>> there are a lot of things i think could be said about general tayler that maybe don't quite matchh the reputation i believe he still enjoy is pretty widely. i've already indicated more than once that he was probably west berlin's list important patron and thanks to him westmorland reached a high levels he did including his assignment. but i think that maxwell taylor and westmorland if they didn't have a falling out of the certainly had a diverging viewpoint. it seems to be a document double that when the first ground forces can assure the marine elements in march of a 1965 tayler as ambassador had no advance notice that they were coming and wes marland new that and didn't tell him and the white house knew that and didn't tell him and the pentagon knew him and didn't tell them so he was pretty marginalized by that point. that is a detailed analysis and evaluation of shettle tayler's project for another day, but he was sand as well as setting. ladies and gentlemen, think you very much for coming and for the great questions. [applause] >> mixed author and professor will kaufman talks

>> there are a lot of things i think could be said about general tayler that maybe don't quite match believe he still enjoy is pretty widely. i've already indicated more than once that he was probably west berlin's list important patron and thanks to him westmorland reached a high levels he did including his assignment. but i think that maxwell taylor and westmorland if they didn't have a falling out of the certainly had a diverging viewpoint. it seems to be a document double that when the first ground forces can assure the marine elements in march of a 1965 tayler as ambassador had no advance notice that they were coming and wes marland new that and didn't tell him and the white house knew that and didn't tell him and the pentagon knew him and didn't tell them so he was pretty marginalized by that point. that is a detailed analysis and evaluation of shettle tayler's project for another day, but he was sand as well as setting. ladies and gentlemen, think you very much for coming and for the great questions. [applause] will kaufman talks about folk singer woody guthrie's political act

>> there are a lot of things i think could be said about general tayler that maybe don't quite matchh the reputation i believe he still enjoy is pretty widely. i've already indicated more than once that he was probably west berlin's list important patron and thanks to him westmorland reached a high levels he did including his assignment. but i think that maxwell taylor and westmorland if they didn't have a falling out of the certainly had a diverging viewpoint. it seems to be a document double that when the first ground forces can assure the marine elements in march of a 1965 tayler as ambassador had no advance notice that they were coming and wes marland new that and didn't tell him and the white house knew that and didn't tell him and the pentagon knew him and didn't tell them so he was pretty marginalized by that point. that is a detailed analysis and evaluation of shettle tayler's project for another day, but he was sand as well as setting. ladies and gentlemen, think you very much for coming and for the great questions. [applause] >> the book track 11 by will kaufman. after that

don't have direct knowledge of how i was involved in those pieces and that is with respect to the tayler piece, i made a judgment given the advice of counsel, given the advice by the executives involved that -- and going back and looking at what we knew in 2008 and looking at that advice and remembering that advice and looking at the context of the time which goes back two or three years now, you know, it was a decision that given that context was a decision that still stands by. >> [inaudible] >> apparently there was a contract with mr. clifford which was canceled. >> i don't have knowledge of that. >> it seems strange to me we might come back with details of that. it seems to me that how many and he hasn't considered those under 500,000 or even 200,000 or even 50,000 come he got 20,000, and it seems bizarre someone can have 20,000 somebody else gets the phonak when they get 600,000 or a million. surely you can see that the difference most people draw is when it was out in the open and everybody knew about all of these things and the other was paid when it was all try again to be kept r

of the case by case best seller because the idea that little boy is seen having is an irresistible tayler especially when we are still mired in economic people need to be uplifted so perhaps it is also a strong crossover element not just hitting the religious segment but also the larger book world as well. we cannot count out the religious publishing circles for big publishing stories coming to the new year. >> host: 2011 pulitzer prize winners. sarah weinman, did you have a chance to read the book on cancer? >> guest: you know, i didn't come and i had picked up an early copy when it was featured at bookexpo america. it came out at the end of 2012 and this was may, 2010. so already the publisher, sribner, had been targeting this as one of the titles for the fall and it's easy to see why. it talks about the to tell what of cancer. he is a noted cancer specialist at memorial kettering in new york city. so he's certainly an expert in the subject and what from i can tell he imparted this knowledge with a tremendously the human way. it was very well written, and it was as a result i think very

awarded damages certainly none of the settlements the i have heard of except of course the famous tayler and clifford settlement, but that is another matter and i think that there are other reasons. i haven't heard of large sums of money changing hands. >> mr. justice of the end of the judgment recognizes too obvious things. the first is no amount of damages can fully compensate you for the damage done. that will always apply whatever the context. and second, he says in relation to you, he is hardly exaggerating when he says it is like it was ruined and this is the geniality of the point. >> you work all of your life to try to achieve something and doo try to achieve something and do something useful and when this came up i got to the age of 68 and i achieved things i was proud of any way to do and suddenly something like this happens and that's what you are remembered for and however long i live now, that is the number one thing people think of when they hear my name and of course really matters and sometimes if i could just make this point, it sometimes is yes it is the same with no pe