up next patrick o'donnell talks of the marines to mcgeorge company, one of the most highly decorated units in the korean war. he discusses his book at borders bookstore in west like ohio. it's a little over 50 minutes. >> good evening. i'm here to introduce you to the author of "give me tomorrow," pat o'donnell and tell you a little about him. for the past ten years, pat o'donnell has been capturing him history of american combat veterans from world war i to afghanistan. he has personally conducted 4,000 oral histories and has written seven books on modern war and espionage. he has co-produced or has written 15 history channel documentary's and was a historical consultant for band of brothers. his award winning best-selling author of seven books most importantly he was in combat and volunteered to go to iraq on his own. he was a service man. he went as a historian and he just happened to be with the marines in the battle fallujah. i don't know if you know where that is, but i was the big battle in iraq. he volunteered to go to iraq on his own dime and captured the story. he fought in

[applause] >> patrick o'donnell's books include "beyond valor," "into the rising sun," he's the founder of the dropzone.org, an oral history web site. for more information on his latest book, visit givemetomorrowbook.com. >> booktv is on twitter. follow us for regular updates on our programming and news on nonfiction books and authors. twitter.com/booktv. >> we're at the national press club's book and author night talking to eugene robinson about his new book, "integration." can you tell me about the book? >> four just seemed to be the way it worked out. it's clear there was, you know, one group was the mainstream, the middle class black measuring. one group was the abandoned, non-middle class black america. and then the other groups were, you know, i did think that the existence of a small but very powerful elite was something new. and so i call that the transcend cant group. and then i needed a category to deal with, with other groups that didn't fit the other categories like immigrants, for example, from the caribbean and africa and also biracial americans. and i thought that they wo