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Know any of this first work that any of us could be a victim and so, what does this mean in terms of how we behave? we have to believe people will say something but i believe people now are nosy enough based on the politics of the world they will say something. am i wrong? >> no, youre not running at all. we need to be vigilant in our communities and place of worship in our daily lives. the word is a dangerous place this past week to remind everybody that anyone could be a victim. what took plac...

All the way through to vietnam. the fact that presidents have a great weight in determining war and peace. should that scare the average american? >> joy, it should scare the average american. what keeps me literally awake at night is the prospect of donald trump is going to push us towards an unnecessary major war for his own political reasons, and what i do in the book, just as youve said, i tell the stories of biographies of all these major war presidents from james madison all the way to the...

Have made the founders very nervous. >> as you were writing the book, ive heard from most authors theres a moment of pro fundity where something profound happens and you say oh, my gosh. as you were writing this book did you have an epiphany of sorts that you learned? >> well, particularly that its a biography as you know of basically the eight or nine president who have taken us into our major wars been they have a lot of things in common. a lot of them had almost nervous break downs. a lot of ...

>> as you were writing the book, ive heard from most authors theres a moment of profundity where something profound happens and you say oh, my gosh. as you were writing this book did you have an epiphany of sort? you were shocked or surprised by anything as you were going through this that you learned? >> well, particularly that its a biography as you know of basically the eight or nine presidents whove taken us into our major wars. and they have a lot of things in common. a lot of them had almo...

President of war? hes the commander in chief. >> he is, but its just what you just said, wolf. these were not his wars, but the problem is thats not a choice for him to make. barack obama inherited the war in iraq. you certainly saw him going to visit the soldiers. you saw the same thing with richard nixon in 1969 inhearting linden johnens vietnam war. theres so many similarities among the presidents you found in this book who waged large wars all the way from james madison to the president. a l...

Commander, jfk, a young navy man, served under dwight david eisenhower in world war ii. johnson is talking to ike about the problem hes having in vietnam. ike says, by the way, be willing to use whatever weapons you have, hit them from the air, including but not limited to tactical nuclear weapons. and im thinking, what is it that leaves these presidents hardened by war, what do they have in common? whats the aftereffect, anything shared by all of them? >> you know, youve gone exactly to the ess...

Weapons, and im thinking what is it that leaves these presidents hardened by war? do they have in common? whats the after effect? anything shared by all of them? >> well, you know, youve got exactly -- youve gone exactly to the essence as usual, brian. as you know, this book is about nine presidents who were involved in major wars all the way back to 1807. and there are a lot of things that they do have in common, a lot of them have emotional break downs, almost have strong lives. they almost al...

Result was that he wasnt able to persuade people that an international organization for peace was the right thing to do. the other thing that happened with wilson, you see so often, they have these physical breakdowns, because war is very tough. they have depressions as abraham lincoln did. in franklin roosevelts case, he had advance cardiovascular disease. so you combine all this, you begin with a president who is going to war with flags flying, even in some cases for the best of reasons, but y...

Bring nukes to the vietnam war. >> and lbc who made so many mistakes in vietnam, heres this hidden story he tells wes moreland, no, i dont want nuclear weapons in vietnam. they could quickly be used. this could be the end of the world. get them out of here. it was all secret until decades later and the last documents came out the last couple years. >> if the president brought you in to brief him on his book and say why should i read your book, what could i learn from it, what could he learn from...

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