is scowcroft key to that?re you able to eliminate why this pause lasted so long if it did back was scowcroft instrumental in that liberation? >> he is a big part of it. like many administrations they are intent on distinguishing themselves from their predecessors but more than that and more importantly they thought that with the meetings in reykjavÍk and with this kind of new detente that gorbachev and reagan seem to be having they thought it was going down the wrong direction and they were not sure what the endgame was and were worried. we seem to have this generation and better relations. and the -- gorbachev is saying the right things but at the same time the soviet union was supporting afghanistan, cuba el salvador, angola, cambodia lots of places around the world that had not renounced the revolution to overthrow capitalism had not done anything to reform the economy. yes, there is talk up her striker. and there was -- so you think about very little or nothing have been done with the conventional and nucl

but i'm inclined to go with scowcroft because he was practical and wasn't driven by ideology. that's the best answer i can give you right now. of next time we get together, i'll think of another one. [laughter] >> i think we have come to the end, so i want to express my gratitude to mike bohn for this really wonderful presentation. buy the book. i read it really worth it. and thank you for coming, and a round of applause for our speaker. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. >> okay. thank you, everybody. see you next time. [inaudible conversations] >> booktv of is on twitter and facebook, and we want to hear from you. tweet us, twitter.com/booktv or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week: >> watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> booktv is live today from the campus of the university of southern california, home of the los angeles times festival of books. we'll be covering author events from newman hall, and you'll have the chance to talk to several best selling authors during o

>> i'm a fan of brent scowcroft. i know him i like him. he's been very helpful to me on my projects. kissinger had an extraordinary grasp, but he was very manipulative and had a lot of agenda items. and i enjoyed talking to him. very knowledgeable guy. but, you know, you asked me a question that i hadn't really thought of before. but i'm inclined to go with scowcroft because he was practical and wasn't driven by ideology. that's the best answer i can give you right now. of next time we get together, i'll think of another one. [laughter] >> i think we have come to the end, so i want to express my gratitude to mike bohn for this really wonderful presentation. buy the book. i read it really worth it. and thank you for coming, and a round of applause for our speaker. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. >> okay. thank you, everybody. see you next time. [inaudible conversations]

>> i am a fan of brent scowcroft. i know when. i like them.he's been very helpful to me on my projects. this and your had an extraordinary grasp that he was very many but it had a lot of agenda. i enjoyed talking to him. very knowledgeable guy but you know you ask me a question i have only thought of before. i'm inclined to go with scowcroft because he was practical and wasn't driven by ideology. that's the best answer i can give you right now the next time we get together i will have to think of another one. >> i think we've come to the end, so i want to express my gratitude to michael bohn for this little presentation. by his book the i've read it. italy where the. and thank you for coming, and a round of applause for our speaker. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you, everybody. see you next time. [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on facebook. like is to get publishing news scheduling updates come behind the scenes pictures and videos author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programming. facebook.com/booktv.

he established fellowships at the scowcroft's school of diplomacy i think it is called. so there is certainly that. what effect they have had so far is hard to know and i don't explore that but he feels very fortunate to have lived a life a life that he hasn't feels that he has to pass these down and has one daughter, one granddaughter. he is intent on trying to nurture especially at the aspen strategy group the atlantic council and getting people and meant touring them. most of these people are probably still fairly young 40s tops 40s tops with maybe the exception of the hadley's and gates but there is some of that absolutely. >> our last question here in the back against the wall. >> you talked a little bit about how were the conditions that he thought extremism and terrorism sort of come about or -- i forget the word. can you talk a little bit about his thoughts on extremism or how it comes about? >> i did not really talk to him about that. i did not talk about the roots of that. i came one of my concluding comments because of his belief in tackling these problems and

taylor on his book trust the trade and later the biography of former national security adviser brent scowcroft. >> thank you peter atlantic council for hosting this and thank you for making it out today on a less than auspicious weather day. this book is about the return of private military force and international relations today and i wrote this not simply as an international scholar but also as a protection or -- protection are. i work for a company called dyncorp international for several years in the africa and why -- i saw was working there many press reports many think tank reports, a lot of left-wing and right-wing knee-jerk reactions is simply did not get what i thought the industry right. the genesis of writing this book was not in any way a whistleblower book etc.. it was really to pack some say lance around the polemical issue and that is the origins of why wrote this book. now before i begin the actual argument of the book i want to lay out a few facts from a decade of war. first is using for example 2010 numbers the pentagon spent $366 billion obligated to contractors. 54% of its

