And lock them down where they do exist. There is a reason why president obama has made clear to the outside regime that this International Norm cannot be violated without consequences. And there is a reason why no matter what you believe about syria all peoples, though all nations who believe in the cause of our common humanity must stand up to assure that there is accountability in the use of chemical weapons so that it never happens again. The building of human rights would be one of the foundations on which we would does in the world an active spirit in which peace could grow. I dont think the white house has completely blown to one person. It belongs to the people of america and i think whoever lives in it should preserve its tradition and enhance it and leave something of themselves there. Next on booktv author Susan Crawford talks about her book captive audience the Telecom Industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age. She argues that americas Economic Future could be threat
host: hello christian caryl. we are here to talk about your terrific new book, strange rebels 1979 and the birth of the 21st century. i am going to let you explain in a second why it is that 1979 was the crucial hinge point to history but let me first start out with a little bit of explanation for what i think is a really unusual book that you have done. christian for those of you joining us today is a longtime news correspondent creature theatre to the new york review of books as well as my colleague and contributes to foreign-policy magazine where i am the editor-in-chief. i think you have done some very unusual things with this book which is that you have managed to do in a way the impossible, linking together in one place margaret thatcher and ayatollah khamenei as characters in a unified narrative about the great counterrevolutionary year of 1979 and a very provocative that this was the year in which basically the backlash or the return of markets and religion to glo