in my platoon and all the rifle platoons, the company commander would radio and say, you need to send reconnaissance into the tree-line and then he would look at the squad leaders and say, you are going to send three men. and there i am, i am 22 years old and i have a soldier -- and i have been a soldier for maybe one year, maybe five months, and now i will pick three men to walk out and see if the enemy is in the tree-line. who am i going to pick? do you want to go? do you want to go? how about you? you want to volunteer? i need to pick you. within my squad, when the platoon leader tells me it is my turn, i pick myself first off. i took me and two men. my idea was, i could not tell anybody to do something i was not willing to do myself. believe it or not, i believe it. i was going to run it and i was going to take my chances like everybody else, and full knowledge of the fact that during the rest of the day i will be called on to do the same thing 3-4 more times. every squad have the chance. i picked myself the first ran -- the first one i ran every day. then i would pick different m

>> we did get that platoon the next day. a young e 5, ernie savage, took over and put a ring of steel all around that platoon that night. his whole chain of command was killed or wounded and he survived with the help of the medic. they survived and we were able to get up to them the next day and get them out of there. >> one thing that i wanted to get across to this audience is we never should have a draft again. the draft did nothing except change the place where some of our guys went to jail. the local chair for the judge could tell a young man you either go in the army or go to jail and we had the largest stockades we've ever had. and you don't gain anything by having a draft. you don't get equity. and when you talk about it -- we've got some of the finest young men in your military today, and they are doing a great job when they are allowed to do it. but a draft is a terrible way to try to solve a problem that can't be solved in any manner, shape, or form like that. i was drafted -- i didn't have to go. but if i had to g

. >> the troops were antsy, particularly when the other two platoons back over in the jungle were being hit and the screams and hollering and hand grenades. >> the japanese kepd unhijing the defensive operation. they finally took it back to a hilltop. there were a few hundred mari marines. he probably had the whole campaign in balance at that point. >> they managed to hold their ground and save henderson field. he survived but the ridge was stained red with the blood of more than 500 of his member. 111 marines lay dead next to them. red mike edison was awarded the medal of honor and john sweeney received the navy cross. >> the men that were killed, and we had a few in our own ranks killed that night, are the real heroes. >> one of the great legends of the marine corps gets another navy cross on guadalcanal, chessty puller. >> the first major one was when they landed on the islands in 1942 and among that, chesty puller. >> he land with 4,000 much needed fresh marines. the force now stood at 47,000 but the japanese were still there in force, some 30,000 strong hidden in the jungles courte

when i put the boy inside the bradley, my platoon leader, who is a lieutenant, was standing there. what he said to me was, mccord, what the f are you doing? quit wasting your time with these mf'ing children and go pull security. roger that, sir. >> their fault for bringing their kids to a battle. >> that's right. >> amazingly both children survive the attack. >>> coming up -- the leaked apache video continues. another attack. with even more firepower. >>> in april 2010, wikileaks releases a classified video that shocks the world. filmed from the gun sight of a u.s. apache helicopter, the video first shows an attack on a group of men in baghdad. and then on a van trying to aid the wounded. the video continues with another engagement, about 20 minutes later. >> to me, the most shocking part of the video comes at the end. >> i'm going to come around, get some more distance. >> roger that. you're clear. >> there's some confusion, maybe shots from nearby. all of a sudden, they zero in on a group of guys entering a building. >> there's at least six individuals in that building with weapo

hit.an get platoon, iguys in my watched him get wounded. frank mundelein who had big workmen's fingers and hands, he got a honcho from someone. while he was running towards me, i was watching towards him. one of his hands slapped out from under him. i said you've been hit. oneooked in his hands and of the bullets has gone through one of the thick fingers and never hit the bone. he did not even know he had been hit. he went back to work after that. you are very excited that you are under fire. it was a kind of overdrive. it is exciting and you do things that you wouldn't otherwise think you could do. to answer the question. another thing on the booby traps, when you are walking in the rice paddies. is there still anxiety. does that fear kind of the -- leave you with pure adrenaline. >> the only thing you are interested in is under fire. is probably somewhat less because of the nature that you are under fire. timeon't spend much worrying about them. people are shooting bullets that you that is more accurate. >> the enemy's biggest tactics was

