he was tasked to look work at the pentagon for the deputy secretary paul wolfowitz with whom he wrote the now legendary counterinsurgency field manual. in the later time in the world as the think tanks and the intellectual arena he became a key architect of the military counterinsurgency doctrine and that of course was put to such a dramatic use during the surge in iraq. the account of how difficult the approach was and how difficult the struggle was that within the u.s. military in the department of defense bureaucracy and within the national security apparatus more broadly speaking to draw out some of these lotions and look at the applicability of today we have joining john the host of national public radio. steve has reported and has written on an array of security issues from locations. he's the author of life and death and he is well-known for his well known for his unique way of drawing out the deep meaning. following the conversation, john will be signing copies of his book. if he hasn't signed yours already but please allow me to turn the microphone over to steve and john. [ap

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