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Host you are watching booktv on cspan2 this sunday evening. We are pleased to be alive with the authors diamond and a cell, their book is called uprising who the hell said you cant ditch and a switch, the uprising of diamond and silk. I want to ask you what you mean by ditch and switch. Guest to ditch what we call the democrat plantation and switch to republican and vote for donald trump and when we say this we are talking about the mindset of being on a plantation and being controlled. The ideo...

How the south won the civil war oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of amerca. I am joanne freeman, a professor of history and american studies at yale university, and this afternoon i have the pleasure of being in conversation with heather about her book and other matters political. This program is being produced by the brooklyn Historic Society which is been a cultural hub for civic dialogue and command outreach for over 150 years. Thats some real history. Her book has ...

A lot of people stick their careers on the exactopposite, that we are all part of the universal human family and if youve written three books like that , so what sets these causes is of course the anxiety of antagonism and this is the last point ill before i close on the question because the anxiety of antagonism is something that its interesting to me as i travel the world. I have had to deal with the anxiety of antagonism in teaching young people in the United States in germany or in south afr...

The Wilson Center best supporter on the planet, and were giving him a name tag, but welcome michael and welcome everyone else. Im jane harman, president and ceo of the Wilson Center. It is the best job on the planet because i get to talk to geniuses every single day. One of them whos not in my script but im going to call her out, shes going to hide somewhere, is maggie king. Some of you may not know her but she runs our science, technology, and Innovation Program and is responsible for the schoo...

Readers for allowing me to be with someone who has elevated libraries to such an extent. [applause] let me just say, there have been patron saints of libraries, andrew carnegie, things like that, but you are now number one. I finally. Down andrew carnegie. You have. Thats great. So how does it feel to be the patron saint now librarians . Stomach when i started this book, i could not have anticipated that part of it. I was drawn into the story because really wanted to understand what happens in 1...

Up and rush things through. For the third time in history a president is on trial in the u. S. Senate. Watch live tuesday when the trial resumes at 1 00 eastern on cspan2. Now new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy delivering his second state of the state address in trenton. Lieutenant governor oliver, Senate President sweeney, speaker coghlan, majority leaders kane and brad nick. Members of the legislature included in the rocket escort that came in with me, chief justice radnor, associate justices of ...

Tell the story of our country in a way that sells short our natural greatness nor whitewash is our national sins, live questions in our politics, in may be an unusual way and this book is intended to speak to that moment. Never a better time to hear from bill about his sense of how to approach these questions. Wilfred mcclay is a national treasure, he is a teacher, holds the blankenship chair in oklahoma and admired and beloved by students past and present and one of the writers of American Hist...

Distinguished investigate testify journalists in russia, cofounders of authors of the red web previously a history of russia razz internet and governance of the internet and then also the excellent book the new noblity which is looking at Russian Security services. So, this i guess is the third part of the trilogy. And were so excited that youre here with us today. I think just a couple of issues. One is we are filming this, so just a note to the audience, as you engage and ask questions, well a...

Booktv continues on cspan2, television for serious readers. Next on booktvs afterwords, republican senator rand paul argues theres a new threat socialist thinking on the rise in america. He is interviewed by republican congressman matt gaetz of florida. Afterwords is a weekly Relevant Program with hosts interviewing nonfiction authors about their latest work. Senator rand paul, youre one of the most interesting people in american politics of the Republican Party. I was a fan of yours long before...

Getting ready to leave after president bush the second and getting ready to go until Hillary Clinton brought her in the office and said, talk to me about what youre doing and she said, im doing a lot and Hillary Clinton decided she was just the right person to create a brandnew job for her and the job was special representative to muslim communities around the world. That little job. [laughter] National Security son all, First Time Ever filled position in the state department, but most important...