. >> next on booktv, a discussion with scott anderson. the author of "the making of the modern middle east." and ari shavit in his book, my promised land. >> good evening, everyone. it is drying up and it is getting nice outside. this is going to be a very interesting to authors and you'll hear from tonight. can you hear me in the back? >> thank you. >> scott anderson and ari shavit both wrote a book about the middle east. and we are going to hear from scott and also from ari shavit. the more things change, the more they remain almost exactly the same. and so i'm i am going to introduce both of the authors tonight and then each will. ryan: about 10 minutes. and i will moderate a conversation with them and take questions from the audience. so write down your questions. when you ask them, just directed to the two of them and that will be fine. if you want to address it to one of them, then just let us know. let me first introduce ari shavit. he is the author of "my promised land: the triumph and tragedy of israel" and a commentator in one o

. >> next on booktv, a discussion with scott anderson.author of "the making of the modern middle east." and ari shavit in his book, my promised land. >> good evening, everyone. it is drying up and it is getting nice outside. this is going to be a very interesting to authors and you'll hear from tonight. can you hear me in the back? >> thank you. >> scott anderson and ari shavit both wrote a book about the middle east. and we are going to hear from scott and also from ari shavit. the more things change, the more they remain almost exactly the same. and so i'm i am going to introduce both of the authors tonight and then each will. ryan: about 10 minutes. and i will moderate a conversation with them and take questions from the audience. so write down your questions. when you ask them, just directed to the two of them and that will be fine. if you want to address it to one of them, then just let us know. let me first introduce ari shavit. he is the author of "my promised land: the triumph and tragedy of israel" and a commentator in one of the

in "lawrence in arabia," war correspondent scott anderson examines the middle eastern theater during world war i. marie arana recounts the life of simon bolivar who freed six south american countries from spanish rule in "bolivar: american liberator." in "the unwinding: an inner his his -- history of the new america," george packer presents a portrait of the current social and political climate in the united states. pulitzer prize-winning biographer a. scott berg recounts the life and career of woodrow wilson in "wilson." in "hitler's furies: german women in the nazi killing fields," wendy lower, history professor, recalls the roles german women played in the holocaust. neil irwin, economics editor of the washington post wonk blog, reports the leaders of three central

scott anderson talks about world war i. and six south american countries are recounted in bolivar, and in the unwinding, and enter history and winner of the 2013 national book award, george packer presents the current social and political climate in the united states. and the life and career is recounted of woodrow wilson. and inhaler series, german women and the killing fields, this author recalls the roles the german women played in the holocaust. leaders of three central banks played three major roles in avoiding an even bigger economic disaster in the alchemist, three central bankers and a world on fire. for an extended selection, visit our booktv website at booktv.org. >> this was a deliberate move to end with a controversy because it was always the perspective. in other words, she was the one that stood out to say hello and she was responsible. and i was very much the idea and she was a victim. and she should have been protected. and they say it was a transformation of an elite force into the political rally where she

in "lawrence in arabia," war correspondent scott anderson examines the middle eastern theater during world war i. marie arana recounts the life of simon bolivar who freed six south american countries from spanish rule in "bolivar: american liberator." in "the unwinding: an inner his his -- history of the new america," george packer presents a portrait of the current social and political climate in the united states. pulitzer prize-winning biographer a. scott berg recounts the life and career of woodrow wilson in "wilson." in "hitler's furies: german women in the nazi killing fields," wendy lower, history professor, recalls the roles german women played in the holocaust. neil irwin, economics editor of the washington post wonk blog, reports the leaders of three central banks plaid major roles in avoiding an even bigger economic disaster in "the alchemieses." for an extended list and links to 2013 notable book selections, visit booktv's web site, booktv.org. >> next on booktv, eric prince, the founder of blackwater. he talks about the successes of the private mercenary group and the sa

scott kazmir on a two-year contract. they're improving the pitching staff. the question is are the a's going to turn around and deal starting pitcher brett anderson? what do they get for brett? wouldn't be surprised if they pull another trade. they may trade brett anderson. we'll see if they continue to add to make this year's team stronger. >>> let's move over to football. this weekend the top two teams in the nfc west square out, seahawks flying high in first place, 49ers trying to catch them. good for a little redemption after pounded in week two up in seattle. with all that said, 49ers are a focus on this sunday's opponent. >> we definitely want to come out at home and play well and show everyone what we could do against a really good team. so i think it could definitely be a statement game. right now, you know, our goal is to just finish out the year and keep winning games and make it into the post season. >> it might be the most intense game this season, i think so. those guys don't like us. we don't like them. you know? it's just one of those games. just one of those games. so, you know, we look forward to

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[applause] >> scott anderson and ari thank you very much. >> we do have books available for sale outside and authors will be available across the hall to sign them for you. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >>> this program was part of the book fair international. to find out more visit miamibookfair.com. >>> we. to introduce do you john who is the coauthor of the book "the gamble." why the gamble? >> well, there are three aspect. the first was the democrats gamble on an incumbent who is running in conditions that weren't exactly a slam deng for the democratic party. there was an even bigger gamble that republicans took to look

in "lawrence in arabia," war correspondent scott anderson examines the middle eastern theater during world war i. marie arana recounts the life life of simon bolivar who freed six countries from spanish rule. in "the unwinding: an inner history of the new america," winner of the 2013 national book award for nonfiction, george packer presents a portrait of the current social and political climate in the united states. pulitzer prize-winning biographer a. scott berg recounts the life and career of woodrow wilson in "wilson." in "hitler's furies," wendy lower, history professor at claremont mckenna college recalls the roles german women played in the holocaust. neil irwin reports the leaders of three central banks played major roles in avoiding an even bigger economic disaster in "the l alchemieses: three central bankers and a world on fire." for an extended list and links

[applause] >> scott anderson and ari thank you very much. >> we do have books available for sale outside and authors will be available across the hall to sign them for you. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >>> this program was part of the book fair international. to find out more visit miamibookfair.com. >>> we. to introduce do you john who is the coauthor of the book "the gamble." why the gamble? >> well, there are three aspect. the first was the democrats gamble on an incumbent who is running in conditions that weren't exactly a slam deng for the democratic party. there was an even bigger gamble that republicans took to look for romney and trying to do something. it's rarely done comp is to unseat an incumbent president. and take new gamble in the sense there is a lot of satisfaction with the direction of the country and they were taking a gamble on which president can make it better. >> could the president -- could the republicans have improved their gamble with a different candidate? >> not among the candidates that ran in 2012. i think in many respects, romney was the most delig