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in 1812 napoleon invaded russia. and the fact that napoleon was going to invade russia was known by everybody in the whole world for a very long time. the army he was building up on the russian border was enormous. it was the the biggest army in the history of the world, and so it could not be hidden. and it looked for all the world that he was going to conquer russia in a very short period of time, and it also looked like he was going to invade russia in june of 1812 which is what he did. if he won in russia, he would then be master of europe. he would then have only two countries left to subdue, actually three. two were in the iberian peninsula, portugal and spain. he had already invaded them -- portugal in 1807, spain in 1808. he had been fighting a guerrilla war in spain for all of those years. the english had an army there trying to fight him. it was led by the duke of wellington. but everybody figured once he got, once he got done with russia that no poll onhimself -- napoleon himself would come to spain, and h
in 1812 napoleon invaded russia. and the fact that napoleon was going to invade russia was known by everybody in the whole world for a very long time. the army he was building up on the russian border was enormous. it was the the biggest army in the history of the world, and so it could not be hidden. and it looked for all the world that he was going to conquer russia in a very short period of time, and it also looked like he was going to invade russia in june of 1812 which is what he did. if...
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disagrees with the king in terms of their decision to be an ally of france, their former enemy, and invade russia. so he goes over to the russian army, serves as an advisor to the czar, and is attached to two senior russian commanders, fisa some of the great battles of 1812 including, was at the retreat of the french army when it's trapped in the late fall of 1812, goes on when the prussians changed sides to fight at the great battles, and then in the 1815 campaign, the waterloo campaign, fights. so he's a very experienced officer. after the war he is appointed to head the prussian war college, and from 1818-1831, he spent most of his time writing about his experiences in the great wars. he dies from cholera. his collected writings are published posthumously. the first four blogs make up the book known as onboard. on war is a famous book regarded by many as the most important book ever written on armed conflict. it is currently standard reading and all the war colleges of the united states armed workforce. and your book is called "decoding clausewitz." why? >> well, it's called "decoding clausewi
disagrees with the king in terms of their decision to be an ally of france, their former enemy, and invade russia. so he goes over to the russian army, serves as an advisor to the czar, and is attached to two senior russian commanders, fisa some of the great battles of 1812 including, was at the retreat of the french army when it's trapped in the late fall of 1812, goes on when the prussians changed sides to fight at the great battles, and then in the 1815 campaign, the waterloo campaign,...
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this was in russia. it was a very funny. >> yeah, it was funny. but it showed the level of involvement and openness with which people are engaged in this in certain parts of the world. the scope of this book i deliberately chose to narrow it to the struggle against conficker, and since i did know, i was hopeful to be honest that they would catch these guys before i finish writing this book. if they had it would have, i would've tried to go where ever it is they are from, the ukraine, and tried to add that piece to the story, but, unfortunately, that didn't happen in time in equipped to have $50,000 out right now, anyone leading to the successful arrest and conviction and if anyone knows anything, i think mark would want to know about that. >> due rewards work for you? >> we have gotten some tips. >> we issued i think for rewards at this point. the first one not so much, the second one yes, we found some good tips in the conficker case, and most recently reissued issued the reward for the rootstock? pics we can't talk to me details about that. it's
this was in russia. it was a very funny. >> yeah, it was funny. but it showed the level of involvement and openness with which people are engaged in this in certain parts of the world. the scope of this book i deliberately chose to narrow it to the struggle against conficker, and since i did know, i was hopeful to be honest that they would catch these guys before i finish writing this book. if they had it would have, i would've tried to go where ever it is they are from, the ukraine, and...
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broaden he worked with his wife using a second-hand metal press made in russia produced a modest volume of brass fittings for doors and windows. the metal shop expanded over time, the reasonable price of which so impressed austria's ministry of defence that glock got a contract to surf field knives to the austrian army. this led to contact with the ministry where glock became an occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunity. one day in february 1980 he overheard a hallway conversation between two colonels that jolted his imagination. the army needed a new sidearm to replace the antiquated world war ii p 38. and austrian armsmaker since the 200s offered to sell the military modern pistol but the gun fell short of the stringent >> -- specifications. top generals were running out of patience. glock interrupted. would still be possible for another company the brazil for his company to bid on the pistol contract? the colonels laughed. in his garage gaston glock made hinges and a curtain rods and now thought he could design a handgun? reserve and manner glock wasn't known for
broaden he worked with his wife using a second-hand metal press made in russia produced a modest volume of brass fittings for doors and windows. the metal shop expanded over time, the reasonable price of which so impressed austria's ministry of defence that glock got a contract to surf field knives to the austrian army. this led to contact with the ministry where glock became an occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunity. one day in february 1980 he overheard a hallway...
