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he is our guest for the next hour here on booktv on c-span2. we will put the numbers on this green, if you would like to talk to chris kyle. 202737-0001. those of you in the mountain and pacific time zone 737-0002. we set aside our third line for iraq and afghanistan veterans and active duty 202-628-0205. you can also contact us electronically, send an e-mail to booktv@c-span.org or send a tweet to twitter.com/booktv. chris kyle in your book you write that you were not the best shot at all in your class before you went into the seals. >> guest: no. i never claimed to be the greatest sniper. i was through sniper school in the middle of the pack when i graduated, almost failed out of sniper school. everyone tends to think when you get these number of kills that all of a sudden you are this great sniper and that is not the measure of a sniper. the measure of the greatness of a sniper is to roll everything all in one. the observation, and everything, that is why in my mind, carlos bad cop, at 93 confirmed kills, i think he is the greatest sniper ev

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. >> booktv is on twitter. follow us to get publishing news scheduling updates, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. twitter.com/booktv. >> host: well, joining us now on our outdoor set is harvarddoo professor randall kennedy. he's been a frequent guest on booktv and on c-span and his most recent book which came out last year which he's talking about could be here in miami "poor discrimination." race, affirmative action, and the law" professor kennedy, has a affirmative action been successful in this country? >> i think it's been very successful over the past several decades. it has helped with the desegregation of american life, particularly in higher education and in employment. and i think that it has done a very good job in a variety of ways. it is help to rectify past injustice. it is help to bring into important discussions, people have been excluded and, therefore, enriched or public debate and our learning in various schools. so i think it has been a success. tha

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weekend. 48 hours of people and events that help document the american story. >> joining us now on booktv is allen carl who has written a book called "forks". what is on the front of the book? >> it is actually a motorcycle believe it or not. it is in the middle of nowhere in southern south america. bmws-650. i took that motorcycle for three years alone and road it all over the world. >> you road it around the world? >> yup. >> why? >> a lot of us have passions and dreams and i want to travel around the world. my passions is photography and motorcycle riding and i saw myself at a fork in the road. unemployed and recently divorced. i decided instead of scrambling to try to find the next job, i sold everything i had, and hopped on the motorcycle to live and experience different cultures and different people all over the world. >> so why the name of the book? >> i came to a fork we come to forks in our live and forks are the things on the motorcycle that keep us going in the right direction and steer us. and forks are what we share and eat food with. if you a musicianer you know what a tunin

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booktv will have live coverage of the savannah book festival which takes place from the twelfth through the fifteenth in savannah, georgia. on march 14th and fifteenth, booktv at the university of arizona on coverage for the tucson festival of books. the following week the va festival of the book will be held in charlottesville, virginia and march 25th through 20 ninth the city of new orleans will host the tennessee williams literary festival. let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we will add them to our list. e-mail us at booktv@c-span.org. >> booktv continues now with a recounting of john quincy adams's plans for the united states to become a global leader. charles howell describes the strategy and the costs incurred to reach and maintain international prominence. it is about an hour. >> we are very lucky to have charles here today. ..

. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> here are some programs to watch on booktv this weekend. .. >> as part of the conference of on the 50th apneas of the book "suicide of the west" a panel discussion on u.s. foreign policy. this is about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon my name is josh altman, the membership director of the buckley program, and it's my pleasure to introduce the moderator for our final panel, the drift of u.s. foreign policy and the challenges of western survival. professor charles hill is a diplomat in residence and lectern at international studies at yale. he was a senior adviser to george shut. henry kissinger and ronald reagan to name few. during the 2008 presidential election was the chief foreign policy adviser to candidate rudy giuliani. author of the books "grand strategies" he teaches in the brady johnson program in grand strategy that handles questions of leadership statecraft and diplomacy, and also teaches in directed studies. blows

and on booktv.org. >> now on booktv, alex epstein says the public only hears one side of the argumentin the debate over fossil fuels. he argues fossil fuels have done far more good than damage to the world and are a safe and reliable source of energy. this is a little under one hour. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon welcome to the heritage foundation and to our douglas and tear allison auditorium but we, of course welcome those who join us on all of these occasions on our heritage.org website, and those will be joining us on a future booktv program. we would ask everyone here in house to check that cell phones have been turned off as a courtesy to our speaker. we will post the program on the heritage home page following today's presentation for everybody's future reference. and has always our internet

