He is an affiliated professor in the Harvard Department of government, an affiliated faculty member at Harvard Law School and an honorary fellow of st. Catherines college in cambridge. His previous books include the ideological origins of the british empire, winner of the longman History Today book of the year award, the declaration of independence a global history, which was a Times Literary Supplement book of the year, and the history manifesto which was a new statesman book of the year. His new book, civil wars a history and ideas, examines the history of the very notion of civil war from its roots in republican rome to the conflicts that have roiled the global south for the past two decades. Questions of what makes a conflict not only a war, but a civil war rather than a foreign war or a revolution, are intensely political and depend on which warrior you ask. Shifting definitions of the term have also determined foreign policy. Do outside powers choose to arm one side or the other
And former special assistant to george h. W. Bush doug weed in game of thorns. Look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on cspan2. But the other bit of contribution that i think the book or i hope the book has is a discussion of the domestic cadaver trade. And this is the trafficking of deaded bodies. Ive traced medical school records, anatomy professors that were involved in this traffic, and they wrote letters back and forth to one another looking for the dead bodies of enslaved people or exhuming them from are graves. From greys. From graves. One of the pivotal quotes i have is a quote thats saying, you know, tell me how much it costs for a dead stiff nword, you know, one that you cant excuse me, do tell me what the cost of a dead, stiff n, one that doesnt smell Strong Enough to be nosed a mile off. And i trace this traffic and this trade and these bodies, and i look at the ways in which even after death ensl
He is an affiliated professor in the Harvard Department of government, an affiliated faculty member at Harvard Law School and an honorary fellow of st. Catherines college in cambridge. His previous books include the ideological origins of the british empire, winner of the longman History Today book of the year award, the declaration of independence a global history, which was a Times Literary Supplement book of the year, and the history manifesto which was a new statesman book of the year. His new book, civil wars a history and ideas, examines the history of the very notion of civil war from its roots in republican rome to the conflicts that have roiled the global south for the past two decades. Questions of what makes a conflict not only a war, but a civil war rather than a foreign war or a revolution, are intensely political and depend on which warrior you ask. Shifting definitions of the term have also determined foreign policy. Do outside powers choose to arm one side or the other
the afghan man who hijacked a car and then breached security, drove on to the runway in kabul just as the pentagon chief leon panetta was landing. that man has died. he died from burns he received after he lit himself on fire. we learned that he apparently was trying to run over a group of marines who had assembled to meet the defense secretary. the british soldier was also injured in that incident. leon panetta is in the capital and he s going to be meeting with the afghan president, harmid karzai and that comes days after a u.s. army sergeant apparently went on a violent attack and went door to door in the middle of the night killing 16 afghan civilians and most women and children. this morning, that suspect, a father of two have been flown out of afghanistan and being held at a military jail in kuwait. gary joins our panel this morning. nice to have you joining us. thank you for being with us. let s start with the suspect in the killings in this massacre. are you surprised
morning. ets it s going to go like that today. also joining us is jeff toobin the cnn senior legal analyst. thank you for joining us and hank of political strategist, iconic political strategist. nice to have you joining us. thank you. lots to get to. the afghan man who hijacked a car and then breached security, drove on to the runway in kabul just as the pentagon chief leon panetta was landing. that man has died. he died from burns he received after he lit himself on fire. we learned that he apparently was trying to run over a group of marines who had assembled to meet the defense secretary. the british soldier was also injured in that incident. leon panetta is in the capital and he s going to be meeting with the afghan president, harmid karzai and that comes days after a u.s. army sergeant apparently went on a violent attack and went door to door in the middle of the night killing 16 afghan civilians and most women and children. this morning, that suspect, a father of t