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mexican drug lords who are beheaded in the middle of the night. civil war conspiracies and to bring down the late martin luther king. let me introduce you to this cheery, cheery group of guys. [laughter] i ll be going in no particular order so the c-span cameraman will have to move around. this is the first complete biography of the great gangster that cuts down all the hollywood myth about capone and even about the great heroic, absolutely now as we know nonheroic elliott ness as the gman who brought him down. hampton sides author of hell hound on his trail has pieced together a dramatic ticking clock narrative of the last days of martin luther king going back and forth from the days of king s life to his funeral. to the manhunt which at the time was the largest in history for his assassin james earl ray. and most amazing hampton took the title of his book from a robert johnson song, probably the first time ever that s been done in american literature. and speaking of ....
1584-2069, what s it all about? neil: well, generations is a whole new way of looking at how the past shapes the future. our book retells the entire story of america from the perspective of separate generations moving through time. we follow each of these generations from childhood to old age, starting with the first puritan colonists and going through the small children of today. along the way we discovered some outstanding patterns in history that seemed to be recurring in the appearance of generations. we found, for instance, that every generation belongs to one of four life-cycle types that seems to repeat in the same order over time. the appearance of young war heroes is almost always followed by the appearance of a young generation that appears indecisive and conformist to others. the appearance in history of passionate, young moralists is always followed by a generation which appears wild and uneducated to elders. so, what we do is take these patterns and try ....
host: is great to see you tonight. we have got a lot to talk about today and not much time to do so so let s get right into it. you have a wonderful new book out called fracture. congratulations to you. i read it over the weekend and is just a fantastic read, a wonderful read. i think it s a must-read for anybody who loves history and politics who cares about race relations in america and maybe who just wants to know who the next president is going to be. tell us what caused you to write it and what motivated you and what did you hope to accomplish? guest: first of all thanks for having me. i appreciate the opportunity and when i first started thinking about this book it was in 2013 and that of course was a big year anniversary of the march on washington in 2013, 2014 and 2015. i wanted to write a book about what it means to have the first black president what that s meant to the country and what it s meant to racial fallout and i thought maybe i will write about ....
the united states of america will continue to do what we must do to protect our people. we will be vigilant and we will be relentless. when people harm americans anywhere, we do what s necessary to see that justice is done. and we act against isil standing alongside others. the president went on to say the united states would continue its air strikes against isil despite its threat to kill another american held hostage. in fact, those air strikes today were ramped up, another 14 strikes near iraq s mosul dam, the dam that iraqi and kurdish forces have just recaptured from isil. the obama administration may send, we are told, another 300 of our troops to iraq, mainly to provide additional security at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. there s no final decision yet. but it would bring the total number of american troops there to 1,100. at issue, whether the president has severely underestimated both al qaeda and isil, the group he once dismissed as a, quote, j.v. team of te ....
the united states of america will continue to do what we must do to protect our people. we will be vigilant and we will be relentless. when people harm americans anywhere, we do what s necessary to see that justice is done. and we act against isil standing alongside others. the president went on to say the united states would continue its air strikes against isil despite its threat to kill another american held hostage. in fact, those air strikes today were ramped up, another 14 strikes near iraq s mosul dam, the dam that iraqi and kurdish forces have just recaptured from isil. the obama administration may send, we are told, another 300 of our troops to iraq, mainly to provide additional security at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. there s no final decision yet. but it would bring the total number of american troops there to 1,100. at issue, whether the president has severely underestimated both al qaeda and isil, the group he once dismissed as a, quote, j.v. team of te ....