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The programs youll see on booktv this weekend. For a complete television schedule. Go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. And now we kick off the weekend with Nathaniel Philbrick on the relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Good evening. That was good. That was very good. [laughter] thank you all for being here. Im the president of George Washingtons mount ver. No we are delighted to have you for this installment of the ford evening book talks, and i begin by th...

[inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Thank you all for being here. Im the president of mount vernon we are delighted for this installment and i begin by thanking the Ford Motor Company for their partnership. Theyve done a great job including this book talk. Im pleasei am pleased to welcor nathaniel. Its his third time. Whenever i do that im struck by the true renaissance man. They have an m. A. Where he was a fellow and an all american sailor asailor at the universite worked as an editor and several books including the passionate sailor, second when and if the parody. He is the au...

African republic could plunge the country into further chaos. First, russias upper house of parliament has approved the use of military force abroad after syrian president Bashar Alassad asked for help. Russia has been building up military presence. The involvement is limited to air strikes. Peter sharp has more from moscow. Reporter the decision to authorise use of russian jets, Vladimir Putin saying he was considering the strikes, 40 and 60 aircraft are being deployed to the Bashar Alassad air base near latakia. And theyll be joined by two battalions of support troops, 1600 men, who will sec...

Two leaders. This event was part of the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute annual summer conference. It runs about an hour. Ok, good evening. I and peter carmichael, professor of history at Gettysburg College and also director of the Civil War Institute. My guest is noted historian gordon ray. He 20 years ago published the battle of the wilderness with lsu press. This would be the first of 4 volumes to cover the 1864 Overland Campaign. Gordon was the first historian to ever attempt to write a comprehensive history of those operations. Those operations, as you know, covered Central Virginia...

Well, thank you very much. Thanks for coming out. I think its a wonderful opportunity. The gentleman sitting next to me is kind of a big deal. Pays e who is attention to American Foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9 11, the United States has had to evolve militarily, in our intelligence community, and many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. And more than anyone that i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that evolution and developing the what i call the targeting engine, which is what have i think...