kenneth anderson is the author. professor andersen, what parts of the u.n. work?> guest: this is going to sound a little heretical. probably the best part of the u.n. in terms of its quirkiness the security council and that's got to seem a little bit strange. >> host: why do you say that? >> guest: is to seem strange for two distinct reasons. all of us watch the news and see things like syria unfolding and obstruction in the security council. we see the inability to come together in order to resolve these major humanitarian disasters th

. >> host: kenneth anderson, what is the u.s. influence? >> guest: u.s. influence is in one sense very large in another sense not. the key factor in the key point about this book as i've been talking about the u.n. and the u.s. relation to it as a player within the system. the biggest player, superpower, all of those things are true. the most important relationship is not as being the biggest play within the system. it is rather that the united states operates in a parallel system of international order in which the u.s. provides vast amount of public as to the world completely outside the system. we run a risk in deciding if the obama administration has been tempted to say we don't want to be the hegemonic provider of security at these public goods to the world. let this be another big player at the u.n., but another belly up to the bar player at the u.n. in turtle bay. let's let the collector worry about it. they will worry about it and waste damaging to us. the most important thing is that the u.s. doesn't understand a guarantee system as an act or fro

kenneth anderson as the author. professor anderson, what parts of the u.n. work? >> this is going to sound a little heretical. probably the best part of the u.n. in terms of its working is the security council. that's got to see in a little bit strange. >> why do you say that? >> two distinct reason. one of us is watching and we see things like syria unfolding in the obstruction and the security council and the ability to come together to resolve these kind of major humanitarian disasters that involved officious dictators slaughtering people so you look at that and you think this has to be the worst part of the u.n. rather than the best part of the reality is that the security council was operating through a fair extent as it is intended meaning they had a pretty good idea of the new with you are trying to fix and what they were trying to fix was the league of nations everybody got the same vote and the same place and everybody had the same impact, the good, the vatican of the whole thing and it was a disaster. so we saw, they solve the falling of the part of the

. >> host: we are talking with kenneth anderson. thank you, professor anderson. >> thank you. i appreciate this. >>> booktv on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch video and get up to date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. here's a look at the upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. please let us know about book fairs in your area. post them at facebook.com/booktv. or e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. >>> arthur goes on trial of december of 1835. he's eager to win a conviction. by this time mrs. thornton has come forward and come to the defense of her allegedly asal i can't. she said in the trial that arthur never lifted the action. ax. she felt safe in his presence. that he was just drunk and that she wanted the whole thing to go away. he was in plaqueble. he didn't listen. he managed to get other people to override the testimony. arthur is convicted and there's only oneishment for that, which is the death penalty. capital punishment. and so arthur bowen goes on to death row, and in january of 1836 sentenced to die i

. >> on sunday we sit down with patricia -- [inaudible] author of "reclaiming fair use," and kenneth anderson. both authors are professors at american university where booktv recently visited as part of our college series. watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> from new york city, now, michelle rhee, former chancellor of the d.c. public school system, recounts her career and present her thoughts on education reform. this event is about 45 minutes. [applause] >> michelle, firstly, thank you very much for joining us. i know you've had a couple busy days from last evening, jon stewart, cnn's piers morgan, and we're really delighted to have our old friends here from c-span filming this event so that many people from across the united states can benefit from a lot of what michelle has to say. so just to kick start it this evening, michelle, how did you come up with a fascinating and interesting book, "radical," and where does this interesting name come from? >> so i think the genesis of the name is an interesting one in that when i f

on sunday we sit down with patricia osterheidem, author of reclaiming their use and kenneth anderson, author of living with the u.n.. they are professors at american university where booktv recently visited as part of our college series. watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for complete scheduled visit booktv.org. here is a look at some books being published this week. mathew goggin recounts the story of two women journalists in the late nineteenth century who attempted to break the record for the fastest trip around the world in 80 days, nellie bly and elizabeth's raise around world and charity for all, why charities are failing and a better way to give. former ceo of n t r ken stern investigate u.s. nonprofit organizations and argues the industry needs to be reformed. still a surprise winning reporter michael loss reports from inside the board rooms of the processed foods industry in salt, sugar, fat. how the food giant hooked as. john maynard keynes, harry dexter white and the making of a new world order, send style, senior director of international economics a

on sunday we sit down with the author of reclaiming fair use and kenneth anderson, author of living with the un. they are professors at american university where booktv recently visited as part of our college series. watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for complete scheduled visit booktv.org. >> before 1990, american warships routinely patrol the gulf waters but had little presence in the ground following the iranian revolution of 1979 and the pullout from lebanon a few years later. washington held a limited defense agreement with bahrain but no one else. there were, for example, no u.s. troops in saudi arabia or any pledge to defend that kingdom or kuwait. on the eve of the iraqi invasion tensions in the region grew, american policymakers put to each state the idea that it would be a good time for a joint military exercise. let's show saddam hussein we are in this together. of all the gulf states only one, only one, the united arab emirates even agreed to this limited demonstration of solidarity. they feared it more than saddam hussein of public backlash from cavor

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