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if you do not ask the folks who of done well, you will take more out of middle income and seniors. i want to end with asking with some of the governments that took strict austerity approaches, what is there -- the evidence so far? >> it depends on the circumstances. were not in the position of the u.k.. we enjoy still and you can see it in the prices of u.s. financial assets, enormous confidence -- this area will find a way to put in extensions of reform. there is confidence out there ...

and, of course, there was not anybody who was going to talk him out of that. >> a recent trace fill review of your book has the headline, the americans who covorted with hitler. putting on your headline hat, would you send that back for rewarding? >> im never going to say anything bad about a publication that writes a nice review. lets say they were in his presence. there were very many tense interviews between america and hitler, which i write about in hitler land, which are an intere...

germany before they are exchanged before the american diplomats and journalists in the united states. you dont have much of a sense of how much of an attraction germany was to americans. and it was an attraction for all sorts of reasons. of course it was a defeated, humiliated country. two million german soldiers had died in world war i. the economy was in complete free fall. we all know the stories of hyperinflation, the wheelbarrow stories, for instance. one of the stories that reall...

into believing what he wanted to believe. and of course, there was nobody going to talk him out of that within his own high command. yes, dave? >> excuse me, a recent phrase filled review of your book has the headline, the americans who cavorted with hitler. putting on your editors hat, would you send it back for reediting? >> im never going to say anything bad with a publication that has a good review. cavorting is on the edge, they were not cavorting, they were in his presence often ...

context of my own book, sort of politically-correct speech code and how inappropriate it was given the fact that mark twain, samuel clemens, wrote it with the power of that word intended. so i wanted to take a look at what the sanitized, if you will, text looks like. so i picked up that book. again that is sitting on my desk. and then there are two books, im trying to remember their names, and i, such an opportunity to help out authors that im reading but one is a book by lawrence bloc...

coming up next, book tv present "after words," an hourlong program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this week a plant science writer james gleick discusses his latest work, "a history of information," beginning with the development of various alphabets and ending with what is expected next from the information age. the author of "chaos" chronicles the evolution of how faults and small which have been passed from one to another throughout human history. he talks with fr...

the reason i included that in the book is because it captured their malignant thuggishness. >> what about ernst rohm? >> that was hitlers friend and enforcer, essentially, at the beginning of their rise to power. he was the chief of the storm troopers. and when hitler needed something done, there was capt. rohm to course of those who are resistant to getting it done. book? >> mostly, it takes place in 1933-1934. these early days. it is after the time that hitler was appointed chancello...

>> erik larson, author of "in the garden of beasts," i want to get your immediate reaction. >> that is hitler in one of his historic speeches. why is it in your book? >> i have very few photographs. we can talk about why. but i have that in a particular place in the book because it signals what is coming next. the madness is intensifying. >> would do learn about mr. hitler that you did not know before you started writing your book? >> it is not so much -- well, i learned that his favor...

the garden of peace," i want to get your immediate reaction -- in the garden of beasts," i want to get your immediate reaction. >> that is hitler in one of his historic speeches. why is it in your book? >> i have very few photographs. we can talk about why. but i have that in a particular place in the book because it signals what is coming next. the madness is intensifying. >> would do learn about mr. hitler that you did not know before you started writing your book? >> id is not so mu...

failed state index for 2011, taking a look at what are known as failed states around the world and 9:15 well hear from jon jarvis, director of national park service. all that, your calls and phone calls, too, and a look at the papers, im "washington journal," it starts at 7:00. well see you then. national captioning institute] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captions copyright national cable satellite cor...