host: what happened to wilhelm? guest: he went into exile in the netherlands. and there was talk of trying him as a war criminal at the paris peace conference, and i think there hearts weren't in it. so he lived in exile. in a damp, dutch castle. he became very keen on chopping wood. he was denying that he ever did anything wrong. he died in 1941, just before hitler invaded russia. host: who was leading the ottoman empire? guest: it was a sultan, whose name i cannot remember. who was very shadowy. he basically was sent off in exile in 1921. then the mustafa kemal, ataturk, became the father of modern turkey. who was the sharpest leader in europe before the war started? guest: the sharpest leader was bismarck, who managed to make the whole system work and managed to keep europe from going into war. it is very hard to save after him. there was a very good foreign minister in france called del casse. the trouble with russian statesmen is that they were between too powerful and too popular. they got rid of them. otherwise, i really cannot think. that may have been

wilhelm was quite clever in germany. how long was george v the king?uest: he was king from, i'm bad on dates. he was king from 1911 to 1930's? and then he was exceeded by edward viii, who gave up the throne for mrs. simpson. host: what was the hardest part about doing this book? guest: the hardest part was getting myself down to doing it and getting on top of all of the material. what you do not see is all of the stuff that is underneath the surface. and it took me about four or five months actually to get organized to the point where he started writing. host: the cover of this book, we will show that on the screen, "the war that ended peace." who are the two men? guest: what is kaiser wilhelm ii , and the other one is a very young winston churchill, because he was in charge of the british navy. he was the lord of the a dmiralty at the time. host: when did you decide to have these two on the cover? guest: there was a lot of discussion because it was tricky. you have people that were recognizable. most people would recognize kaiser wilhelm ii, but they

wilhelm was clever in germany. william v wasn't an intellectual giant either. >> how long was george v king? >> he was king from 1911 to the 1930s? and then he was succeeded by edouard viii who gave up the throne. >> what was the hardest part of doing this book? >> the hardest part is getting myself down to do it and getting a roll on the material. what you don't see is all of the stuff that's underneath the surface. it took me four or five months to get it organized in a point that i could 125r9 writing. >> the cover of this book, we'll show it, the war that ended peace. who are the two men? >> one is wilhelm ii. >> on the right? >> with the mustache. and the other is a young churchill. he was the first lord of the admiralty at that point. he had done a lot to bring them to sight with the germans. >> what to put on the cover? >> it was tricky. you had to have people who were recognizable. i think people who know the period will recognize wilhelm ii but not any of the other figures. churchill, quite nice. how many

alex wilhelm from san francisco. shaving cream and mouth wash. all right.essica taff is here to get you caught up with the day in sports. let's talk about football. what a weekend? hum? >> a huge weekly. this is always my favorite point of the week. we get to sit here, talk about week 12, mark, in the n.f.l. football league which we are talking about a big fight to the finish as teams are trying to muscle their way into the play-off picture while others just try to get that important home field advantage. for more on that, we will check in with our n.f.l. contributor, anita marks. thank you first of all, for joining us, anita. let's get started right out of the bank with the broncos. did denver stamp their ticket to the post-season with their win over kpings city? >> not only did they stamp their ticket. but really, i truly believe the road to the super bowl is going to have to go through mile-high denver. we saw paieyton manning play in new england. he has been remarkable all season, 41 touchdown passes emends that home field advantage throughout the playo

wilhelms.hat can we do to stop the gop from rigging the votes state by state to disenfranchise voters and destroy our democracy? 36 states right now led by republican legislatures have been trying to make it difficult for minority people to vote in big cities and older people. everybody knows the game. republicans often admit the game to deny people the vote. what's your reaction? >> well, couple of things. you saw the lines we had not only in '08 but in '12. some of these folks may have stood in line. i said on election night that's not acceptable in a democracy. that has been around as long as ours and the world looks to. so we immediately assigned by chief election lawyer and mitt romney's chief election lawyer to sit down with a group of experts and come up with a whole series of voter reforms. they're supposed to report back to me by the end of this year so early next year we're going to put forward what we know will be a bipartisan effort or a bipartisan proposal to encourage people to vo

wilhelms.hat can we do to stop the gop from rigging the votes state by state to disenfranchise voters and destroy our democracy? 36 states right now led by republican legislatures have been trying to make it difficult for minority people to vote in big cities and older people. everybody knows the game. republicans often admit the game to deny people the vote. what's your reaction? >> well, couple of things. you saw the lines we had not only in '08 but in '12. some of these folks may have stood in line. i said on election night that's not acceptable in a democracy. that has been around as long as ours and the world looks to. so we immediately assigned by chief election lawyer and mitt romney's chief election lawyer to sit down with a group of experts and come up with a whole series of voter reforms. they're supposed to report back to me by the end of this year so early next year we're going to put forward what we know will be a bipartisan effort or a bipartisan proposal to encourage people to vo

wilhelms.hat can we do to stop the gop from rigging the votes state by state to disenfranchise voters and destroy our democracy? 36 states right now led by republican legislatures have been trying to make it difficult for minority people to vote in big cities and older people. everybody knows the game. republicans often admit the game to deny people the vote. what's your reaction? >> well, couple of things. you saw the lines we had not only in '08 but in '12. some of these folks may have stood in line. i said on election night that's not acceptable in a democracy. that has been around as long as ours and the world looks to. so we immediately assigned by chief election lawyer and mitt romney's chief election lawyer to sit down with a group of experts and come up with a whole series of voter reforms. they're supposed to report back to me by the end of this year so early next year we're going to put forward what we know will be a bipartisan effort or a bipartisan proposal to encourage people to vo