this last book will be the focus of our conversation with professor mcmeekin. world war i was triggered in late june of 1914 by the assassination of archduke frantz ferdinand and his wife, sophie. they were gunned down by a serbian 19-year-old by the name of -- >> sean mcmeekin talks about his book "july 1914" on this episode of book notes+. notes plus is aille on the free mobile app and wherever you get your podcasts. announcer: c-span, democracy unfiltered. we are funded by these television companies and more. including midco. >> where you going? or maybe a better question is, how far do you want to go?

august was the beginning the great war world war i had military casualties of 9 million and sean mcmeekinated in new york state has written nine books since 2003 and subjects that include german history russian history the ottoman empire, communism, world war ii and one title july 1914. this last book will be the focus of our conversation with professor world war i was triggered in late june by the assassination of ferdinand and his wife so see in bosnia they were gunned down by a soviet the name. >> author sean talks about his book july 1914 countdown to work on this episode of book notes plus with our host brian lamb book notes plus is available on c-span now free mobile out or wherever you get your podcast. >> democracy worth dying for. >> democracy belongs to us all. >> were here in the sanctuary of democracy. >> responsibilities all once again to the great democracy. >> market democracy is bigger than anyone. >> freedom and democracy must be constantly guarded and protected. >> were at our core, democracy. >> this is a massive victory for democracy and for freedom. over and out to th

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. >> author sean mcmeekin talks about his book "july 1914: countdown the war" on book notes+, which isree on c-span now or wherever you get your podcasts. >> looking to contact your members of congress? c-span is making it easy for you. with our 2025 congressional directory. get essential contact information for government officials all in one place. this compact, spiral-bound guide contains contact information for every house and senate member of the 119th congress. contact information on congressional committees, the president was a cabinet, and state governments. the congressional directory cost $32.95 plus shipping and handling, and every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. go to c-spanshop.org to preorder your copy today. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is george beebe joining us with the quincy institute, the director of brand strategy. he served as former special advisory to vice president dick cheney. a lot there. we welcome you back. remind people what the quincy institute is, the position it takes on foreign policy and specifically for ukraine-

. >> sean mcmeekin talks about his book on this episode of books no explosiv -- book notes plus.ch or listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> washington journal continues. host: we are joined by reecie colbert. welcome to the program. guest: thank you for having me. host: tell us about your radio show and what you talk about. guest: my radio show is on sirius xm urban view. it is a saturday afternoon program with a mix of politics and pop culture. it is a fun show and we take live callers on the show. host: i was going to ask you about that. what are the big issues they are calling about? guest: my show is the black talk radio show. they are not surprised at all about what we are seeing. this is what my community voted against. we are having more of an i told you so dialogue on my program. there are some people who support what is going on mostly because they are looking at things like what they believe are guatemalan sex changes being bandied about, the kind of dis information that is out there. host: why do you think so many black men voted for president trump this time? gues

. >> author sean mcmeekin talks about his brian lamb. notes plus is available on the free mobile app or wherever you gear podcasts. washington journal continues. host: elaine kamarck joins us now, center for effective public management. some 32 years ago she served as director of the reinventing government initiative at the start of the clinton administration. what was your mission at the reinventing government initiative? >> we began in march of 1993. we issued our first of many reports in september of 1993. we thought we were moving quickly, but nothing compared to mr. mosk. and our mission was to create a government that works better and cost less. so we had in it works better as well as costing less. we wanted to save money, we wanted to cut some personnel, but we also wanted to fix ongoing problems in the federal government. host: is it fair to call it the doge of its day? guest: it probably was but with a lot of exceptions. a lot of important differences. the doge people have all come from outside government and they have no govern

this last book will be the focus of our conversation with professor mcmeekin. world war i was triggered in late june of 1914 by the assassination of archduke frantz ferdinand and his wife, sophie. they were gunned down by a serbian 19-year-old by the name of -- >> sean mcmeekin talks about his book "july 1914" on this episode of book notes+. notes plus is aille on the free mobile app and wherever you get your podcasts. announcer: c-span, democracy unfiltered. we are funded by these television companies and more. including midco. >> where you going? or maybe a better question is, how far do you want to go? and, how fast do you want to get there? now we are getting somewhere. so, let's go. let's go faster. let's go further. let's go beyond. announcer: midco supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> we now want to take you down to the other end of pennsylvania avenue. we want to take you to 1600 pennsylvania avenue at the white house, the washington post white house reporter joini