and combat, soldiers all but it are the differences of race and religion and politics within their platoon. it is no wonder many of them did so depressed when they come home. >> host: our guest now is transfixed him adrift of an organization known as issue one. >> a new nonprofit organization bipartisan group focusing on reducing the loads of money ove: politics. >> host: are your power he founded hashemite disco demolition. this country is on the tape. what are you trying to say?? speak not what we are trying to say is the problem with money and politics has reached crisis proportions in this country. it is a stage for cancer at this point.

soldiers do that in a platoon. >> come on, young.ght back. >> you've said now that this is your last book where you're going to be writing about war. how come? >> i decided to stop reporting on war for a number of reasons. my good friend, brother and colleague tim heteroerrington was killed in libya in 2011. i was supposed to be with him on assignment and i couldn't go with him in the last minute and watched guys in the platoon that i was with struggle with things and i watched myself struggle. my marriage ended, among other things. i started to think about society that i came home to and what's wrong with if? why is nobody feeling good, and then i realized the last book that i had to write about war, the last war story is the story about coming home from war. i mean, it's the odyssey to the iliad. >> you've written so much over the years about the guys fighting over there and the impact that those wars have had on them. what have the wars meant to you? what impact have they had on you? >> ironically war humanizes you enormously. it

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in combat soldiers all but ignore differences of race, religion, and politics within their platoon. it's no wonder many of them get so stressed when they come home. sebastian younger taking your calls, e-mail and tweets and text messages live on booktv ice in-depth sunday july 3rd noon to 3 p.m. eastern. ... we are focusing our sights, not surprising on hillary clinton. the first book is a big book with big author, hillary's america. the subtitle company the most frightening book you're read this year and it's coming along a documentary which he has typically done with the big book. this one is going to open in 2,000 theaters across the country the same day the book comes out. we are very excited. last two books with us were new york times best sellers. a very exciting and multiple best selling author and this book is called guilty as sin. investigative report going on in hillary clinton and well known for developing wonderful forces and getting stories months and months before they break anywhere else. so that's what we are hoping to do in this boom as well. >> controversial office

even as we've integrated women into many jobs into the military, marine and army infantry platoons have remained a male domain. this is not macho thing. not about bigotry. that is the most effective way to kill our enemies. trish: also you got a new book out. >> i do. trish: tell me about it. >> very quickly, another civil war novel, but really -- trish: novel we should point out by colonel peters. >> really it is more of a dramaization of history. very accurate historically. i do these books. they won a number of prizes because americans don't know the history anymore. we don't know what it cost this freedom. this book, "the damned of petersburg." a crater that turned into a multisided racial massacre. it is very much for the business audience. it is very much about leadership. i'm not a 10 steps to great leadership guy. i like human examples. faces of war, examples of generals or ceos if you will who have done good work, they're tired, they're exhausted, they're sick and won't relinquish control, struggle between innovators and traditionlists as we do today, we have personal rivalries

. >> reporter: a sad upstate -- update, he lost his entire platoon in vietnam. hyundai he found their names at the vietnam veterans memorial only hours later -- he was marching in the memorial day parade and collapsed and died. >> it was difficult to hear. >> reporter: walter lamarr had met james they are both native americans. he snapped this photo as he was showing james and his buddies around downtown. james came here all the way from washington state. when he was marching in the parade monday, he went into cardiac arrest. paramedics and police as well as firefighters all took turns giving him cpr. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> he still made it here. it was once everything was done that he went on his journey. >> reporter: at least two people reached out to us saying it took two long -- too long for help to arrive. dc's 911 center says it took 6 minutes 41 seconds when the first 911 call until the ambulance showed up. they have reviewed 911 tapes at our request. >>> we have news on the murder of a woman at an apartment building laundry room. 46 s

