in the he's and north africa. during korea.nished manchester's third volume on churchill, and i wondered what your reaction was to that book. >> guest: thank you, i don't have a reaction because i have not read it yet. i read the first two, and then he died before he could finish the third one, and i know as a cowriter, the third came out, and it's well received, but i have not gotten around to reading it get. i will. it's on the list. >> host: next call from guy in colorado. you're on, go ahead. >> caller: privilege to speak with you. i read and enjoyed several of your books, and i really appreciate you. i also read with the "with the old breed," account of the horror faced between fighting in the pacific, and i was moved by it. can you recommend a similar book written by an american soldier who fought in the european theater? thank you. >> guest: well, i rely on journalists, using that more than most historian historians y because i was one and have sympathy, but they are also paid, all claimed underpaid professional observat

you are on booktv, thank you for calling and. >> caller: thank you for writing about north africa. so few people have done it. i was with the 77th evacuation hospital affiliated with university of the university of kansas and we were overseas for 37 months. we did and what africa included two other hospitals that we work with behind the front lines. they do. >> host: what was your job? >> caller: i was a surgical nurse. >> host: were you a volunteer? >> caller: yes. >> host: what do you recall about your experience? >> caller: it was totally unusual. it was so innocent about war when we went over there. we had to just work from scratch to set up hospital units and take care of the wounded. >> host: how many women were with your unit? >> caller: forty-seven, i believe. >> guest: thank you, louise. that was terrific. my wife is from kansas. my daughter is a surgeon. we are very enthusiastic about what you have done, the university of kansas, my wife is a graduate. i came across this periodically throughout my research. you were there and there were no units that i'm aware of that did

the invasion of morocco and algeria and the campaign across north africa. the second volume moves north across the mediterranean to the invasion of sicily in july of 1942. southern epperly and september 1943. the third volume begins on the evening of the invasion of normandy. june 4, 1944. the final volume tells the final chapter of this story between europe in may of 1945 onward. >> host: white we began in north africa? >> guest: that is where the story begins. the store you was at the urging of winston churchill to not try to cross the english channel in 1942 and 1943. partly because the american army included the green commanders, partly because we did not have the land and the other materials necessary to undertake that enormous the. so roosevelt, contrary to all of the senior military commanders, i believe to invade north africa in 1942, that took place on november 8. american and british forces fighting not the germans and that is really where the story begins, where we are fighting the french. >> host: why did we begin fighting the french? >> guest: t

the population that is pro asset is there as well the anything is as we noticed in countries of north africa is a libya egypt all these people who could be opposed to the local power of course very quickly removed and replaced by radicals because they have the financial support they have the means of persuasion and in syria it's going to be the same if tomorrow bashar al assad is kicked out it will not be the moderate opposition that will take power it will be the islamists the power they will be supported by the united states why because the u.s. has an interest in the fact that this part of the world knows chaos the usa wants to allow the americans to justify a wide scale military operation that will have as its a model to kick out of power so-called terrorist governments this is the problem today this is obvious i don't understand why we don't realize it more than it is the case today them and therefore we have to fight this situation because we risk to go towards a world war and this scares me a lot because with as much manipulation this is very dangerous and peace is in danger. now you

this explains why former colonial powers such as france or other countries intervened today in north africa to take back some natural resources this is the case in france in mali where france is only in the hands of the us in that story this is also the case in all the northern african countries that in the so-called arab spring the poor i say so-called because those are not real and revolutionary movements when it was directed from abroad and it's always to put their hands on natural resources such as gas and your radio this is a race this is an economic war that we're seeing now honestly i prefer the africa could be free from all these foreign powers that want to take advantage of their natural resources but i mean what we cannot dream africa today is the attic of the world it's very difficult to imagine that africa will one day be owned by africans we think it's sad but it's true you could say at least that they are in partnerships where everybody. you know when when relationship that a unilateral exploitation i can't stand anymore to see african starving you know when the underground is

