and thomas stanton explores why some firms fail. this week david k. johnston diss his book "the fine print" how they use plain i english to rob you blind. visit booktv.org for more information in an interview taped outside of washington, d.c., wayne karlin talking about his book wandering souls which is an account of the u.s. soldier return to vietnam to return a notbook he took from a soldier he killed during the north vietnam war. >>> joining us now on booktv is author and professor wayne karlin who most recent book is "wandering soul." professor karlin who was homer? >> he is a friend of mine who retired living in north carolina. he was a officer platoon leader in the vietnam war. and he had contacted me a number of years ago because i had some contacts in vietnam vietnamese i had been working with, he had taken a documents and a book from the body of an vietnamese soldier he killed during the war. and wanted to see if he could find a family and return those documents to this them. >> why. he had gone through decades of ptsd, not only because he ki

>> now on booktv thomas stanton argues the main difference between companies that successfully made it through the 2008 financial crisis and those that didn't was the willingness of upper management to listen to feedback before making decisions. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon welcome to the cato institute. i am the director of financial regulations here at cato and i'm also honored to serve as the moderator for today's book form. when reading press coverage of the financial crisis one possibly constant we comes across phrases such as the bank said this in the bank said that. there is no one response to the financial crisis or to the events that preceded it. different firms took different approaches. while several ceos and their boards made poor decisions that eventually led to their failure, others made good decisions, prudent decisions and sometimes brilliant decisions that not only save their firms but also about these firms to game gain a share and come out of the crisis stronger than ever. while in my own writings i have tended to place considerable emphasi

at 830, thomas stanton and why some firms thrive why others fail. and at 10:00 p.m. eastern, we conclude the prime time programming with our "after words" program. david cay johnston discusses the fine print. he talked with reporter jayne o'donnell. visit booktv.org for this weekend's television schedule. >> in her book, "pat nixon", mary brennan discusses the use of mrs. nixon's private documents. this is just over 60 minutes. >> welcome. i'm the acting director of the library and i appreciate all of you coming to our continuing author copies and patience. today, we are very fortunate to have the leading scholar on pat nixon was 100 years ago this year. mary brennan, who did much of her research here for her book is the chair of the department at the university of texas in san marcos. her specialty is post-world war ii conservative movements and she has written to date three different books. conservative women and the crusade against communism and book that we love most is pat nixon, the embattled first lady. her book is an outstanding work and i look forward and wo

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