. >>> harvey james lost his entire platoon in vietnam. >> we like to think he found it again when he passed on. we have now learned he was a vietnam veteran visiting from washington state and that's what -- on monday he found their names at the vietnam veteran's memorial and not long after that visit he collapsed during the parade and went into cardiac arrest. >> a very strong warrior when he had to be but at the same time you a kind fair and gentle man. and i'll carry that with me. >> at least 2 people reached out to us saying it took too long for help to arrive for harvey james. at our request dc's 911 says 6 minutes 41 seconds passed between the first 911 call and when the ambulance arrived. >>> are you ready for metro maintenance surge. scientists are working to make it a little less painful. they are plugging millions of bits of data into a computer simulation to predict where and when back ups and bottle necks will choke traffic as thousands are expected to hit the roads to avoid long waits for trains. the surge starts on saturday and it will run almost a year affecting almost

his other titles include "war," an account of junger's time embedded with a platoon in information and the investigation of -- in afghanistan, and the investigation of a murder in his home talk about. recently he discussed his latest book, "tribe," which explores the effect society has on returning veterans. >> it's hard to know how to live for a country that regularly tears itself apart along every possible ethnic and demographic boundary. the income gap between rich and poor continues to wind, many people live in racially-segregated communities, the elderly are mostly sequestered from public life, and rampage shootings happen so regularly that they only remain in the news cycle for a day or two. to make matters worse, politicians occasionally accuse rivals of deliberately trying to harm their own country, a charge so destructive that most past societies would probably have just punished it as a form of treason. it's complete madness, and the veterans know this. in combat, soldiers all but ignore the differences of race, religion and politics within their platoon. it's no wonder many

in combat soldiers ignore differences of race, religion and politics in their platoon.no wonder many of them get so depressed when they come home. >> host: sebastian younger, taking calls, tweets and text messages on booktv's in depth sunday, july 3rd, noon to 3:00 pm eastern. ..

one platoon commander in spain described how "he and his marines changed in and out of their uniforms four times, "as instructions from the top kept changing. committee chairman trey gowdy. >> there were only three assets that made it to benghazi, two unarmed drones and the team from tripoli who deployed themselves. >> reporter: the committee interviewed a series of second clinton top aides and famously grilled her for 11 hours. but the report does not shed significant new light on clinton's handling of the crisis. >> i understand that after more than two years and $7 million spent by the benghazi committee out of taxpayer funds, it had to today, reported it had found nothing. >> reporter: democrats called it a failed political witch-hunt and unnecessary after seven other congressional reports. at the end of the day, was this the best use of taxpayer dollars and of your time? >> nobody's ever reported that not a single wheel was turning towards libya. think about that for a second. the world's most powerful military did not meet a single, solitary, self-imposed timeline. so all of tha

differences of race, religion and politics in their platoon. no wonder many of them get so depressed when they come home. >> host: sebastian younger, taking calls, tweets and text messages on booktv's in depth sunday, july 3rd, noon to 3:00 pm eastern. .. but the pool is still there but should go down. anybody here ever been to the white house? you going to the briefing room and go down the steps which a secret flight of stairs and the pool is still there filled with television and computer equipment and everything with green tile on the wall still there but on one wall there is a piece of plywood that is there and what is cool about that, you get a pen or a sharpie and you can write your name on the wall in the pool so that was turned into the briefing room by richard nixon ironically since he disliked the press more than any other but the fact that we can go and scribble our name on the wall i would like to thank richard nixon, unwittingly, for spotting a whole generation of graffiti artists, including me. that is a story for another day how

two-thirds of army units are only training at the squad and platoon levels, mr. president, no the in full combat formations. and we have air force pilots actually leaving the service today because of this a cut back so dramatically on training flights. these examples highlight why we need to scrutinize every dollar we spend on defense so we can ensure these dollars go to our critical rirlts of protecting our men and women around the world. to that end we need to improve physical accountability to the d.o.d. and highlight the needs we're currently not fulfilling. can you imagine our department of defense has never been audited? even today we cannot dictate to the d.o.d. that they provide an audit. can you imagine wal-mart -- well, the answer is we're too big, we're too complicated. can you imagine wal-mart telling the f.c.c., we're not going to comply with your requirements. the d.o.d. is not that much bigger than wal-mart, mr. president. i think we should withhold funds to the accountable agency until a plan is introduced that would allow the pentagon to keep tra

