it s about 40 minutes. good afternoon, everyone. thank you so much for being here today. my name is candice. i work with some of the events here in the store, and on behalf of the owners and the rest of the staff, i want to welcome you to politics and prose. i just have a couple of logistics to go over. if you wouldn t mind taking out your cell phones and making sure that they are on silent. we are recording this event this afternoon, and we also have c-span here with us today, so not having any interruptions would be great. we re going to have about an hour long presentation here with half the time given to our author s presentation and the other half given to your questions. we have one microphone on the side here. if you wouldn t mind using that for your question, we can pick it up on the recording and everyone will be able to hear you. and then finally, we typically ask that you fold up your chairs at the end of an event before getting in the signing line. if you could
You could have handed over to the unified government. They underestimated the threat of violence. They were telling them they were sending daily keep saying this was happening. I need more troops. On paper they created a peacekeeping force to go to the province but it wasnt for us with the details. He was busy drawing the flags in and the supposedly 50,000 member army force that went there and ended up being less than 2,000 people with actual rifles so they were not able to suppress the violence quickly. And they didnt have the troops in place and that was the british responsibility for the law and order up until that point so there were mistakes made. Its too easy you go to india today and pakistan today it is far too easy. You dont have any limits. At the time that you spent connecting with our faculty and classrooms so i want to congratulate you and thank you all for coming. Best of luck. [applause] you have other questions i can answer them individually. And talk to supporters on a
Thats already entering territory that we should have some moral concerns about. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being here today. My name is candace. I work with some of the events here in the store, and on bea half of the owners and the rest of the staff, i want to welcome you to politics prose. If you wouldnt mind taking out your cell phones and making sure that they are on silent, we are recording this event this afternoon, and we also have cspan here with us today, so not having any interruptions would be great. Were going to have about an hourlong presentation here with half the time given to our authors presentation and the other half given to your questions. We have one microphone on the side here. If you wouldnt mind using that for your question, we can pick it up on the recording, and everyone will be able to hear you. And then finally, we typically ask that you fold up your
At afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for being here today. My name is candace and i work with some of the events here in the store on behalf of the owners and staff i want to welcome you to politics and prose. I have a couple logistics to go over. If you would make sure your cell phones are on silent. We are recording this event this afternoon and we also have cspan here with us today, so not having any interruptions would be great. We will have about an hourlong presentation here with half the time given to our authors presentation and the other have given to your questions. We have one microphone on the side. If you wouldnt mind using them for your question we can pick it up on the recording and everyone will be able to hear you. Finally, we ask that you pulled up your chairs at the end of an event before getting in the signing line. If you could leave the chairs where we are we have another couple of events this afternoon. Im so pleased to be welcoming candace to discuss her ne
In a general election, we speak exclusive to the Democracy Campaign campaigner. Special Prayer Services and memorials have been taking place across Southeast Asia to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the indian ocean tsunami. In Southern Thailand, relatives of japanese victims place the flowers at the memorial and remembrance wall. Many westerners on holiday also lost their lives in december 2004. Their families and friends placed wreaths on the sands and threw flowers in the water. Thai relatives createded ed d a memorial with photos their lost ones. We go to the thai resort of khao lak. Reporter welcome to Southern Thailand where here the Memorial Service that has been taking place for the last hour and a half is drawing to a close. You may be able to make out behind me an illuminated giant police boat, which is very much a symbol of the tragedy that befell this region ten years ago. It was picked up and tossed about a mile inland by that giant tsunami wave. It weighs several mont