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or francis dana, our first minister to russia's oratory left the throngs got into the conventions in boston, even some reporters actually spell them. the reporters forgot to take notes they were so caught up in his oratory. or jonathan smith, a farmer from western massachusetts whose heartfelt endorsement of the constitution came at exactly the right moment in history convention, or zachariah johnston who one observer called the best speaker at the virginia convention, better than even patrick henry or james madison. and that's saying something because thomas jefferson said that patrick henry was the greatest orator of all times. and that is amazing from jefferson who truly hated patrick henry. that man was badmouthing him to his family when he was in his grave for two decades. that doesn't seem very gracious to me. i was personally swayed by the probing analysis of the constitution in north carolina's first convention. it had to pick and also thought his leading opponent on, good, and above all there was langston smith, without his effort than your convention would probably not have
or francis dana, our first minister to russia's oratory left the throngs got into the conventions in boston, even some reporters actually spell them. the reporters forgot to take notes they were so caught up in his oratory. or jonathan smith, a farmer from western massachusetts whose heartfelt endorsement of the constitution came at exactly the right moment in history convention, or zachariah johnston who one observer called the best speaker at the virginia convention, better than even patrick...
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monthly interest charge will be more than the combined military expenditures of china, britain, france, russia, japan, germany, saudi arabia, india, italy, south korea, brazil, canada, australia, spain, turkey and israel. you add up all their military budgets, that's our interest charge on the debt. by 2015, by the way, that's if they stay at the current historical. if they would return to what they were, what they have averaged in the last 20 years, about 5.7%, america will be spending more than the planets and entire military budget on debt interest. by and about 2015 we will be covering the entire costs of the people's liberation army of china. that's what you guys have to pay for. small businesses in bedford, suburban homeowners in nashua will be paying for the entire budget of the chinese military. no president in the entire history, the roman empire look pretty stupid and the lashes but they didn't say to roman taxpayers that as a matter of policy you will have to pick up the bill not just for the roman military, that the other militaries as well. and if they had it would have been so ba
monthly interest charge will be more than the combined military expenditures of china, britain, france, russia, japan, germany, saudi arabia, india, italy, south korea, brazil, canada, australia, spain, turkey and israel. you add up all their military budgets, that's our interest charge on the debt. by 2015, by the way, that's if they stay at the current historical. if they would return to what they were, what they have averaged in the last 20 years, about 5.7%, america will be spending more...
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using a second hand mittal press made in russia they produced a modest volume of grass sittings for doors and windows. the metal shop expanded over time to make steel blades. the dirt ability in the price of which so impressed austria's ministry of defence that he obtained a contract to supply field knives and the next to the austrian army. the military work led to contact at the ministry where glock the occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunity. wendi in february, 1980, he overheard a hallway conversation between two kernels that jolted his agitation. the army needed a new sidearm to replace the antiquated world war ii peace 38. the austrian arms maker since the mid-1800s had offered to sell the military a modern fiscal with the gun fell short of the ministry says stringent specifications. generals were running out of patience. glock interrupted. what is still be possible, he asked, for another company? for his company to build on the contract? the colonel laughed. in his garage, he made engines and curtain rods. now he thought he could design a handgun? reserved man
using a second hand mittal press made in russia they produced a modest volume of grass sittings for doors and windows. the metal shop expanded over time to make steel blades. the dirt ability in the price of which so impressed austria's ministry of defence that he obtained a contract to supply field knives and the next to the austrian army. the military work led to contact at the ministry where glock the occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunity. wendi in february, 1980, he...