when we announced platoon and super mario maker, the demand was very strong.talked about the pokemon coming and when we announce big new games, consumers are motivated to buy those games. for us, that is what we do. we create content and bring it to the marketplace. as long as the content is seller -- is stellar, we can drive it to revenue. how is nintendo positioning itself for the future of virtual reality? we just talked to someone who is skeptical about the promise of vr and believe there's a lot more to do on the platform before they will invest heavily in it. here is nintendo's take on any new technology. technologymake sure is mainstream and we want to make sure it represents strong value for the consumer. was a lot of gyroscopic technology in the marketplace, wii and the the remote to take it. first electronic device that made use of a touchscreen. vr, for us, the technology has to be a point where it can be mainstream and then takes content creating companies like us to make things the consumer wants to experience and wants to jump into the particular

i'm not sure if the platoon commanders would think that. we saw the revolt of the generals.lashed out at netanyahu but no one else has done in the past year. he called the government -- he warmed of fascism. he warned of netanyahu thronged the country off the cliff and being hijacked by an extreme right minority. leading the country to disaster. runaid he was not going to but the alternative is between running to be the prime minister or sitting at home. for the first time you could see alternative counter narrative to the government. charlie: a lot of israeli politics has been built on fear of external forces. no existential threat to israel. aluf: arab spring revolutions and civil war in syria destroyed the potential threat of arab state in israel. .here is an imbalance the more recent terrorist attacks we saw in israel were done by individuals with no organization. people carried knives and try to attack soldiers at checkpoints. the most recent was a shooting attack by a couple of terrorists who use makeshift guns. even they were not affiliated or led. clearly these attac

>>vicki liviakis: platoons of the 45 year-old are filing the claim and the for step toward a civil lawsuit they find him and homeless encampment in the mission district a large knife they ordered him to drop the knife and attempted to talk to would be in balance when he did not listen then shot him six times he died at the hospital. >>grant lodes: last night in cleveland this is the deal for more helicopters partnership you consider moving off of the plane after landing in the bay area the have not lost to st. came to the cleveland cavaliers the good news which is one when on sunday they can repeat the drawn to this game seven in their quest to win back-to-back titles has not come without slew of controversy the latest unanimous in the peace the current head coach steve kerr both fined $25,000 of indian for separate incident. >>grant lodes: traditional media after she hopped on a platter of and her frustration after he was ejected loss nine transcend i've lost leasebacks this is for money our ratings not sure which she of ruffled the feathers of espn who said she should " stay in her place

. >> he has done a good job playing the platoon role in coming off the bench.me, he wanted to work the count and get into a fastball hitting situation. i played against him and he is deftly one of the best fastball hitters i played against. specially on the inner-half. that is exactly the mistake the pitcher made in the count. he went inside and kelly johnson turned around and won want aga. >> kevin: ! four was great for the mets. didn't factor, but that didn't happen a lot. julio teheran was awesome. your love grows more and more for him by the day, doesn't it? >> frank: he's a complete pitcher. i this guy, edit trade deadline, you can get a king's ransom for her. him. i'm talking a young player go to a new city for the atlanta braves. the time is now if they are going to trade him. with all the rumors swirling around, this guy has been dynamite and pretty as a big-te starter, probably their 80s, going to another winning ball club. >> i agree, man. especially the stuff he showed, his personality on the mound, knowing you are going up against their best pitcher

