nancy sherman was interviewed as part of booktv's college series. it is about half an hour. >> host: what do you do for a living? >> guest: i have the glorious job of being a professor. i teach at georgetown university and this year i am at the woodrow wilson center so occasionally i write books. i talk to veterans and soldiers about going to war and coming home. >> host: what is your connection to the naval academy? >> guest: i used to teach at the naval academy. 4 two years. i was there inaugural distinguished chair in ethics. they have a cheating scandal and they are in the limelight being near washington and they needed to brainstorm about how to teach ethics and so they called me in and -- i have taught ethics for years at georgetown for 20 years. some of that before, yale and as a graduate student. they were surprised that there had been people teaching ethics as part of the curriculum. we modified the course to talk about character in war and character of midshipmen and sailors and marines. was fascinating. it was a fascinating tour of duty.

we have been talking with professor nancy sherman about her most recent book.your disk, "the untold war: inside the hearts, minds, and souls of our soldiers." it's a norton of publications. >> thank you very much. >> here are some of the top selling nonfiction titles and independent bookstores around the country.