. >> now on booktv we are going to introduce you to johns hopkins professor, lester spence, who is also an author. first of all professor, what you teach at johns hopkins? >> guest: i teach racial politics and urban politics. >> host: what are those? ask you when you think about it racial politics, concerns or competition over scarce resources between different racial groups and can include such aspect is how different racial groups attempt to kind of define what race is and how it works and how through that definition may end up creating a dynamic where some groups have a lot of resources and some groups have fewer resources. black politics think about racial politics is competition between different racial groups. black politics comes for me to competition about what the black agenda should be about how we define what blackness is. urban politics is about the competition over scarce resources within a metropolitan environment in between different metropolitan environments. >> host: is very black agenda? >> guest: some people think there is. some people think there should be. i would s

. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv television for serious readers. >> saturday, january 24 this national read-a-thon day. as part of a fundraiser for the national book foundation's educational programs, organizers have asked participants to pledge for hours to reading. throughout the week book tv asks viewers on social media what they were reading. here are some of the responses. let us know what you're reading for the national read-a-thon day on her facebook page or underwear using hashtag time to read, and go to penguin random house.com/read-a-thon for more information on how to participate. >> joining us to our booktv, as recent book is called the republic of imagination. where did this come from? >> guest: as soon as i finished my last book my last chapter in reading i kept thinking of the old democracy. that freedom itself is also an ordeal and, in fact, totalitarian societies could be merely comparing the best and worst in societies like ours. as ray bradbury says in a democracy you don't have to burn books

booktv is on location at johns hopkins university. >> every weekend booktv offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. keep watching for more here on c-span2, and watch any of our past programs online at booktv.org. >> host: rebecca frankel is the author of "war dogs: tales of k-t heroism history and love." ms. frankel, what's on the cover of your book? >> guest: this is a -- [inaudible] and his dog and they're doing a training exercise for missions they might have to do in iraq or afghanistan which does include the drop from a helicopter. >> host: where's -- what sparked you to write about war dogs? >> guest: well, i've always loved dogs and animal but i've been writing about the iraq war for as long as it's been going on. as i was looking at photos coming in off the wire, i saw this one photo that sort of stood out from afghanistan, and it was because there were these marines and bomb-sniffing dogs, and they were just hanging out and everyone looked very happy. there was a very stark contrast to the -- [inaudible] that you see in unfortunate photos that are a little

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you're on booktv with tavis smiley. >> caller: um, mr. smiley, i would like to ask you to make a comment on the contribution of people from the caribbean to american society. i think of the fact that people like colin powell and eric holder have backgrounds from the caribbean, harry belafonte stokely carmichael marcus garvey. and at the other end rihanna, nicki minaj from the caribbean. would you care -- >> host: neville, where are you from? >> caller: i'm from guyana in south america. >> host: thank you sir. >> guest: i think you just commented, and i couldn't agree were more. that's what's so beautiful about this country and this is worth remembering as we have this debate this pseudo-debate in the next few weeks and months and now with the republicans controlling both houses of congress, where is this immigration debate going to go? obviously, conservatives and others in this town think the president, you know, has rubbed their nose in this immigration debate and has really, you know gone beyond the pale when he used his executive privi

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send us an e-mail to booktv at c-span.org, tweet us at booktv or post on our wall facebook.com/booktv. >> what you get this one is something i think that epitomizes our current national approach to cybersecurity. the pentagon teamed up with these contractors in information and intelligence sharing arrangement the that contractors agreed to report to the pentagon threats they were sent on their network and occluding when he had been breached. the pentagon agreed not to disclose this publicly because companies do not to say when the that hackers and cyber networks. and then return the pentagon was going to provide these corporations with information that it was gathered from some intelligence operation to effectively the fruit of espionage that agencies like the nsa were gathering about these threats in china and how they might affect american businesses. this partnership essentially sets up whereby private sector and public are coming together for their mutual purpose of defending these computer networks. companies are essential in this arrangement and this is true across the board whe

postcode now one booktv, we want to introduce you to wayne biddle. we are here on location at johns hopkins university. what do you hear? >> guest: i teach in a writing seminar department. we're like an old-fashioned department only if on creative writing. i handled the nonfiction curriculum. >> host: what were you doing prior to this? s. going up from a traditional academic background. i was in washington and new york with "the new york times" and continue to do journalism, but i've been here. >> host: what kind of stories? >> guest: at the pentagon correspondent for the most part, but a lot of science and technology oriented. i was once educated to be an electrical engineer a long time ago, so i was able to approach a pentagon story about the latest zillion dollars jet aircraft from the nuts and bolts did it work or not rather than the political aspects of why it was being built. >> host: anyway pulitzer winner? >> guest: yes, the times did a big project on the so-called stars wars program during the reagan administration. we won a pulitzer for this