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using this second panel press made in russia they produced a modest volume of brass fittings for doors and windows. the melt shop expanded over time to make steel blades. the durability and reasonable price of which so impressed austrias ministry of defense that clock obtained a contract to supply field nuys and bayonets to the austrian army. the military work led to contact the ministry where glock became an occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunities. one day in february 1980 he overheard a hallway conversation between two colonels that jolted his imagination. the army needed a new sidearm to replace the antiquated world war ii walter p. 38. styron, an austrian arms maker since the mid-1800s had offered to sell the military a modern pistol, but again fell short of the ministries stringent specifications. top generals running in a patients. glock interrupted. what is still be possible for another company, his company, to bid on the pistol contract? the colonel's laughed. in his garage gaston glock made hinges and curtain rods. now he thought he could design a hand
using this second panel press made in russia they produced a modest volume of brass fittings for doors and windows. the melt shop expanded over time to make steel blades. the durability and reasonable price of which so impressed austrias ministry of defense that clock obtained a contract to supply field nuys and bayonets to the austrian army. the military work led to contact the ministry where glock became an occasional visitor. his eyes and ears open for new opportunities. one day in february...
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be programmed to sell that energy all the way across europe from the irish sea to the front steps of russia. just like we create our own information, store it in digital and share it online in virtual space. pillar 5, plug in transportational logistics so that we can operate an economy in society. electric vehicles are out this year. fuel cell hydrogen vehicles are out in mass production in 2014 daimler, gm, toyota, this is a done deal. we'll be able to plug in our cars, buses and trucks anywhere in the infrastructure where there's buildings and we can collect green electricity and then anywhere we travel there's going to be thousands and thousands of little power charging units that are already coming in so you can plug your vehicle back in to the unit, through the distributed grid and even get electricity from the grid or if the price is right, your computer in your car will say, hey, sell back you're going to make money if you sell back to the grid. these five pillars together are the new mega technology platform for a 21st century paradigm shift and a third industrial revolution. indivi
be programmed to sell that energy all the way across europe from the irish sea to the front steps of russia. just like we create our own information, store it in digital and share it online in virtual space. pillar 5, plug in transportational logistics so that we can operate an economy in society. electric vehicles are out this year. fuel cell hydrogen vehicles are out in mass production in 2014 daimler, gm, toyota, this is a done deal. we'll be able to plug in our cars, buses and trucks...
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i looked for this book for a long time and i couldn't find it and i read other books about russia. and then, once i read about benjamin disraeli, a hero of mine and he's in the boat. and he said what i want to read about, i rate it. and so, humbly following in his footsteps, i slightly done the same thing here. is that malfunctioning? >> no, not anymore. >> first of all, those of you -- many of you know in the scriptures in the torah and the talented, jerusalem is described as a woman, sometimes the mistress had been indicted mother's, sometimes a beautiful princess scarlet silks, but always someone in. is it that is one reason in jerusalem has a personality, an idea that i like and appeals to me. but also, i said this is about the people. and what i wanted to do was create a book that would confront very complicated ideas. after all, the names alone are incredibly complicated. there's babylonian names, turkish names, english names and so on. in so many civilizations in serious and so forth. so the book had to be readable by someone who really knew nothing about the middle east, no
i looked for this book for a long time and i couldn't find it and i read other books about russia. and then, once i read about benjamin disraeli, a hero of mine and he's in the boat. and he said what i want to read about, i rate it. and so, humbly following in his footsteps, i slightly done the same thing here. is that malfunctioning? >> no, not anymore. >> first of all, those of you -- many of you know in the scriptures in the torah and the talented, jerusalem is described as a...
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incredibly useful in dealing with issues in the balkans, but also in the middle east or discussions about russia or cooperation on issues in africa, and so i was very, very much in favor of a strong u.s.-german relationship and i was very troubled by the falling apart as a result of iraq. i must say, i don't think chancellor schroeder handled things very well in terms of the way he stated his preferences, and i don't think that president bush responded very well. personal pique is not a foreign policy. and so i think that it's important for there to be a mending of the relationship, because it's crucial to the stability both of the united states and europe, and it's part of a larger issue which is about the importance of u.s.-european relations and i know there are endless meetings and conferences about where are the relationships going, and is europe from venus and america from mars and will we ever be able to figure out, so i try to remind audiences that venus and mars actually got along pretty well. they had a number of children together. one of them was concordia, the goddess of harmony, so
incredibly useful in dealing with issues in the balkans, but also in the middle east or discussions about russia or cooperation on issues in africa, and so i was very, very much in favor of a strong u.s.-german relationship and i was very troubled by the falling apart as a result of iraq. i must say, i don't think chancellor schroeder handled things very well in terms of the way he stated his preferences, and i don't think that president bush responded very well. personal pique is not a foreign...