. >> he has done a good job playing the platoon role in coming off the bench.game, he wanted to work the count and get into a fastball hitting situation. i played against him and he is deftly one of the best fastball hitters i played against. specially on the inner-half. that is exactly the mistake the pitcher made in the count. he went inside and kelly johnson turned around and won want aga. >> kevin: ! four was great for the mets. didn't factor, but that didn't happen a lot. julio teheran was awesome. your love grows more and more for him by the day, doesn't it? >> frank: he's a complete pitcher. i this guy, edit trade deadline, you can get a king's ransom for her. him. i'm talking a young player go to a new city for the atlanta braves. the time is now if they are going to trade him. with all the rumors swirling around, this guy has been dynamite and pretty as a big-te starter, probably their 80s, going to another winning ball club. >> i agree, man. especially the stuff he showed, his personality on the mound, knowing you are going up against their best pitch

are the differences of race and religion and politics within their platoon. it is no wonder many of them did so depressed when they come home. >> host: our guest now is transfixed him adrift of an organization known as issue one. >> a new nonprofit organization bipartisan group focusing on reducing the loads of money ove: politics. >> host: are your power he founded hashemite disco demolition. this country is on the tape. what are you trying to say?? speak not what we are trying to say is the problem with money and politics has reached crisis proportions in this country. it is a stage for cancer at this point. the public has always been genuinely aware of the fact that money plays a role in politics, but we are making the argument across a very dangerous threshold to the point has created such paralysis in our politics and policymaking that we are losing our democracy. >> host: what are the examples of what you're talking about? >> guest: if you look at every number associated with money in politics, they've all grown exponentially in the last 20 years. we've

that's what a platoon is, a maneuver element. they sleep together, eat together, do everything together. that is exactly what we evolved for. that's what humans evolved for, to live in groups that size. and that's why i think the military experience can resonates so deeply in soldiers. it plays to our evolutionary past precisely. how do we create a tribe of 300 million people? we can't in any recognizable sense, meaning what the word tribe is meant for two million years. we will never mean that in a society that is this size. what we can do is insist on certain modes of conduct. even in the larger scale, that we know facilitates connection and community in the smaller scale. so as one of the soldiers said to me, there are guys in the platoon straight up hate each other but we would all die for each other. what i never saw in that plot tan, conflict, guys hated each other, humans are messy. hum relations are messy, but i never saw anyone speak with contempt and derision about someone inside the wire. someone they might have to dep

in combat soldiers all but ignore the differences of race, religion and politics within their platoon. it's no wonder many of them did so depressed when they come home. >> sebastian junger taking your calls, e-mails, tweets and text messages live on booktv's "in depth" sunday july 3, noon to 3 p.m. eastern. >> john? >> and you've got the book. that's all important. good morning. welcome to the heritage foundation. we, of course, welcome those who joins on our heritage.org website as well as those will be joining us on c-span at booktv in the future. we remind all of our outside viewers, you are welcome to send questions or comments at any time. simply e-mailing speaker@heritage.org for those here in house we would appreciate your checking or mobile devices to see that they have been silenced or turned off as a courtesy to our presenters. we will of course post the program on the heritage home page following today's presentation for everyone's future reference as well. hosting our discussion is ted bromund. a senior research fellow in anglo-american relations. part of our margaret that

harvey lost his entire platoon to vietnam. monday, he found their names at the vietnam veterans memorial. it was his only visit there. monday, he marched in the parade, collapsed and died. >> he >> just one of those people you feel good around. >> it was a chance meeting. last thursday, he showed the yakima warriors around the pentagon. they came here for memorial day, all the way from washington state. >> he still made it here. and it was once everything was done, he went on his journey. >> reporter: james, while marching in the memorial day parade, went into cardiac arrest. he was taken into a nearby hospital, where he died. >> minute that i was told he passed, that image flickered in my mind. and it just broke my heart. >> reporter: this image, a photo snapped by lamar just two days before james died. the lasting memory of a fast friendship. >> a very strong warrior, when he had to be. but at the same time, you could tell that he was a kind, fair and gentle man. and i'll carry that with me. >> at least two people reached ou

we'll see revolutionized lodgistics including robotics, and truck platooning. automated vehicles hold a promise to reduce deadly crashes and reclaim millions of hours of lost time. the president's council on advisories on science and technology said the time regained from not driving could be worth $1.2 trillion a year, not to mention the benefits of reclaiming land from parking spaces. while we know that this transformation will be driven by the private sector, we're doing our part at usdot by building and enabling regulatory environment. second by never waivering from our focus on safety, security, privacy and equity. and third, by investing in key research and tech deployments, secretary foxx's direction, we're doing everything we can to remove regulatory obstacles to provide the certainty necessary for innovation. nitsa is reviewing the framework making clear to innovators how to seek redress developing a framework for federal and state regulators to work together and identifying new tools. our highways administration is finalizing guidance to road planners