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we've covered several of his books on booktv. as always thank you. >> guest: thanks very much. >> eric lichtblau is next on booktv. he recalls the influx of nazis who entered the united states following world war ii and reports that many of these men were granted clearance by the u.s. government who employed him as a scientist, intelligence officers engineers and spies. this is about one hour. >> we are fortunate to have with us this evening and experienced investigative reporter, eric lichtblau. eric first got into investigative journalism at the "los angeles times" where he worked for 15 years. is final beat for the "los angeles times" was in washington covering the justice department. and when he shifted to "the new york times" 12 years ago, he continued covering justice. is left him well-positioned and very well sourced after the september 11 attack to report on the bush administration's stepped-up domestic spying operation. in 2006, he and another "new york times" reporter, james ricin, received the pulitzer prize for nation

tweet us @booktv or post on our wall facebook.com/booktv. >> next on booktv, james robbins recounts the high and military career of general george custer including his childhood and formative years as well as his time in the field of battle from the civil war to his final defeat at the battle of little bighorn. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, glenn. i'd also like to thank carlene and pauline, all the hudson library team. it's been great meeting some of you in the audience too. i've had a really wonderful visit here. it's great to be back home in ohio, you know it's good to shake off inside the beltway every now and then. you know? washington right? as we heard george custer was from 80 miles south of here. if you have a chance, you can go visit him. also grant sherman sheridan all have ohio roots one way or another, either born or raised here. as a friend from mississippi said, you have a lot of bloody bastards from your state. [laughter] i guess it depends on what side you're on, but -- [laughter] anyway. one question i get about my book "the real custer,

"after words" airs every weekend on booktv at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9 p.m. on sunday and 12 a.m. on monday and you can also watch online. go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the booktv series into topics list of the upper right side of the page. >>> now on booktv on to introduce you to the john hopkins professor lester the first of all professor, would you teach at the johns hopkins? >> guest: i teach about politics, racial politics in american politics. >> host: what are those? >> guest: if you think about it the racial politics concerned the competition over the scarce resources between the different racial groups and can include such aspects such as how the different racial groups tend to kind of divine the races and how it works and then how they ended up held definition ends up creating a dynamic where some groups have a lot of resources and some groups have fewer resources. >> the black politics when he becomes the competition within the black community is about what the agenda should be about about how we even define what blackness is and t

we've been talking with the author, chris kyle on booktv. thank you mr. kyle. >> guest: thank you, sir. >> if you look at the budget for the war on drugs every year it is billions of dollars and so i was curious as to why that is and how does the war on drugs fit into the larger picture of american foreign policy? >> the war and trucks is something the u.s. has used with some justification, but to use that as justification for intervention activities across the globe. we generally associate the declaration of the war on drugs with president nixon in 1971, 1970 saying those words declaring the war on drugs. in one way to look at that time period, we could see the war on drugs is connected to the nixon administration. but if you go further back in u.s. history you realize nixon didn't start the war on drugs. the warren trucks has had stricter policies domestically and abroad for most of the 20th century. he expanded it he'll march day, this open skies domestically and abroad, which is the area i was interested in. although the book will it go both areas in t

go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the booktv series and topics list on the upper right side of the page. >> host: our guest great to see you again. congratulations on your book being mortal. the book cover, i love it. it's got a piece of grass on the cover and it's got so much potential and symbolism. i immediately thought of walt whitman in his book leaves of grass. he has this famous quote i bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass i love. what does a leaf of grass mean to you and why did you decided to put it on the cover. .. investigating why even in my own practice we don't do a very successful job of dealing with mortality. we reached we reached by the end of the 1990s a place where 80 percent of people died and institutions often hooked up to machines no chance to say goodbye, the chance to preserve some quality of life and it was clear that this was not what people want to do and i was not being successful at it. i began interviewing patient family members, over 200 patients about their experience with aging and the end-of-life or just doing with serious il

watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> next on booktv front the bill of rights day book festival hosted by the national constitutional center in philadelphia, a discussion between lee livine, and stephen wermiel, a discussion of the book "the proking any:ity william j. brennan's fight to preserve the legacy of "new york times" versus sullivan." this is about an hour. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the national constitution center. i am jeffrey rosen. i'm the president of this wonderful institution. and since i've started here at the national constitution center in june 2013, i cannot imagine a more exciting day than bill of rights day which we celebrate today. before i start and explain why this is so hugely significant for the constitution center for philadelphia and for the u.s.a., i want to begin by reciting the mandate from congress that the national constitution center is privileged to have and many of you i see familiar faces in the audience. many of you know we're live on c-span all day today so i just want to share this beautiful mission we have w

he is our guest for the next hour here on booktv on c-span2. we are going to put the numbers up on the screen if you would like to talk with mr. kyle. 202 is the area code 737-0001 in eastern and central timezones and in the mountain pacific time zone 737-0002 and we have set aside a third line this morning for iraq and afghanistan vets and active duty (202)628-0205. you can also contact us electronically. you can send an e-mail to booktv at c-span.org or send a tweak to twitter.com/booktv. chris kyle in your book you write you were not the best shot at all in your class. or before you went into the seals. >> guest: no sir i never claimed to be the greatest sniper. through sniper school i was middle of the pack and when we graduated i almost failed out of sniper school. everyone tends to think when you get the number of kills that all of a sudden you are this great sniper. that's not the measure of a sniper. the measure of the true greatness of the snipers to roll everything all into one. i mean it's the stalking in the observation come everyth

. >> host: we invited you on booktv to talk about a book. let's talk about the book "stare in the darkness" the limits of hip-hop and black politics". what is hip-hop? >> we're talking about a forum of popular culture associated with black populations whether rap being horror emceeing and i am talking about as of the vehicle of hip-hop politics. there is a lot of different ways:as they become natural things, there is a lot of discussion in black communities that they have on black politics. what i wanted to do is address that. >> host: where did wrap get its start? and particularly its messaging? >> most people locate 1972 is a new york city where as a result of a shift in the way new york city was allocating resources you have a lot of working-class kids you don't have a lot to do. what day end up doing was using what we now think of as rapping to express themselves and to the extent of gains engaged in conflict with each other it is like non-violent conflict resolution and from there it takes off. >> host: how do we get to loren hill in 19

one. thank you very much. [applause] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv, television for serious readers. >> this weekend on booktv, former arkansas governor mike huckabee discusses america's current political landscape. representative steve israel on his novel. julian -- [inaudible] examines lyndon johnson's great society plus books on the history of washington d.c. an inside report from north korea and much more. for a complete television schedule booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. >> the big idea of barack obama was the guy that was going to get rid of the polarization the guy that was going to change our politics the guy that was going to sort of take us out of this red and blue. we're as red and blue as we've ever been before. it didn't -- he wasn't able to do that. there is an argument to say circumstances didn't allow it. this is not the presidency he thought he was going to have, you know? on september 15 2008 his presidency -- what he thought he was going to do and what the presidenc

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send us an e-mail to booktv at c-span.org tweet us at booktv or post on our wall facebook.com/booktv. >> welcome to wheeling west virginia, on booktv. located in the northern panhandle of the state it was the first capital of west virginia and is known as the friendly city. due to its location along the ohio river and historic national road wheeling boot as an additional hub in the early 20th century spent its kind uncommon in west virginia and that it do a lot of immigrants from various parts of europe here in search of jobs and opportunity. >> with the help of our comcast cable partner, for the next hour we explore wheeling literally sing begin with local author dan weimer and this book looking at office of drug policy in the u.s. >> if you look at the budget for the war on drugs every year, i know it's billions of dollars as i was curious as to why that isn't how does the war on drugs fit into the larger picture of american foreign policy. the war on drugs is something that the u.s. has used, you know i don't want to say some justification but it's been able to use that as justific