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but with the collapse of the eastern front, with czarist russia, the collapse of czarist russia and the bolshevik reservation there was a capacity of germans to send 100 divisions to the western front and the bankers on wall street who had lent tremendous sums of money to the british and the french were terrified that if the british and french lost the war they'd lose their money. so there was heavy pressure on the white house aided by the kaiser's decision to begin to try to create a naval blockade around britain which sunk some ships had no popular support and we created -- and i spent a lot of time in death of the liberal cass the first system of propaganda. the committee for public information popular as the creole commission because it was headed by a figure named george creole. now, the committee for public information and the sort of, you know, dark figure -- the grand inquisitor type figure becomes walter litman who ends up writing a public opinion in 1922, sort of the blueprint for control, manufacturing consent is his phrase. and it's how you use propaganda effectively to manu
but with the collapse of the eastern front, with czarist russia, the collapse of czarist russia and the bolshevik reservation there was a capacity of germans to send 100 divisions to the western front and the bankers on wall street who had lent tremendous sums of money to the british and the french were terrified that if the british and french lost the war they'd lose their money. so there was heavy pressure on the white house aided by the kaiser's decision to begin to try to create a naval...
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that section was actually owned and controlled in a fight between persia and turkey and russia, and a few years earlier through a lot of international arbitration, that bank of the most petrol is, the most bridges come the most wealthy was given of and given the turkey. so now it is turkish property. not, but it is in turkey proper. so there is a cease-fire at the end of the cease-fire, as the cease-fire is taking called from which meant everyone stops where you are, arnold wilson, the civil administrator, arnold, the civil administrator for all of mesopotamia, and the control of the british, because they have occupied it through their invasion, says we are going to break this cease-fire and we're going to invade the next couple of miles, we're going to take that land from turkey, even though there is a cease-fire, and we're going to get that oil into mesopotamia. and that's what they did. they broke the cease-fire. they grabbed that land. there was no authority. london denied they had given permission. new delhi had denied they had given permission. the guy did it on his own. he was
that section was actually owned and controlled in a fight between persia and turkey and russia, and a few years earlier through a lot of international arbitration, that bank of the most petrol is, the most bridges come the most wealthy was given of and given the turkey. so now it is turkish property. not, but it is in turkey proper. so there is a cease-fire at the end of the cease-fire, as the cease-fire is taking called from which meant everyone stops where you are, arnold wilson, the civil...
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and i wrote other books about russia. and once i read about bepg lin -- benjamin israeli who's a hero of mine, and he said when i want to read a book, i write it. and so humbly following in his footsteps -- [laughter] i've slightly done the same thing here. >> i'm sorry, sir. >> is that fall functioning? -- malfunctioning? >> no, not anymore. >> good. so i set about writing this book, "jerusalem: the biography." first of all, probably many of you know in the jewish scriptures jerusalem is always described as a woman. sometimes a mistress abandoned by her lovers, sometimes beautiful princess in scarlet silks, but always a woman. so that's one reason. jerusalem has a personality, it's an idea that i liked and that appealed to me, and it suits the place. but also i said this is about the people. and what i wanted to do was create a, create a book that would confront very complicated ideas. after all, the names alone are incredibly complicated. there are babylonian names, turkish names, english names, hebrew or arabic names a
and i wrote other books about russia. and once i read about bepg lin -- benjamin israeli who's a hero of mine, and he said when i want to read a book, i write it. and so humbly following in his footsteps -- [laughter] i've slightly done the same thing here. >> i'm sorry, sir. >> is that fall functioning? -- malfunctioning? >> no, not anymore. >> good. so i set about writing this book, "jerusalem: the biography." first of all, probably many of you know in the...