and being trapped with the vandals of or in north africa. there was the first in row that marked the end of roman civilization. very tragic to read, and yet in a matter of 90 days flavius belisarius took back north africa and reclaimed it for christian, greek-speaking byzantium. plenty united the west, and did not stop there. he went to sicily and did the same thing and then he went to italy. just as themostocles was a renegade, so was flavius belisarius. and the nation of great speakers he was a latin speaker, which would not work well. he was young. unlike most young byzantine commanders, he was not corrupt. he had to maintenance. the byzantinists, as you know, were always outnumbered. they relied on discipline and technology and mercenaries. he said that he had to be a fish that swim in a local pond. he enforced strict discipline on his soldier. they did not lewd or steel. the first sign of counterinsurgency strategy, he incorporated local populations to help them, and he used to light and quick tactics. he avoided a pitched battle, and h

supporters welcomed the prime minister home from his trip to north africa. in a defiant speech, he vowed he would give no ground to the protests. immediate endr an to the demonstrations, which have lost their democratic credentials and turned into vandalism. he refused to back off from the planned redevelopment of the park that triggered the protests. demonstrators said the remarks showed he was out of touch. we were hoping that he would do a little bit to ease the passion. >> on friday, the e.u. called on turkey to observe high standards of democracy and take steps against the excessive use of force by police against the protesters. >> at the end of the week, central europe still grappled with flooding, as high waters moved to the north and east. on another visit to flood-hit parts of germany, chancellor angela merkel paid tribute. people aresense that pulling together. they are exhausted, obviously, but they are not giving up. >> a number of small towns along the river have been submerged, but there was a sigh of relief in dresden, where they were protecti

of the region and the influence of the jihadists inside libya and then penetrating the rest of north africa this is really the most crucial point because we see the interactions the into affects. the corporations the military the political the ideal logical the religious between the jihadists and the the radical islamist form a jury or. a good smiley. what's happening in mali today could have happened without the overthrow of gadhafi and the situation in libya at the moment if france would not intervene militarily in libya in milch two thousand and eleven in order to eradicate the khadafi regime perhaps it would not have to come to mali intervene militarily in being engaged to them since last january what is happened to the libyan oil and gas reserves well since. the foreign. forces countries companies in seoul are so involved in libya's oil and gas industry they acted to minimize the damages. they succeeded. to rehabilitate. the oil production and export almost all their regional. extent during the regime yet this is not the only attention we should give to this particular subject because

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violence in mali threatens to destabilize the whole of north africa according to the u.n. even as international business vultures seek to get all the gold they can from the country's mines. and the storm over syria assad's military success spurs washington towards the plea arming the rebels now.

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particularly in egypt or tunisia or saying that any of the spaces in north africa, there are concerns about terrorism. so the first thing to recognize is when dick cheney says terrorist, he means muslim entity we don't like. second point and karen, as you say, much of the way at bush administration structured the u.s. response to terrorism was built on the idea that we were at war and that we could behave, and use our armed forces and intelligence and the bush administration was doing things that is has now come out that obama administration is doing without court support. you can feel right or wrong about it but at least at some point when half of the senior justice officials threatened to resigned, they did get a warrant. it is very much this mind-set that all muslim entities we dent like or entity -- or enemies can usefully be defined as terrorists. and obama very much to his credit, whatever you think of the tactics he used tried it move us into a different frame of thinking about how we relate to the muslim world. >> exactly. the other sort of again big issue today, syria, it see

certainly while the prime minister is away in north africa protesters feel that they can negotiate oralk to the deputy prime minister and see what kind of olive branch he offers them to try to break the stalemate. to the park where it all started, you can see the numbers are still swelling, people are still entering the park. the government announced plans to rebuild, we develop it, but it has all mushroomed into a far bigger protest that has gone to the heart of what modern turkey is today. protesters wanting greater freedom and freedom -- freedom of speech, less of a top-down approach, less of an islamist agenda. one of them told me this morning that they simply want a democracy back. >> when the prime minister returns on thursday, if you reckon that they are actually going to say to him -- look, we will have to extend the olive branch? >> well, it is going to be very difficult. the prime minister has been resolute on this, refusing to give any ground at all. he called these protesters extremists, looters, villagers, describing them as arm in arm with terrorists. has been far more c

