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nonfiction books is novelists and patchett's collection of essays these precious days. some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch their programs anytime at book tv.org. next on book tv's author interview program afterwards political scientists barbara walter examines the warning signs that often proceed civil wars and discusses. what can be done to stop them. she's interviewed by smith college middle east studies chair steven heydemann. afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. welcome barbara walter. it's a pleasure to have the chance to talk with you today. your book has generated an astonishing national debate about where we are as a country today during a moment of. quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is closer to civil war. then many of us would like to think or believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is we get launched is to give you a chance to simply lay out

nonfiction books is novelists and patchett's collection of essays these precious days. some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch their programs anytime at book tv.org. next on book tv's author interview program afterwards political scientists barbara walter examines the warning signs that often proceed civil wars and discusses. what can be done to stop them. she's interviewed by smith college middle east studies chair steven heydemann. afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top

first published in 1987, then there's these precious days a collection of essays by novelist and patchett and wrapping up our look at books and books. best-selling non-fiction books is the dawn of everything archaeologist david wengrow and the late anthropologist. david graber's critical look at the development of human society some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch their programs anytime at booktv.org. next on book tv's author program afterwards the post civil war change to the constitution is the topic of law professors randy barnett and evan bernick's book the original meaning of the 14th amendment their interviewed by yale law professor. john witt afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. welcome randy barnett evan bernick. it's wonderful to be here with you. i'm great really glad to be having a conversation about your amazing. amazing new book, which i've got. i've got right here. hope we can just jump right right into it. well, it's great great for of you to do this. we re

first published in 1987, then there's these precious days a collection of essays by novelist and patchett and wrapping up our look at books and books. best-selling non-fiction books is the dawn of everything archaeologist david wengrow and the late anthropologist. david graber's critical look at the development of human society some of these authors have appeared on book tv and you can watch their programs anytime at booktv.org. next on book tv's author program afterwards the post civil war change to the constitution is the topic of law professors randy barnett and evan bernick's book the original meaning of the 14th amendment their interviewed by yale law professor. john witt afterwards is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. welcome randy barnett evan bernick. it's wonderful to be here with you. i'm great really glad to be having a conversation about your amazing. amazing new book, which i've got. i've got right here. hope we can just jump right right into it. well, it's great great for of you to do this. we re