continues with georgetown university associate professor matthew kroenig whose latest book was releasedin may. "a time to attack." the looming iranian nuclear threat. that's followed by the three americans imprisoned in 2009 after hiking an the wrong side of the border and accused of being spies. they tell their story in "a sliver of light." then military historian john mcmanus on the difficulties in the days and weeks following the normandy invasion in world war ii. >>> tonight at 8:00 eastern on american history tv, army veterans tell their stories of the front lines in world war ii, including this soldier who remembers his first encounter with a german soldier while fighting in north africa. >> we were fighting on a hill, 609, just beyond the pass. i went up one night to check on my company men and while i was there, there was a lot of big, big boulders on top of the mountain. we'll call it a hill with a small mountain how we're thinking here. and i heard this kind of scraping noise over my head, and i looked up and a german came down with a bayonet. went right through the fleshy par

please join me in welcoming matthew kroenig. [applause] [applause] >> well, thank you very much for that introduction, stephanie. it is a pleasure to be back here. and to be here tonight talking about my new book, it's time to -- "a time to attack: the looming iranian nuclera threat." before i talk about what the book is about what like to talk a little bit about what the book is not. the book does not argue the we should take immediate military action to read the book does not argue that dodger action is our best option. it does not argue that it should be our first option. some people see the title and jump to conclusions. rather, argue we should solve this problem through diplomacy if all possible, and there are no experts who disagree with this position. everyone believes that we should solve the problem through diplomacy. no one is saying we should take immediate action. no one is saying we should just give up and acquiesce. since there is so much agreement on that question it is not really an interesting one. the more inte

please join me in welcoming matthew kroenig. [applause] >> thank you very much for that introduction is stephanie. it's a pleasure to be back here at the world affairs council of washington d.c. and to be here tonight talking about my new book "a time to attack" the looming iranian nuclear threat. before i talk about what the book is about i'd like to talk a little bit about what the book is not. the book does not argue that we should take immediate military action. the book does not argue argue military option is her best option. it doesn't argue that it should be our first option. i think some people see the title of the book and jump to the wrong conclusion. rather i argue it should solve the nuclear challenge the diplomacy of possible. there are no serious experts who disagree with this position. everyone agrees we should try to solve the problem through diplomacy and no one saying we should take immediate military action. no one is arguing that we should give up and acquiesced to iran. since there is agreement on that quest

please join me in welcoming matthew kroenig.pplause] [applause] >> well, thank you very much for that introduction, stephanie. it is a pleasure to be back here. and to be here tonight talking about my new book, it's time to -- "a time to attack: the looming iranian nuclera threat." before i talk about what the book is about what like to talk a little bit about what the book is not. the book does not argue the we should take immediate military action to read the book does not argue that dodger action is our best option. it does not argue that it should be our first option. some people see the title and jump to conclusions. rather, argue we should solve this problem through diplomacy if all possible, and there are no experts who disagree with this position. everyone believes that we should solve the problem through diplomacy. no one is saying we should take immediate action. no one is saying we should just give up and acquiesce. since there is so much agreement on that question it is not really an interesting one. the more interes

that's followed by georgetown university associate professor matthew kroenig with a time to attack. >>> tonight at 8:00 eastern army veterans tell their stories of the front lines of world war ii including this soldier who remembers his first encounter of a german soldier while fighting in north africa. >> we were fighting on a hill 609. i went up one night to check up on men. while i was there a lot of big boulders on top of the mountain, we call it a hill. it is a small mountain. and i heard this kind of skrieping noise over my head. i looked up and a german came down with a bayonet that went right through the flesh part here and took my jacket and fell on the ground in front of me. we had been told that the germans were kicking off with snipers and lost about six of our medics. they were shooting guys right in the head. so we were given permission to arm ourselves. i had wore a .45. we took our geneva crosses over our helmets so they couldn't see us. it is a situation you don't want to get into. the guy fell on the ground in front of me and came up and came at me with a bayonet. i

and then georgetown university associate professor matthew kroenig whose latest book was released inmay, "the time to attack." followed by the three americans imprisoned in 2009 after hiking on the wrong side of the border and accused of being spies. they tell their story in "a sliver of light." >>> more world war ii tonight at 8:00. life on the battlefield. recounting the liberation of france. at 9:10, wives and children of soldiers share memories of life at home. at 9:50, author rick atkinson on the significance of the attack on sicily and the liberation of europe. >>> here's some of the highlights for this weekend. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a history tour looking at the civil war. saturday, at 6:30 p.m. eastern, the communicators visits a technology fair on capitol hill. sunday, on q & a, pat buchanan. on c-span2 friday night, at 8:00 eastern, books on hillary clinton, barack obama and edward snowden. and then daniel halper and touring casper, wyoming. c-span3 friday night, the negro league's kansas city monarchs. saturday the civil war, the depiction of slavery in moves and su