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world -- most people in the world thought we were on the brink of nuclear war in the united states and russia, nuclear annihilation. so there is a lot of fear about the impact of nuclear war, potential war between the u.s. and soviet union. there is the whole fear the impact of nuclear fallout in the testing united state for a testing of nuclear weapons. there've been a nuclear test and treat a pass. there is a lot of fear about nuclear war. while not the only issue was a very big and overriding issue that it played out in american politics for the years leading up. goldwater didn't respond immediately. he waited a little while and goldwater himself at least in public could make a big deal about it. he condemned it, but didn't blow on it and i think probably wisely so. at the republican party, the senate republican leader, the chairman of the republican party and a number of people associated with goldwater's campaign express their outrage, filed complaints with the fair campaign practices commission, called on the networks not to run it again and it really made quite a stink about it. and th
world -- most people in the world thought we were on the brink of nuclear war in the united states and russia, nuclear annihilation. so there is a lot of fear about the impact of nuclear war, potential war between the u.s. and soviet union. there is the whole fear the impact of nuclear fallout in the testing united state for a testing of nuclear weapons. there've been a nuclear test and treat a pass. there is a lot of fear about nuclear war. while not the only issue was a very big and...
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people in the world thought we were on the brink of nuclear war, and between the united states and russia, nuclear annihilation, and so there was a lot of fear about the impact of nuclear war, potential war between the u.s. and soviet union, the whole fear of the impact of the nuclear fallout from the testing that the united states and the soviet union were doing, testing of nuclear weapons, and there was a nuclear test ban treaty passed, and so there was a lot of fear of nuclear war, and while not the only issue, it was a very big and overriding issue that had played out in american politics for the years leading up. goldwater didn't respond immediately. he waited a little while and didn't -- he didn't -- goldwater, himself, in public, didn't make a big deal. he condemned it, but didn't dwell on it, and i think probably wisely. the republican party, the senate republican leader, the chairman of the republican party, and a number of people associated with goldwater's campaign expressed their outrage, filed official complaints with the fair campaign practices, commission, called on the net
people in the world thought we were on the brink of nuclear war, and between the united states and russia, nuclear annihilation, and so there was a lot of fear about the impact of nuclear war, potential war between the u.s. and soviet union, the whole fear of the impact of the nuclear fallout from the testing that the united states and the soviet union were doing, testing of nuclear weapons, and there was a nuclear test ban treaty passed, and so there was a lot of fear of nuclear war, and while...
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moving in and out of poverty in fast-growing developing countries, in peru where i'm from, and also russia and chynna, and found that most people made the most progress escaping poverty reported their economic situation to be worse than before and trying to disentangle thinks that -- things and i started to get into what was then a nascent literature that combines psychology and economics and understanding how people assess their well-being and economic life and economic progress. >> host: professor graham, is it possible to legislate happiness? no that's not something we should get into doing. i think measuring or taking stock of our nation's will being and using that information to inform policy decisions is a contribution. i don't think we can legislate happiness, nor die think we should set up happy nose be -- happiness to be a policy objective. >> host: we're guaranteed the pursuit of happiness in the constitution? >> guest: that's an opportunity to lead a fulfilling life, and i detail that in my book. that's probably the most important thing the government should be thinking about. b
moving in and out of poverty in fast-growing developing countries, in peru where i'm from, and also russia and chynna, and found that most people made the most progress escaping poverty reported their economic situation to be worse than before and trying to disentangle thinks that -- things and i started to get into what was then a nascent literature that combines psychology and economics and understanding how people assess their well-being and economic life and economic progress. >>...
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1912 on a slogan he kept us out of the war but when the collapse of the eastern front with tsarist russia and the bolshevik revolution, the capacity of the germans to send 100 divisions to the western front and bankers on wall street who had lent some of money to the british and french were terrified that if the british and french lost the war they would lose their money. there was heavy pressure on white house to begin to try to create a naval blockade around britain which sank three or four american ships to go into the war. it had no popular support. we created -- i spend a lot of time writing about this in "the death of the liberal class". the first system of mass propaganda, committee for public information known as the creel commission because it was headed by george creole. it the committee for public education and the dark figure, the grand income visitor type figure is walt whitman writes a public opinion in 1922, sort of the blueprint for control, manufacturing consent and it is how you use propaganda effectively to mfg. consent. you don't need the harsher measures of the espion
1912 on a slogan he kept us out of the war but when the collapse of the eastern front with tsarist russia and the bolshevik revolution, the capacity of the germans to send 100 divisions to the western front and bankers on wall street who had lent some of money to the british and french were terrified that if the british and french lost the war they would lose their money. there was heavy pressure on white house to begin to try to create a naval blockade around britain which sank three or four...
