who talked about growing up as the daughter of diplomat and historian george kennan. >> grace kennan warnecke, author of "daughter of the cold war" and daughter of george kennan. can you tell us about your childhood? >> my childhood was constant motion. we moved all the time. i spoke five languages before i was 12, and i never went to the same school twice until the 11th grade.

>> grace kennan warnecke, daughter of the late historian george kennan, also author of "the daughter of the cold war" published this spring by university of pittsburgh press. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> keep an eye out for more interviews from the national press club's book fair to air in the near future. you can also watch them and any of our programs in their entirety at booktv.org. type the author's name in the search bar at the top of the page. >> you're watching book tv on c-span 2. next up, former "vanity fair" media journalist matthew pressman on the role of the press today, then satiristp.j. o'rourke talks about american business, investment and finance. later, the second annual well-bred black girl festival from brooklyn and that's a look ahead at the next three programs on book tv on c-span 2. starting now, here's matthew pressman on the role of the press. >> hey, everyone. thank you all so much for coming. is this anybody's first time? welcome. thank you so much for coming. we here at book culture are very pleased to host matthew pressman to celebrate "on press, th

. >> grace kennan warnecke, daughter of the late historian george kennan, also author of "the daughter of the cold war" published this spring by university of pittsburgh press. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> keep an eye out for more interviews from the national press club's book fair to air in the near future. you can also watch them and any of our programs in their entirety at booktv.org. type the author's name in the search bar at the top of the page. >> good afternoon. i want to welcome everyone here who is with us today in nashville and those joining on book tv to the 30th annual southern festival of books. before we begin and introduce our author, there are some housekeeping things they asked me to share with you. after the session is over, we will be meeting in the colomnade for signs if you would like to talk to bob, find out more about his book or get one signed, you can meet us there. also, if you want to support the organization that puts on this event, you can go to humanitiestennessee.org and learn more about what their activities are and how to support that. bob spitz

who talked about growing up as the daughter of diplomat and historian george kennan. >> grace kennan warnecke, author of "daughter of the cold war" and daughter of george kennan. can you tell us about your childhood? >> my childhood was constant motion. we moved all the time. i spoke five languages before i was 12, and i never went to the same school twice until the 11th grade. >> your father was known for his policy on the soviet union, in particular containment of the soviet union. today, you have thoughts on what he would think? >> my father would be appalled at what was happening today. but in some ways it's similar to his containment policy with the soviet union for over 40 years. >> what was life like for you growing up as the daughter of a diplomat? >> i didn't know there was any other kind of life. you don't, as a child. i just assumed everybody lived like we lived. of course, they didn't at all. >> how did you live? what was it like? >> well, i was always in a new place. when i said good-bye, i knew i would never see the people again. and i went to schools in different languages, dif

it changes every other minute. >> grace kennan warnecke, daughter of the late historian george kennan, also author of "the daughter of the cold war" published this spring by university of pittsburgh press. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> keep an eye out for more interviews from the national press club's book fair to air in the near future. you can also watch them and any of our programs in their entirety at booktv.org. type the author's name in the search bar at the top of the page. >> you're watching book tv on c-span 2. next up, former "vanity fair" media journalist matthew pressman on the role of the press today, then satiristp.j. o'rourke talks about american business, investment and finance. later, the second annual well-bred black girl festival from brooklyn and that's a look ahead at the next three programs on book tv on c-span 2. starting now, here's matthew pressman on the role of the press.

host: grace kennan warnecke, daughter of the late us diplomat george f. kennan and the author of "the daughter of the cold war", published this spring. thank you very much. guest: thank you. >> you can watch them and any of our programs in their entirety at book tv.org or type the authors name in the search bar at the top of the page. .. i have a disgruntled microphone. so i think i'm going to hold it. well, good evening. charlie copeland, president of the intercollegiate sts