this goes back to the treaty of versailles of 1648. and that is the soldier of what is owed and those come and that, and, therefore, every government reflects its own at those and the atlas of its own people, and the purposes of its people. and that these purposes often clash. what happens when these purposes clashed? well, you read any of the classics on these matters and you quickly come to the realization that yes, war is the arbiter of major human differences. but that is not what our foreign policy establishment believes, that war, meaning killing on a massive scale so as to destroy the enemy's capacity to resist, they don't believe that such a thing really accomplishes anything. the only thing that it does accomplish, changes, antagonists is, well, what is it? nation-building. what is that? again, that involves perhaps a little bit of force and an awful lot of bribery. and when that doesn't work, then what do you do? well then, you try some more of it. or you find an exit strategy. what does that mean? well, it means figuring out

it includes about380 priceless works of loans from the louvre or versailles. >> our exbition shs napoleon in a new light. it is not a military history or a biographical one. 12 chapters of dirt -- offer pictorial glimpses into napoleon's way of life. >> it took napoleon 16 years to make his mark on europe. he laid the groundwork for a civic constitution. at the same time, he waged a war acss europe and crowned himself emperor of all frenchmen. the exhibition offers a nuanced view of the napoleonic era and shines a light on the legendary, power hungry man. >> stay tuned for "in depth" coming up next. we will take a lookeethoven pro. >> a two day summit of headsf state and government is under way in brussels to discuss the euros on debt crisis and ways of shoring up a common currency. in may of this year, a temporary rescue fund was created to avert a financial collapse of debt- ridden greece. now ireland has asked for a bailout package, and there are growing concerns that portugal and spain could be next. all this has put intense pressure on the euro. critics say that eu countries have fai

the versailles settlement has not yet ceased to. what is going to happen there is still open to very, very deadly contention. palestine, the spire middle east -- entire middle east was reengineered after world war i, and it was reengineered very badly. henry cabot lodge warned against that and said the notion that we should fix the affairs of, arbitrate between the groups, this was a trap the united states ought not to get into. but, no, people who have shown themselves to be wiser thought that we should, that we should somehow become the arbiters of the world. and, indeed, the fact that we were not, that we did not become the arbiters of the world became an item of environment of which the ruling class accused the american people of respondent for -- responsibility for world war ii. some of your may remember a movie title of which was wilson about woodrow wilson. movie was made in 1944 and the heavy was none other than henry cab pot both -- henry cabot lodge. the move was so outrageous that when franklin roosevelt showed it to wins

it includes about380 priceless works of loans from the louvre or versailles. >> our exhibition shows napoleon in a new light. it is not a military history or a biographical one. 12 chapters of dirt -- offer pictorial glimpses into napoleon's way of life. >> it took napoleon 16 years to make his mark on europe. he laid the groundwork for a civic constitution. at the same time, he waged a war across europe and crowned himself emperor of all frenchmen. the exhibition offers a nuanced view of the napoleonic era and shines a light on the legendary, power hungry man. >> stay tuned for "in depth" coming up next. we will take a look at that summit in brussels. >> new at the cdw store -- nine world-famous symphonies on dvd. the beethoven project. >> a two day summit of heads of state and government is under way in brussels to discuss the euros on debt crisis and ways of shoring up a common currency. in may of this year, a temporary rescue fund was created to avert a financial collapse of debt- ridden greece. now ireland has asked for a bailout package, and there are growing concerns that port

and what happened at camp david, indeed, what happened at versailles in 1919 is directly relevant.and one learns from books. c-span: there's one here, and my french is not very good and i'll get to the page that i wanted to ask you about because i think it was talking about a fellow, i'm not sure i pronounced this right, it's bernard henri levy? a french philosopher who had a book. what was the purpose of this one? >> guest: first of all, we have to say that levy is a philosopher/rock and roll star. i mean this -- france is >> guest: of efforts to get nato bombings started, one of the most critical passages in this all of american foreign policy since the end of the cold war was this today. and that night she gave a dinner party for us while we waited to see if nato and washington would start the bombing which we had strongly recommended. and we were jumping up and down getting up and down from the table all night long on the phone to washington, to brussels, to saw grab. and levy was there, and he witnessed it, and he wrote about it in an extremely witty and funny way about ambass

the court, the rules, the symmetries, the ways -- you know if you think of the formal gardens at versailles and the grammar and structure, the dancers are a bit like that and they are imprinted imprintet aesthetic. so the women in the large, you know, hooped dresses and the men, and it was male form primarily at its origins, a privileged man and the king, and luis himself was a fantastic dancer. you know there's a wonderful story of him in 1653 when he stars in the ballet called "the ballet of the night" and this is just after the time where the authority of the french state has been questioned and he trowrns paris and he performs this ballet. he is 15 years old. and it begins at night and is performed through the night and into the morning. he faces obstacles, nightmares, difficulties, overcomes them all of course. and as the sun is rising, you can see luis as apollo, the sun king, you know, dressed in gold and diamonds shooting from his head and shoulders and arms. and then performing what were, i think, very low and graceful movements that demonstrated his control and his sense of grande

she came from a very good family in versailles, her father was like a lawyer. she was a perfectly nice lady and my father had a lot of girlfriends. i might have other brothers and sisters. actually, there's one guy, i think, was... i have a half brother i've never met. but my father was very... >> rose: let me see the camera, please. you have a cam ral with you every moment of your life. >> rose: yeah and now the great thing is cameras are so small so you can really carry them all the time. >> rose: is there a new one or old one? >> this is six months old. it takes pictures in very low light. >> rose: how many pixels is it? >> twelve and a half, something like that. sounds good enough to me. >> rose: you keep the pictures, you download them into your computer? >> yeah, because now... it's one of the few things that's free. you download them, you put them in and... >> rose: but it's been the way you have recorded your journey through life? through photographs. >> yeah... >> rose: and landscapes. >> and landscapes and food and things that i saw around me. and if

country was on a road tour, trying to get the country to throw its weight behind the treaty of versaillesthat ended world war i and ultimately the senate voted that down martial because of the league of nations. during the time he suffered a massive stroke. for about nine months, he was incapacitated and his wife, edith to factor became the during the time because she limited access to her husband. anyone who wants to see, the president had to go through her.her -- her doctor or through her. so she really limited presidents accessor to other people during that time while he recovered. he never fully recovered from the stroke. he left the white house in march of 1921 and warren harding came in. he only lived to an for 20 years heard he died in january 1924. interesting story here. wilson was president when prohibition went into effect. there was the prohibition enforced, was called the bolstad act, named after and are both said, a minnesota congressman and wayne wheeler wrote this fact. the act itself was to enforce prohibition itself. and it declared anything above .5% alcohol to be intox

would ask you to take them outside pleas because there is a camera here and we can go there.er versailles want to tell you how i came to write a book on bonhoeffer. i confess i had never heard of bonhoeffer until 1988.r i was raised in the greek orthodox church. actually right here in corona queens, which is basically around the corner here. went to the parochial schoolc there. but as was the case with many people raised in the church, you don't really, he don't take it so seriously. is part of the -- part of a cultural experience so for me i was roughly about being greekly and less about being an orthodox christian. it was a delightful experience, wonderful community but it wasn't until after yale and by the way if you are thinking of jettisoning whatever faith you have you might think about going to yale university. that is a bitter joke. but it is extremely secular and if you have a serious biblical faith that is not the place to nurture it. so i graduated yale, not exactly full of joy and meaning and i was looking for the meaning of life and trying to be a writer and by the way i don'