knowing what was going on. you know, a car would honk behind me and i would get out of my own and just attack the car behind me. and he said to me, have you ever been in a war? and that hit me so hard. in the middle of this room, 80 people, i started bawling, snot coming out of my nose. if you have ever been in a war -- it was that simple. and when he got me back into some semblance of control, he said, you've got ptsd, have you ever heard about it? and i said no. >> sunday night on q&a. >> next a new study looking at pay for public school teachers. this is about 30 minutes. public school teachers of make about $1.50 for every dollar that they're supposed to garner and private-sector jobs. and your biggs, explain to us what led you to do this study. >> obviously public sector compensation is a bi

next, "q&a" with author and a vietnam veteran karl marlantes. then david cameron takes questions from the house of commons. >> i want to make sure we have taken every step possible to bring peace of mind to the family members of our fallen heroes. and for that reason, this review commission will look at the processes and procedures there and make sure we are implementing the highest standards in dealing with the remains of our fallen heroes, and in addition to that, i want to make certain that we have taken all appropriate disciplinary action. >> with respect to the most recent accusation, i have never acted inappropriately with anyone. period. >>

in his new autobiographical narrative, best-selling author karl marlantes comes to terms with his postumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i told this guy about my symptoms -- jumping up in the middle of the night and running outside without knowing what is going on, a car honked behind me and i would be out of my own car and angry and attacking the car behind me. he said to me have you ever been in a war? that hit me so hard i am in the middle of a room with about 80 people and i started bawling, with snot coming out of my nose. it was that simple and then he said you have ptsd, have you ever heard of it? no. more on sunday night on "q &a." guest:"continue >> andrew biggs is here to talk to us about public school teacher pay. he will talk about a new joint study on public school teacher compensation. it suggests that when entire compensation packages are looked at, public school teachers make about $1.50 for every dollar their skills could garner in the private sector jobs. explain to us first what led you to do this study? guest: public sector compensation is a big deal a

host: karl marlantes is our guest on "q&a."erience that he's describing there, we have as we talked 45,000 veterans who are coming home from iraq over the next couple of months adding to the one million-plus who have served over the past 10 years. what particular problems do they bring with them from a medical perspective? guest: i think he summarized it. combat has an effect on people's mind. some folks can adjust relatively quickly, but there's a good portion that it takes a while and it takes counseling and it takes working through issues to gain some sense of normalcy again, and so we are going to continue, we are going to continue to see, i said earlier, we have 18 sue sides a day from military veterans. that's unacceptable. that is a glaring example of how poorly we've done at reintegrating our service members when they come back and being prepared to take care of their mental health care. we have traumatic brain injury that is another signature sign from the blast injuries that our service members are encountering. i hav

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. >> in his new autobiographical narrative, decorated veteran and best-selling author karl marlantes comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy about my symptoms. jumping up in the middle of the night and running outside without knowing what was going on. you know, a car would honk behind me and i would get out of my own and just attack the car behind me. and he said to me, have you ever been in a war? and that hit me so hard. in the middle of this room, 80 people, i started bawling, snot coming out of my nose. if you have ever been in a war -- it was that simple. and when he got me back into some semblance of control, he said, you've got ptsd, have you ever heard about it? and i said no. >> sunday night on q&a. >> wednesday, watch live streaming coverage of the annual national book awards from new york city. red carpet interviews with a non-fiction finalists. the awards ceremony starts a 6:00 p.m. eastern. this evening, we're live from the miami book fair in a miami. find a complete schedule online. >> president obama b

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> in the new memoir karl marlantes finally comes to grips with his post vietnam. >> i started talking about my symptoms. running out side effect even knowing what was going on. car would hall could behind me. -- cars would honk behind a. i would be angry. he says, have you ever been in a war? it hit me so hard. i was in the middle of this room with 80 people. i started bawling. snot coming out of my nose. have you ever been in a war? it was that simple. he says, you have ptsd. >> war but his life tonight on q&a. >> house democrats hold a forum on voting laws. speakers expected are michigan congressman, maryland congressman, and the president of the naacp. you can watch that live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> c-span.org is now easier to use. it is easier to watch today's event. there is a section to access our most popular series and programs. we have added a handy channel finder so you can quickly find where to watch our three c-span network on cable or satellite systems across the country. all at the all new c-

. >> karl marlantes finally recognizes and comes to terms with his posttraumatic stress disorder decades after vietnam. >> i started telling this guy about my symptoms. you know, jumping up in the middle of the night running out site without even knowing what was going on. the car would hope behind me. i would get out of my own car, just angry, just attacking the car behind me. and he said to me, he says, "have you ever been in a war?" that hit me so hard. i am in the middle of this room with 80 people, and started bawling. it was that simple. when he finally got me back into some semblance of control, he says, "you have ptsd. have you ever heard of it?" >> more tonight on c-span's " q&a." every week and on american history to become the people and events that document american story. collaborators/conspirator or innocent boarding home owner? a group of lawyers, judges, and historians retry mary surratt on charges that she was involved in president lincoln assassination. send to prison for his role in watergate, macgruder on working on the committee to reelect. and boston university prof

. >> decorated veteran karl marlantes recognizes and comes to terms with his post traumatic stress disorder after vietnam. >> a started telling the sky about my symptoms. running outside and not going on -- not knowing what was going on. a car would hopped behind me. i would get out of my car and attacked the car behind me. he said to me, have you ever been in a war? that hit me so hard. i am in the middle of this room with 80 people. i started bawling. it is not was coming out of my nose. it was that simple. when he finally got me back into some semblance of control, he said you have ptsd. have you ever heard of it? >> more on c-span "q &a." >> the reactionary mind offer corey robin. in no higher honor, condoleezza rice recounts her years as national security adviser and secretary of state. president bill clinton to talk thoughts about the current state of the american economy. sign up for book tv alerts. every weekend on "american history tv," he people and events that document the american story. this week, a group of lawyers and judges retry mary surratt on charges that she was involved