robert latiff is with us today courtesy of -- unfriend thomas. dr. robert h. latiff is a faculty member at the university of notre dame and hebe is the direct or of intelligence community programs at george mason's university school of engineering. he is a member of the air or studies board and the intelligent committee studies board of the national academy of sciences, engineering and medicine.na please give a warm welcome to robert latiff. [applause] >> let me thank nancy and the savannah book festival for having me here. this is really an awesome event. first of all i appreciate your interest in my work. also i don't know if any of you saw on the savannah morning news news. andrea did a really nice review of the interview she had with me. as a retired military person i have probably done a thousand speeches. standing up in front of a group talking about a book is a little bit like talking in front of kids. it's harder but this is a really important topic. now probably more so than it has ever been. if you read the news you hear all this talk. perhaps you saw

please give a warm welcome to robert latiff. [applause] >> let me thank nancy and the savannah book festival for having me here. this is really an awesome event. first of all, i appreciate your interest in my work. also i don't know if any of you saw the savannah morning news, the -- andrea did a nice review of an interview she had with me. as a retired military person, which i'll get to i probably have done a thousand speeches, standing up in front of a group and talking bat book is a little bit like talking about your kids. it's harder. but this is a really important topic. now probably more so than it's ever been. i know if you read the news, you hear all this talk of war. actually saw an article yesterday or day before, in one of the publications, talking about drifting toward war. very much leak we did before world war i. so i think it's a frightening time, and probably a very timely time to talk about my book. i'll talk why i wrote it and how i came to write it, which i think is really a cool story. i always like to tell i

please give a warm welcome to robert latiff. [applause] >> i think the savanna book festival for having me here. this is an awesome event. first of all, appreciate your interest in my work. the savanna morning news, a really nice review, interview she had with. as a retired military person, i have done a speeches standing in front of a group talking about a book is like talking about your kids. this is a really important topic. probably more so than it has ever been, if you read the news you hear this talk, i saw an article yesterday or the day before in one of the publications talking about drifting toward war, very much like we did for world war i. it is a frightening time and a very timely time to talk about my book. i will talk a little bit about why i wrote it, how i came to write it which is a really cool story i always like to tell. and some of the that are in it. if it isn't immediately obvious to you, i grew up in rural southeastern kentucky, never did get rid of the accent. i was a product of the sputnik era. i was all

we kick off the savanna book festival with retired air force major general robert latiff on the future of technology and war. live coverage on booktv on c-span2. >> good morning. my name is nancy leads. i'm delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savanna book festival presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintn,

and includes robert latiff, future war, robert shapiro, how a radical plan for the war. and watch live coverage of the savannah book festival beginning 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span become tv. >>> the ranking member on the house armed services committee, adam smith talked current national security issues. talked yesterday at an event for the center for strategic and international studies looking at defense and national security oversight. this is an hour. >> today's event culminates ninth month research effort conducted by the international security program. over 60 u.s. government and military officials regional and functional security experts and leaders from the ngo and civil society communities were consulted for this project. we want to thank all of them for insights and perspectives. it was made possible by the sponsor open society center. tonight key note address is by adam smith give us a perspective on capitol hill. representative smith is washington state 9th district representative and serves as ranging house on the u.s. house armed services committee. graduated

live coverage of the savannah book festival starts saturday morning at 9:00 eastern and includes robert latiff with his book "future war, preparing for the new global battlefield", author scott shapiro and celeste headlee. watch on c-span 2's book tv. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one definition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? and i've said one would define politics. money. give me something that's a proposition before any tribunal that doesn't involve money. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern from the west point center for oral history, henry "hank" thomas, a combat medic during the vietnam war. >> my grandfather served in world war i. my father served in world war ii. always for a black man, whenever you served, it was your military service you hope would confirm your bona fides as a first class, red-blooded american citizen entitled to. >> at 4:00 p.m., on "reel america" we look back to 1988 when president r

and includes robert latiff, future war, robert shapiro, how a radical plan for the war. and watch live coverage of the savannah book festival beginning 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span become tv. >>> the ranking member on the house armed