meanwhile, you have the north africa and middle east countries fertility has come down some but it's still very high and longevity is big cities are very young societies. and some how many of them have gotten organized in a way people don't have much to do. and the information and communication people do not have a monopoly on information on ability to organize that is entirely changed. so, in the middle east we see the arab awakening and the spark, there was a little guy indonesia and all he wanted to do is sell a business with fruits and vegetables and the regulators wanted to get a bonnet and he refused so they squashed him. how do you expect me to make a living? and worked as a lot for you. it gives you dignity. you get some in, from work and feel i deserve that. i did something and i got paid for at. so i think in that term while we are seeing in the middle east and north africa it's not going to settle down until somehow people have something to do that's constructive. there are many issues turning away on that but it's a fundamental issue you can see a look when it is in the d

hundreds die every year attempting to reach the continent from north africa, often on flimsy boats. the land route from asia is mainly used by people fleeing pakistan and afghanistan. once here, asylum seekers may be physically safe, but often have few opportunities to improve their situation. last september, frustrated migrants organised a march from würzburg to berlin, where they set up a protest camp in the middle of the city. the people in the camp are demanding the rights to move freely and take jobs. here's a personal account of an issue debated hotly all across the continent. bashir zakari is well connected, both online and at his refugee protest camp. he keeps in touch with asylum seekers all over europe. here at the information stand, protesters work together with their berlin allies to provide information to passers-by, organize demonstrations and coordinate daily life at the camp. bashir zakari is originally from nigeria but worked in libya until war broke out there two years ago. today he's telling a group of students his story and how the protest came about. they destro

peace process in the even far east in our sub-saharan africa and i mean north africa. with drug trafficking has also been mentioned about him when he decided to seek for political and diplomatic measures. in north korea. and their nuclear iranian program has to be given particular attention and in the majority of all the issues discussed how it is stated in the you communicate as of the first. january to president putin russia will be the president is g. eight. obviously will take into account what has been done by the british colleagues as well as all the decisions that will be taken during the g. eight g. twenty meeting i invited my colleagues to force a taste of june two thousand and fourteen and the meeting of the g. eight will the summit of the your the g. eight will take place in sochi friends we have about twenty minutes for questions and answers and so please but that much we do ask your questions. or your. blood similar to matter which a lot of attention has been given to your discussions and meetings with president obama we waited for this for a long time cou

meanwhile you have north africa middle east countries. fertility has come down some but it's still very high and longevity is at that place so these are very young societies. somehow many of them have gotten organized in such a way that young people don't have much to do. and in this information and communication age which i talk about in the book, nowadays the people in charge did not anymore have a monopoly on information or ability to organize. that is entirely changed. so when the middle east we see the arab awakening and a spark, it's only a spark but it is this the spark. this little guy in tunisia, all he wanted to do was start a little business selling fruits and vegetables. the regulators wanted to get a bribe from him. he said how do you expect me to make a living? work does a lot for you. work gives you dignity. work, you get some income from work and you feel i deserve that. i did something and i got paid for it. i deserved it, so i think in that turmoil we are seeing in the middle east and north africa, it's not going to sett

