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See what they have, talk to the people. These are your maybe the neighbors. These are your neighbors. For more information on booktvs recent visit to santa fe, new mexico, go to cspan. Org localcontent. And now, general Stanley Mcchrystal discusses his memoir, my share of the task. In the book the former commander of u. S. Forces in afghanistan recounts the major turning points in his 34year military career which ended in 2010. This is about an hour. [applause] well, thank you very much. Thanks for coming out. I think this is a wonderful opportunity. The gentleman sitting next to me is kind of...

Of africanamericans in this country. So by the time Robert Smalls died in 1950, he died brokenhearted, and financially, not near as well off as he once was. And so i have spent a lot of time talking about the history of this. As i used to say to my students when i taught, if it happened before it can happen again. And we see all the speculation about what the Supreme Court is going to do with the most important civil rights act, which i think was the Voting Rights act of 1965. And most experts think that thats about to come to a significant, and i call, a noble end. Oh grams of affirmative act...

Day, and movies that depict the struggle of a young man or young woman coming out of prison for the challenges they face or heroic efforts to survive on the outside, that tells a different story than the one we have been fed for so long about criminals and what ought to be done with them. In the meantime we have to take responsibility for educating ourselves in our own communities using the means we have at our disposal. We begin a special look with a look at the library of one of the nations most famous. It is to d the boys, my friends so long. My regret of the war is that i was not with them...

Prevent. And irwran that will stop at nothing to in secret develop a nuclear weapon. Many military analysts say a strike on iran, even a very good one delays that option. Leave one additional thought. Wharf whatever you thought of libyan intervention. It set off a whole bunch events it africa. That was predictable. Let me give you view of iran to operation in libya. This is what happens when you give up your wmd program. So my last question for you on this evening, after this remarkable career of 39 years in the military, listening in on all these bad actors and conversations for all your year...

Its an embarrassment of riches, and we must thank the city of Savannah Department of cultural affairs, festival upon spores, members, and individual donors for their support. It is because of them that we are able to bring you these esteemed authors for free. If you enjoyed todays speakers and would like to make a donation to the festival, weve provided yellow buckets at the door when you exit. Please consider giving to our bucket list for next years gifted scribes. Before we get started, i just have a couple of housekeeping notes for you. Please take a moment to silence your cell phones. I ha...