he established fellowships at the scowcroft's school of diplomacy i think it is called. so there is certainly that. what effect they have had so far is hard to know and i don't explore that but he feels very fortunate to have lived a life a life that he hasn't feels that he has to pass these down and has one daughter, one granddaughter. he is intent on trying to nurture especially at the aspen strategy group the atlantic council and getting people and meant touring them. most of these people are probably still fairly young 40s tops 40s tops with maybe the exception of the hadley's and gates but there is some of that absolutely. >> our last question here in the back against the wall. >> you talked a little bit about how were the conditions that he thought extremism and terrorism sort of come about or -- i forget the word. can you talk a little bit about his thoughts on extremism or how it comes about? >> i did not really talk to him about that. i did not talk about the roots of that. i came one of my concluding comments because of his belief in tackling these problems and

generals, admirals, national security officials, famous diplomats, including jim baker and brent scowcroft and marine general zinni and the head of the former national security agency, bill odom, spoke out and wrote against invading iraq before it happened in march 2003. a majority of the people in this country think that there's something inflated about our military budget. [scattered laughter] all right. well, they've read the pentagon audits and the gao reports and the "60 minute" exposes and so on. it's horrendously inflated. waste, fraud, abuse is only part of it. we're still building cost-overrun military weapons systems designed for the soviet union era of hostility. like, the f-22 should never be built. you could put it on this stage. that's how much $200 million of electronics cost, profit in overruns. why are we building more submarines, nuclear submarines? one trident submarine--nuclear warheads can destroy 200 cities. that's before it reloads. why are we building more aircraft carriers, $15 billion a carrier? we got 13. the next country to challenge us is italy, has two. [laugh

general jim jones -- you can make it to the stage -- chairman of our brent scowcroft center on international security and atlantic council board director. former national security adviser to barack obama, former supreme allied commander of europe, there's perhaps no one who has been more consistent spokesman about the connection between national competitiveness and national security. ambassador paula -- also a board director at the atlantic council. she'll provide a republican view on this democratic president's legacy moment, and can give us insaying into how the trade initiative is being viewed from the other side of the aisle in many ways it was the mid-term elections. this is the one legacy moment gets made easier by the last elections than harder. she serve as undersecretary of state for global affairs, and we are delighted to be joinedly australia's ambassador to the u.s. kim beasley. he is a rhodes scholar, former deputy prime minister, minister of difference and finance and former prominent member of the australian parliament. so let me sit down and get this conversation going. the p

led by our scowcroft center's nonresident senior fellow olinwethington at the u.s. treasury department and former special envoy on china. this project is currently on phase one which focuses on the economic and financial architecture in the region. vice minister zhu's meeting to washington comes at a critical time as new regional initiatives supported by china such as the asian infrastructure investment bank the new development bank and the silk road initiative are showing strong momentum. and the effectiveness of existing multilateral financial institutions are under increasing scrutiny. on a broader scale, china is playing a larger role in shaping the global economic order and is calling for adjustments in the existing economic and financial architecture. the rmb's internationalization continues to expand into foreign markets is rising. at the same time many economic forecasts point to the prospect of an economic slowdown in the asia-pacific region including in china where efforts to strengthen the economy to a new normal face challenges. we are undoubtedly facing

led by our scowcroft center's nonresident senior fellow, olin wethington former special envoy on china. this project is currently on phase one which focuses on the economic and financial architecture in the region. the vice minister's meeting to washington comes at a critical time as new regional initiatives supported by china such as the asian infrastructure investment bank, the new development bank and the silk road initiative are showing strong momentum. and the effectiveness of existing multilateral financial institutions are under increasing scrutiny. on a broader scale, china is playing a larger role in shaping the global economic order and is calling for adjustments in the existing economic and financial architecture. the rmb's internationalization continues to expand and the outflow of chinese capital into foreign markets is rising. at the same time, many economic forecasts point to the prospect of an economic slowdown in the asia-pacific region, including in china where efforts to strengthen the economy to a new normal face challenges. we are undoubtedly facing a transformatio

coming up at 10:00:05 eastern bartholomew sparrow on strategist brent scowcroft and call for national security. all this getting underway at 8:00 eastern. >> and as result i try to stay disciplined in my message. in the football sense i stay disciplined within the hash marks. i understand i represent everyone in montana not just as one congressman. i represent not only republican side, the democrat side, the independent side, the tea party side, the union side. i represent everyone in montana. i think if we take that value set forward congress represents america. true to articulate the values and needs and desires of your district. but the purpose is to make america better. >> five newest members of congress talk about their careers and personal lives. and share insight about how things work on capitol hill. join us for all of their conversations, each night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >>> texas state senator wendy davis spoke more than 10 hours during a filibuster in 2013 opposing a texas law on abortion clinics. last fall she was the democratic nominee for texas governor. she lost to