, when the americans go to war against hitler we don't go to europe, we go to north africa and the first thing we do is we get our butts kicked by a guy in casting pass into nietzsche. that is not a movie hollywood is going to make because it did not a movie americans want to see but it is what happened and that was interesting. i can't tell you how many people wrote to me and said i didn't want to like that. but can't help but. is a good character. i was going to do korea. i have been getting a lot of letters and talking about korea for years, lot of korean war veterans writing me, getting on my case. i hear from guys saying we are getting older too, people talk about world war ii veterans, korean veterans are right there with them. i understand that. most americans know about korea from-. match is not about korea at all. about vietnam. it is said in korea and they tell you is korea but hawkeye, talked to general 1951, the 1970s story. what about in sean. what about the yalu river, what about the chosen reservoir? visa stories that are important for a great many americans particularly i

own sort of and it wasn't just the protests in europe that we brought you all the protests in north africa the middle east the arab spring we also covered extensively what was happening across the atlantic in america the occupy wall street protests a bit of stick in america more than the history at the forefront of the coverage for o.t. was lucy care for more. than just the person it's good to see you two back in twenty eleven all she was one of the first big channels the showing the world was really going on absolutely i mean we really felt that these protest movements got at the heart of the key issues economic and political in the u.s. at the time and we started covering it from day one we had our crews and our cameramen there regularly but i actually decided to move out there spend a chunk of time living in the other protest site zuccotti park as you can see there and that was critical because it allowed me to get there late in the evening after the professional cameras were gone fill with my cell phone post those videos to you tube for r.t. and really get that material out there is qu

this is a strain of help a rare in this country, a strain more common in the middle east and north africa. how did this strain end up in these berries? it's quite possible there was an infected health worker or infected food worker who tainted this batch. reporting live in santa clara, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> thank you, bob. >>> the oldest member of the u.s. senate and last remaining world war ii veteran has died. new jersey senator frankie lautenberg died of viral number on yachlt he struggled with health problems since late last year missing several weeks of votes. the democrat was known as a liberal lion and given credit for the smoking ban on airplanes. lautenberg was 89-year-old. >>> we have to wait at least another week to find out the u.s. supreme court's decision on prop 8. that, of course, is california's ban on same-sex marriage. today the court started handing down decisions on every case it heard over the last nine months. decisions are issued every monday through june. the justices did reveal two rulings today, neither of them dealing with prop 8. the supreme cour

turned up at the airport in the middle of the night to greet him at the end of his four-day trip to north africa. just a few miles away, rival protesters were calling for his resignation. we have more now. a defiant return for a leader who knows he still has the support of his loyal backers. they turned out in tens of thousands at istanbul airport to greet him, and he made clear he isn't backing down. >> we can't allow anyone to behave in an unlawful way in this country, to vandalize, to destroy cities, private properties, and to hurt our people. >> but recep erdogan also talked of brotherhood, saying that he was prime minister not just for the 50% of people who voted for him, but for all 76 million turks. an attempt perhaps to quell growing divisions here. on the other side of the city, a party atmosphere of a different kind. these people are angry. they've occupied taxing in protest at a government they claim is becoming increasingly authoritarian. >> thousands started camping out here after police used water cannon on protesters who had been trying to save the nearby park from being redevelop

al qaeda management in north africa accused him, now 40 years old, of being a prima donna, among somecomplaints? he doesn't file his expense reports on time. he doesn't return phone calls or emails. he shows off on the internet, he doesn't get along with the local amirs and he doesn't charge enough for the ransom of hostages. the going rate is $3 million a head. the unkindest cut of all was the accusation that with plentiful weapons and plenty of new recruits available, he hadn't pulled off a really big media-friendly blood bath. quote, your brigade did not achieve a single spectacular operation targeting the crusader alliance. the overall effect of the letter is that he is not a bureaucrat. so when corporate management complained, he struck back, killing more than 100 people in the b.p. raid and attacks on a french mining site and a military installation. there is, of course, no escaping the dark humor of this beacon of the corporate culture of al qaeda. some suggest he learned it from us. but he brings to the world of jihad a colorful commercialism that invites the displeasure of hi