i'm not sure if the platoon commanders or just ordinary gis would think that.recently we saw what we called the revolt of the generals. not only alone, but the former prime minister in him, he lashed out at netanyahu like no one else has done. he called the government, he warned of budding fascism in the government. he warned of netanyahu during the country off a cliff and losing it and being hijacked by an extreme right minority. moving, you know leading the , country to disaster. and barack obviously said he was not going to run, but the alternative is not only between the running, it will be the prime minister or sitting at home. for the first time, you could see kind of a culture all -- alternative, counter narrative to the government. charlie: a lot of israeli politics has been built on fear of external forces, whether it is iran or the arab world or whoever it might be. and yet they say there is no existential threat to israel. aluf: the arab spring revolutions and civil war in syria destroyed the potential conventional threat of arab state in israel. det

conversation because of his history of serving in leadership roles at basically every level in the army from platoon through division level, staff assignment at the battalion to the joint staff level. he served in korea, granada, egypt, panama, saudi egypt, -- saudi arabia, egypt, panama, kuwait, iraq, and most recently in afghanistan. he also has a masters degree from the naval war college, so a little bit of a navy thrown in there as well. without further do, let me introduce to you, the 35th vice chief of staff of the u.s. army, general dan allyn. [applause]. daniel b. allyn: well, i don't know about you, but i get a little bit tired of my bio. it tends to wear me down just thinking about it. good to see to see old friends here today. thank you for joining in. it is an honor, first of all to be here today, but before i begin, brief introductory phase of remarks. i do want to extend our heartfelt condolences to all of those stricken in orlando and all the families recovering from that tragedy. obviously, it reminds us that even here at home, it is a dangerous environment. and i know that our heart

people from the culture action with the artists have been adapt we're consistent in the goal those platoon is policies and programs that retain the working-class people and the latino people in the mission district one of the neighborhoods are more affected is displacement at the same time, we want to continue with small business and the pdrs and nonprofits in this community we want if san francisco is proud of the exist and had some neighborhoods like the immigrants to come we want to continue having the mission district as a working-class neighborhoods as it is for years from the beginning we want to establish the goals and meta our number based the displacement and the lack of investment in the last 15 years was 24 hundred people in the communities want more the 24 hundred is new units as has been back and forth conversation with the city we understand what their - only want to comment for something they can't say accomplish we need to push them and have this goal may not in the 5 years but longer time from the beginning we want a goal we're implementing the report we'll see if we're ma

senator office this represents the choice not to provide an entire infarn try platoon with new rifles or 50,000 rounds of ammunition. these green energy mandates require the army and navy to install solar arrays. install a ent $21 to grand total of 2% of the bases of electricity. this project will save enough money to pay for itself in only 447 years. too bad solar panels last 25 years. we don't know how much these mandates waste, there is no comprehensive inventory and the types of initiatives they are implementing. but outside estimates there is as many as $10 billion, a figure that continues to grow. this program is maintained flexibility. shouldn't it free us to get us cheaper fuels rather than more exotic ones? we are told the military should do its part. ash i feel is the real reason for this wasteful spending and part of an ideological agenda that will consume billions of defense dollars mainly to keep flowing to green-energy companies. as long as this program continues to consume our defense dollars, we cannot save and strefpk our defense budget to the utmost. the chair: the g