you can watch any program you see here online at booktv.org. >> host: and now joining us on booktv is dennis johnson who is the co-publisher of melville house. melville house is publishing the senate intelligence committee report on torture. mr. johnson, what's the purpose of publishing something that's in the public domain? >> guest: well, for one thing it's not readily available as a print book and we felt that that was an important or format for it to be in so that it could just circulate more widely, be more accessible to more people, be more affordable and findable for most people. we also felt that the edition of it that was issued by the government which is a very low resolution pdf format was very difficult to read. you know it's not laid out and properly formatted like a book. it's just like a huge collection of manuscript pages, and it's very difficult to read because it's so low resolution it's very difficult to search. it's almost impossible to surgery, in fact. so we -- to search, in fact. so we wanted to make a better edition of that so i don't know if people really want

[applause] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. this weekend on booktv, former arkansas governor mike huckabee discusses america's current political landscape. representative steve israel on his novel. julian examines lyndon johnson's great society. plus books on the history of washington, dc and inside report from north korea and much more. for complete television schedule booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. >> live from new york, it's saturday night. and the authors are james andrew miller and tom shales. mr. miller, what was the point of this book? >> we had written a definitive -- we wanted to be a definitive hoyt of "saturday night live," ended in 2002 and decided to update it. and turns out the last 12 years of "saturday night live" were very busy and there's a lot to write. we added another 200

on. [cheers and applause] >> booktv is on twitter. llow us to get publishing news scheduling updates, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. twitter.com/booktv. >> from my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion and my audacity. looking back, although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of -- [speaking in native tongue] which is the greek idea of honor and doing the right thing even when one's own interests or even one's own life is in peril. growing up while i never felt anything but australian, there were two stories about the second world war and greece that i always kept close to my heart. the first was in 1940 when benito mussolini, italy's prime minister asked the greek prime minister for free passage through greece. and on the spot at 3:00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said, oy. he said, no. it was a spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italian

coming up next on booktv michael waltz former counterterrorism special adviser to vice president dick cheney and director of afghanistan policy at the department of defense. he talks about his experiences fighting the war on terror in afghanistan and in washington d.c.. this is about an hour and 20 mi

[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >>> now joining us on booktv is marin corgan, the book critic on a program called "fresh our." book viewer nod the program. now you're an author as well. what's your book. >> guest: called "so we read on." about the great gatsby. i think

. >>> now joining us on booktv from johns hopkins university is benjamin ginsberg a professor of political science here. his book is called of the worth of your. we'll show you the we will show you the cover in just a minute. what you write that the unpleasant fact is that although the war is terrible and brutal we should not assume that all its consequences are a portent. what does that seem? >> guest: well, you know this is a book that i wrote in response to a bumper sticker. you know the bumper sticker we all see war is not the answer x. it depends on the question. there are a lot of questions that unfortunately have to be answered in war and violence. it's the nature of the world. it's a major force in building the modern society. it has answered three of the main questions of politics, statehood, territoriality and power. every state that exists including especially in the united states of america is the product of more. kids are taught about the american revolution in terms of philosophical issues. while they didn't exactly debate with the british. they fought and was a bloody revolu

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everything that happens tonight will eventually appear on booktv. now, what they need you to do is turn off your cell phones. it's like going to the ritz. [laughter] and to remember that we're going to have a q and a session after the event. i mean after matt is done speaking. and then also when you have a question during that q&a we'll be around with a microphone for you. so, you know, don't be that kid calling out in class. [laughter] you know i, i've known matt for a while now, and the first time i really understood kind of, you know just how good he was at what he does is when we made plans to go see the willow steam plant which is this really monstrous brick and rusty smokestack building which is on 10th and callow hill street which is maybe two miles away from here. and i was actually late arriving. it was my idea. and when i arrived, matt wasn't there. and so i, you know, i get out my cell phone i give him a call and say, hey, matt, where are you at? he's like oh, i'm already inside. i was like, wow, this guy looks pretty mild mannered but he

send us an e-mail to at booktv@c-span.org or send us a tweet or post on our wall at facebook.com/booktvs look at books are being published this week. mike huckabee sure stories from his 2000 a run for president and why he is optimistic for the future of the united states of america in his book "god guns, grits, and gravy." then we have a current wonton amo detainee sharing his record of the event that led to his imprisonment in 2002 in the treatment that he has received in the u.s. tennis center in monhamedou ould slahi, "guantanamo diary." then we have monhamedou ould slahi, "guantanamo diary"'s talk about her book "the train to crystal city." then we have david morris in his book about posttraumatic stress disorder in "the evil hours." then former npr con correspondent talks about the negative effects of corruption in iraq and ukraine in egypt and nigeria as a result of pervasive corruption. in her book "thieves of state." then we have thanassis cambanis,"once upon a revolution." look for these titles and book stores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on bot