that at least forty thousand of the so-called syrian rebels are in fact jihadist terrorists from north africa central asia and even western europe there's an estimated six hundred western european born jihadi is fighting against the syrian government right now. on the summer's sidelines zero grabs a new u.s. officials lay the foundations for mega flies free trade zone a little later we are at war and how the plan has hit european jews against each other and why what stock agencies are ringing the alarm bell. the g. eight summit is taking place just as the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden drops another information bombshell you can documents that prove that the u.s. and the u.k. were spying on the delegates of the g. twenty summit in london back in twenty or so tim has promised even more revelations unpredicted more whistleblowers will follow his example during an internet q. and a session archies marina part of the online chat. snowden referred to washington's war on whistleblowers as a draft pony in a campaign he believes will ultimately escalate the scale scope and skill involved in futu

of the three hundred million arabs in the middle east north africa or only israel's arab citizens enjoy real democratic rights. but statements like this are small comfort for arab israelis whether or not they enjoy the right to vote they face every day problems of a more pressing nature three months ago tell of if street cleaner her son was five was badly beaten up for no other reason than that he's our. however there were a lot of them said to me hi arab i said what do you say that i mean what's the difference jewish then another guy came up to me and said you want a country arab or. the next thing the father of three remembers is being hit on the head with a bottle. so everything went black i fell to the ground they started kicking and hitting me my lawyer told me that when they were held by the police they heard the kids competing among themselves who hit me the most. violent racism among israel's youth has been growing steadily for some time we went undercover and this is what we found a typical thursday night in downtown jerusalem young israeli teenagers hanging out in the streets

the threatens to destabilize the whole of north africa according to the u.n. even as international business to get all the gold they can from the country's mines. had a storm over syria assad's military success is washington to.

could actually end the days of riots the turkish prime minister meantime returning from a trip to north africa he will be expected to do something about the public discontent with just seen demands for him to reverse all of his policies but it's not his arena reports or the one of his just to be looking for scapegoats. barricades in the legs and. turkey's going through a rough time right now so who's to blame. there is a problem called twitter right now and you can find every kind of why there the thing that is called social media is the biggest trouble for society right now said prime minister. before judging often african tour voices of dissent on istanbul's taksim square as well as many other squares and parks in turkey. but the turkish prime minister had by then already dismissed these voices as coming from drunkards and extremists the only types of people who attend protests in turkey according to iran this completely dislikes a position. he take this as a personal offense. he's used to have. agrees from the public for a lot of time because he gamed the. waltz of the contrary this time pr

that at least forty thousand of the so-called syrian rebels are in fact jihadist terrorists from north africa central asia and even western europe there's an estimated six hundred western european born jihadi is fighting against the syrian government right now. on the some of the sidelines eurocrats and u.s. officials lay the foundation for medical supplies of free trade zone a little a deliberate form how the plan has your privileges against each other and why watchdog agencies are ringing the alarm bell. the g eight summit is taking place just as the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden drops another information bombshell in documents that prove the u.s. and the u.k. was spying on the delegates of the g twenty summit in london back in two thousand and nine story and has a promise to even more revelations and predicted more whistleblowers will follow his example this was during an internet q. and a session marty's worrying about mail follow the online chat. snowden referred to washington's war on whistleblowers as a drop clooney and campaign he believes will ultimately escalate the scale scop

released saying that that could and the days of riots detective prime minister returns from a trip to north africa later and will be expected to do something about the public discontent with her sin demands for him to revise all his policies but as. of course everyone appears to be looking for scapegoats. barricades in banners flags and tear gas turkey's going through a rough time right now so who's to blame them we consider the sincerity of these protests social media has been full of fabricated news baseless claims and accusations against me for days therefore we should hang these people from the trees they are accustomed to that these tactless people are tweeting and messaging that we are victims of violence and dying police panzers are crushing us and the people who share and retreat these claims are just hundreds of fascists said prime minister. before getting off to an african tour while voices of dissent on istanbul's taksim square as well as many other squares and parks in turkey who louder but the turkish prime minister had by then already dismissed these voices as coming from drunkards l