i'm not sure if the platoon commander or just ordinary gi's would hthink that. important recently we saw what we call the revolt of the generals. former prime minister you know him very well he lashed out at netanyahu like no one else has done in the past year. he called the government, he warned of budding fascism and israeli government. he warned of netanyahu in the country of the cliff and losing it, being hijacked by an extreme right minority and moving, leading the country to disaster. and barack said he was not going to run but it's not between running being the prime minister or stay at homement for the first time you could see alternative counternarrative to the government. >> rose: a lot of israeli politics is fear of external forces or iran or terrorism or the arab world or whoever it might be. and yet it was said the other day there was no existential threat to israel. >> the arab spring revolutions and the civil war in syria destroippedestroyed the potentit of arab state invading israel. and there is some kinds of deternal balance of deterrence betwe

in combat soldiers all but ignore the differences of race, religion and politics within their platoon. it's no wonder so many of them get so depressed when they come home. >> taking your calls, e-mails, tweets and text messages live on boog tv's "in depth" sunday, july 3rd, noon to 3 p.m. eastern. [inaudible conversations] >> hello, everyone. good evening. i'm susan caul, and on behalf of our owners and our entire staff, i'd like to welcome you to politics & prose. before we get started, this would be a good time to turn off or silence your cell phones. also, after the event if you don't mind helping us by folding up your chair, we'd be grateful, and we have a microphone right here, so if you could line up with your questions, that would be helpful because we are recording this event, and c-span is here as well. you can also watch this on our youtube channel in just a few days. also on your way out, please pick up one of our april calendars and take a look at all the events we have forthcoming both here and at our three busboys and poets locations. we've also got some great trips and

in combat soldiers all but ignore the differences of race, religion and politics within their platoon. it's no wonder many of them did so depressed when they come home. >> sebastian junger taking your calls, e-mails, tweets and text messages live on booktv's "in depth" sunday july 3, noon to 3 p.m. eastern. >> john? >> and you've got the book. that's all important. good morning. welcome to the heritage

no soldier in a trench in a platoon in combat would have contempt for their trenchmate.y might not like them or disagree with them, but you don't have contempt for someone your life depends on and that's what we're falling into in this political dialogue in the country and in my opinion that is more of a threat to our nation than i.s.i.s. is. >> brown: but the more the tribe increases the hard interest cohesion. >> no one is saying it's going to be easy, but you have to understand your task, you have to understand your origins. you have to understand why humans are the way we are and what the cost of modern society has been, and that's what my book tries to explain. once you understand that, it's going to be much easier to devise, to jerry rig a new solution to a new problem. >> brown: did all this make you think which tribes you belong to or your own tribe? >> sadly, i grew up in the in te loneliest place in the world, an american suburb. i wish i had a tribe. we just don't. that's why our depression and suicide rate is through the roof. that's the tragedy of modern soc

today, even platoon commanders are schooled on how to handle the press.they operate on a set of rules. in vietnam, captains and sergeants were the keys to knowing how the war was really going. length and breadth of my own time in vietnam, i never had someone field grade officer or below tell me anything except what they thought was true. it was not uncommon to take incoming mortar rounds or fire and the captain might say -- and i will clean this up for this audience, he might say we are getting our butts kicked here. the coverage would reflect they were getting their butts kicked in that particular area. now, you probably could not get to a frontline situation where you are taking incoming. second, if you got there, the captain would be very reluctant to talk to any journalists because he's been taught to be careful of the press and that seeps down to the sergeants and people down below them. it is a whole different dynamic. the advantage of being in the field was you could find out what was really going on as opposed to what somebody wanted you to believ

today, even platoon commanders are schooled on how to, quote, handle the press. they operate on a set of rules. in vietnam, i want to bear witness to captains and sergeants were the keys to knowing how the war was really going. length and breath of my time in vietnam, i never had anybody -- a field grade officer or below, tell me anything other than what they thought was the truth. it was not uncommon, you taking incoming mortar rounds or heavy fire or something, and the captain would say, how is it going captain and he might say, and i'll clean this up for this audience and he would say we're getting our butts kicked here. and the coverage would reflect that we are getting our butts kicked in that particular area. what is now, first of all, you probably couldn't get to a front line situation where you are taking incoming. heavy combat. secondly, if you got there, the captain would be very reluctant to talk to any journalist because he has been taught since ocs, be careful of the press. and that seeps down to the sergeants and people down below him. so it is a wh

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