anyone have any questions about the book or for william doyle? >> i would be happy. >> you point out of the cia. sometimes the cia gets things right and this is a case they came in and through some money around and helped the iraqi police through the deployment of money. a facilitated or a midwife to the awakening. we rarely hear about when they do things right. >> is there something we will never hear about the cia and their involvement with the awakening? was their covert stuff going on that we won't hear about? >> a lot of covert stuff with targeted killings and night raids and targeted killings of terrorists occurring with great frequency by special forces people. they were pretty effective in this environment. >> that helped turn opinion against al qaeda. stop people who may be making their lives more difficult. >> shoe. there was a death squad against al qaeda calls revolutionaries, they would put masks on and do night raids on terrorists, suspected terrorists and killed them and put warnings saying we're coming after you. we know who you a

. >> up next, william doyle tells the story of captain travis patriquin is instrument in gaining u.s. support for the 2006 sunni awakening which greatly reduce the influence of al qaeda in iraq. captain patriquin was killed by roadside bomb that same year. this is about an hour. >> high, and when. thanks for coming. we are going to hear from william doyle, award-winning author of "an american insurrection: the battle of oxford, mississippi,au 1962", i "inside the oval office: the white house tapes from fdr to clinton." and easier to [talking over each other] about his new book, "a soldier's dream." much.nks very2 and thanks very much to the nyu sold million burner and lillian vernon writers house for havingt me. i would like to talk about about my book, "a soldier's dream," and then ask darren and the audience for any questions about it. to this book came about as resultts of my reading a newspaper article in the summer of 2007 about ath young american soldier newspaper article in the summer of 2007 about a young american soldier who was being hailed as a martyr by the iraqis. when i

thank you, william doyle. thanks for coming and talking with us. [applause] >> is very non-fiction offer or book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org or tweak as at twitter.com/booktv. >> next on booktv, paul barrett talks about the ubiquitous use of the glock kissel. it is about an hour. [no audio] >> editor at business week. he is the author of american is long:the struggle of the soul of a religion and a true story of race in america. he also lives right around the corner from book court. please welcome paul barrett. [applause] >> thank you very much for that lovely introduction. i am extremely pleased to be here for a number of reasons. all these wonderful people, friends, family and to be in the neighborhood makes it more enjoyable. before i get going, for the benefit of your neighbors, turn yourself phones off and all are handguns are unloaded and safely secured. let's begin with gaston glock, the gentleman mentioned in the introduction. after 30 years in manufacturing, gaston glock's industriousnes

. >>> up next, william doyle tells a story of captain travis roi patriquin gaining support for the 2006 sunni awakening which greatly reduced the influence of al qaeda in iraq, captain patriquin was killed by a roadside bomb that same year to read this is about an hour. >> thanks for coming. we are going to hear from william leal the author of american insurrection, mississippi 1962 and inside the oval office, the white house tapes from fdr and clinton here talking about his new book the soldiers dream. >> thanks very much. and thanks to the nyu lillian vernon writers house for having me. i'd like to talk about my book a soldiers dream and then ask their in and the audience for any questions about it. this book came about as the result of my reading the newspaper article in the summer of 2007 about a young american soldier who was being hailed as a martyr by the iraqis. when i read the story i felt that sounds interesting how did that happen who is this man? and he had died in an ied attack. his name was captain patrick speed and in the history of the iraq war i'd never heard such a thi

. >> it's an amazing story and the book is a soldier's dream, and thank you william doyle and i am downstrauss. thanks for coming in thanks for talking with us. >> thank you verythank you are . coming up next book tv presents after words an hour-long program where we invite guest host to interview authors. this week "msnbc"'s chris matthews and his latest book, "jack kennedy" elusive hero. in it he presents a portrait of president kennedy rarely seen based on personal interviews with those who knew him, records from his school years and published interviews with former first lady jacqueline kennedy. he discusses his discoveries with veteran journalist, sam donaldson. >> host: chris matthews, welcome and we have been friends for 35 years? >> guest: at least. >> host: at least. talk about a man who is faded into history for most americans, you have to be of a certain age to remember what john kennedy looked like in the flesh. how did you read this book? >> guest: first of all that may be true what you say in terms of fresh memories but they asked people, this time of year, two years ago,