that at least forty thousand of the so-called syrian rebels are in fact jihadist terrorists from north africa central asia and even western europe there's an estimated six hundred western european born jihadi is fighting against the syrian government right now syria's conflict looms large over the israeli occupied golan heights where the border is already troubled by fighting the prospect of having war on its doorstep is it weary israel though not perhaps for the country's elite who have been revealed to have an expensive and impenetrable hijacked poor display looks at what the rest of the country thinks about it. when the missiles come israel's leaders will be here deep underground somewhere on the road between jerusalem and tel aviv about a decade ago the news broke that the government was building a bunker here in the hills of jerusalem to the tune of some two hundred million dollars criticism at the time was that the country had survived for fifty years without one and could for another fifty but back then the threat of a nuclear iran was nowhere near where israel's prime minister netanya

violence and amal you threatens to destabilize the whole of north africa according to the u.n. even as international business vultures seek to get all the gold they can from the countries mines. the storm over syria says military advances speeds up the debate in washington on arming the rebels while u.s. gathers troops jets and missiles nearby. it is five pm moscow you're watching r t m we're going to josh welcome to the program. now the man who blew the whistle on unparalleled u.s. surveillance webb has identified himself saying he expects to be made to suffer for his actions twenty nine year old former cia technical assistant edward snowden is now holed up in a hong kong hotel afraid to leave his room for fear of retribution but he says he has no regrets and that exposing washington spy network against hundreds of millions of its own citizens was too important. i could be you know rendered by the cia i could have a people come after me or any of their third party partner you know they would they work closely with a number of other nations or you know me because pay off the tr

conference coming up and possible intervention with weapons supplies to rebels by the worst in north africa mali remains on a knife as even though french troops they declare their operation against extremists a success the u.s. is now planning to deploy a new peacekeeping force because leaders are locked in another battle difficult talks with the separatists over the disputed north korea for national reports from . france says it's done its job well in mali killed most of its islamist insurgents destroyed the infrastructure and pushed the rest out of the country but the people who gathered here in the center of the northern city of gal think france's mission isn't complete. the french are making excuses because our enemy is holding the doll they must resolve this before any elections or negotiations take place france should defend our community not try to keep us in our place. the desert capital of kiddo has been out of governmental control since last year first it's been captured by terrorists indigenous african people fighting to create a breakaway state in the north of mali then the radi

notion that turkey will go back to normal by thursday by the time the prime minister gets back from north africa there's a little bit of wishful thinking i i don't think anyone thinks that turkey of the next week will be similar to that interview but we certainly does seem rather convenient that the turkish prime minister is out of town on a business trip a jury these unprecedented protests and a brutal police reaction to them many people already comparing what's happening in turkey to that of the arab spring not far away regionally the prime minister saying that's absolute nonsense do you agree. absolute nonsense is perhaps an exaggeration but it is made perhaps a misleading comparison people have also compared it to develop a drug pollution and drugs say we resemble ourselves and there's something certainly intrinsic to turkey about what's happened i mean why it's different from the arab spring is that mr out on is a prime minister who was elected he was elected to three consecutive elections each time he got a little bit more of a vote if there were elections tomorrow many people of being big

ballance in mali threatens to destabilize the whole of north africa according to the united nations even as international business vultures seek to get all the gold they can from the countries winds. and assume over syria assad's military advances speeds up the debate in washington arming the rebels.

that that could actually and days of riots the prime minister though returning from a trip to north africa later will be expected to do something about the public discontent which is seen demands for him to reverse all of his policies but his arteries are going to get reports out of the one appears to be looking for scapegoats. plugs in tear gas turkey is going through a rough time right now so who's to blame. there is a problem called twitter right now and you can find every kind of law there the thing that is called social media is the biggest trouble for society right now said prime minister. before dissing often african tour and voices of dissent in the. square as well as many others. but the turkish prime minister had been the main. dismissed these voices as coming from drunkards and extremists the only types of people who turns protests and turn to according to this completely dislikes a position. he take this as a personal offense. he's used to have. agrees from the public for a lot of time because he gained a. waltz of to calm this time probably he didn't think that he didn't assum