. >>> now joining us on booktv from johns hopkins university is benjamin ginsberg a professor of political science here. his book is called of the worth of your. we'll show you the we will show you the cover in just a minute. what you write that the unpleasant fact is that although the war is terrible and brutal we should not assume that all its consequences are a portent. what does that seem? >> guest: well, you know this is a book that i wrote in response to a bumper sticker. you know the bumper sticker we all see war is not the answer x. it depends on the question. there are a lot of questions that unfortunately have to be answered in war and violence. it's the nature of the world. it's a major force in building the

we've been talking with the author, chris kyle on booktv. thank you mr. kyle. >> thank you sir. >> you're watching booktv television for serious readers. you can watch any program you see here online at booktv.org. >> next on booktv, historian nick bunker recounts the three years preceding the start of the revolutionary war. the author examines the growing fissures between britain and the colonists and the importance of the boston tea party as an impetus for war. this is about an hour. >> well, thank you very much indeed. now, normally when i give a talk of any description, and i've given quite a number in the last week while i've been in america, i usually have a little repertory of anecdotes with which i commence, and i had one prepared this evening. but strangely enough, something happened to me on the way here which meant that i decided to scrap it and talk about something else entirely. i took the subway to congress circle, and i walked up central park west towards the historical society, and as i was walking up the street, out of the corner of my ey

pushed primarily by the people who write about them >> jack is in providence rhode island and you are on booktv. >> caller: the media hated nixon. in particular the "washington post" and secondally the roosevelt administration was corrupt to the t. it was loaded with communist. harry dexter white being one of them and to get off this issue, i would like to talk about something different than watergate. tell me about anna shu malt, called angel from asia. i think she helped him with the south vietnamese as far as the paris peace talks. >> thank you very much. anything you want to address? >> he is mixing a lot in there. i have no expertise or seen anything in the material i looked at in connection with the bombing hall and the alleged behavior of anna snault making a deal where nixon promised south vietnam he would give them a better deal than johnson. there has been a lot of hot air and conspiracy theories about this with very little fact. i cannot buy it. >> were you surprised with mark felt became known? >> not really. for this reason. there is a conversation in this book where i have gone ov

look for these titles in bookstores this coming week, and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> and now as part of a conference on the 50th anniversary of the publication of james byrnes "suicide of thewest," a panel discussion on u.s. foreign policy. this is about one hour. >> good afternoon. my name is josh album. on the membership director of the program and it is my pleasure to introduce the moderator for our final panel, which is the drift of u.s. foreign policy and the challenges of western survival. professor koh is arrested and electric studies reveal. he served as senior advisor to george shultz, henry kissinger and ronald reagan just to name a few. professor hill is a research fellow at stanford's hoover institute and served as chief foreign policy adviser to candidate rudy giuliani. author of the books grand strategy and trial of a thousand years, he teaches in the strategy programs. professor hill also teaches and directed study, western solution freshman year program. without further ado please join me in welcoming our moderator who will now in

. >> host: we invited you on booktv to talk about a book. so let's talk about your book. "stare in the darkness, the limits of hip-hop and black politics" is the name of the books. first of all what is hip-hop? >> guest: when we talk about hip-hop, we're talking about a form of popular culture created by not solely by but associated with black population of the four elements are rapping or mcing, d.j.ing like, break dancing and graffiti. in this work what i'm doing largely is talking about kind of rapping as a vehicle to talk about hip-hop politics. there are a lot of different ways particularly once rap and hip-hop become, become like jags things right? there is a lot of discussion in black communities and outside of them about the effect that they have on black politics and black communities and what i wanted to do was kind of address that. >> host: where did rap get its start and particularly its messaging start, its political start? >> guest: most people locate it in 1972 in new york city where there, where as a result of shifts in the way new york city's allocating r

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