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i'm not sure that i can see russia from alaska. [laughter] and yet, though, there are many are regressive's. there are many people of color who are in this quandary. what is a quandary? >> of quandary is -- the quandary is how to get action for your. >> the same thing that you are urging. >> we cannot, we cannot assume again -- let me be really clear. those who are in presidential politics who understand the limitations that any president has. he was talking about more than just a president though. i think the whole party. >> so make it happen. make it happen. here in new york i think there is a working party's family which i think is really exciting and they are doing exciting work. i know some of the folks there and they are doing good work. i think in minnesota you have the farmer party. again, that is exciting. but i think it the end of the day, politics is the art of compromise. how do you get more of what you want them more of what you don't want? i know that i don't want a palin, a bachmann makes stuff out of whole cloth. le
i'm not sure that i can see russia from alaska. [laughter] and yet, though, there are many are regressive's. there are many people of color who are in this quandary. what is a quandary? >> of quandary is -- the quandary is how to get action for your. >> the same thing that you are urging. >> we cannot, we cannot assume again -- let me be really clear. those who are in presidential politics who understand the limitations that any president has. he was talking about more than...
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coast, adams informed the russian ambassador that the united states strongly contested the right of russia to any territorial claims to north america. six months later, they were broadened and incorporated to the annual message to congress. monroe went on to warn european governments to keep the hands off of the affairs of newly independent governments. these noncolonization and nonintervention stages were the twin cornerstones of what came to be called the monroe doctrine. so i asked you again, what has the war accomplished? one american historian wrote the bonfire t cannons, the church fire that rebelled the peace against constituted less a shout of triumph than a sigh of relief. at first it was definitely true. there's an economy to rebuild. but once the economic resurgence was in progress, they had a swagger of triumph. americans forgot the war's disheartening defeat and chose instead to remember the opponents -- don't give up the ship, the glories of old ironside and, of course, jackson's stand before new orleans. jackson himself jumped on this tealing in a proclamation he ordered rea
coast, adams informed the russian ambassador that the united states strongly contested the right of russia to any territorial claims to north america. six months later, they were broadened and incorporated to the annual message to congress. monroe went on to warn european governments to keep the hands off of the affairs of newly independent governments. these noncolonization and nonintervention stages were the twin cornerstones of what came to be called the monroe doctrine. so i asked you...
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not a lot of ordinance or chem halls dropped on the people in the north, people fearing china or russia would formally weigh into the vietnam war. so they basically kept dropping bombs away from there, until the christmas bombings in 1972 when nixon and kiss skin jerry basically bombed hanoi the negotiating table in the north of vietnam they have the rainbow village, started by an american war veteran who came back and saw what america had done and he felt bad. so he started an organization where people contaminated by agent orange and they're offspring -- we're now four generations into this -- can get treatment. so a meeting was set up for me. i met the director, gave him a cash donation, and i said can i walk around and take photos and he said, you can walk with help. i went through different classrooms and children have different degrees of problems and challenges, and the first classroom was kids are up against it. this is the last classroom where people have motor skills and they're making flowers, and if you see in the ground those are paper flowers, and i found out that people s
not a lot of ordinance or chem halls dropped on the people in the north, people fearing china or russia would formally weigh into the vietnam war. so they basically kept dropping bombs away from there, until the christmas bombings in 1972 when nixon and kiss skin jerry basically bombed hanoi the negotiating table in the north of vietnam they have the rainbow village, started by an american war veteran who came back and saw what america had done and he felt bad. so he started an organization...
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of russia's feeling the power? >> south korea could be china and north korea. could be a number of other countries. even israel if we are pushed out in part because of our own mistakes and israeli conflict goes on. but the united states is out of the picture. what are the prospects of long-term security prospects for israel. not a very hopeful prospect is so these are some of the uncertainties that would arise for countries that i called the endangered species in endangered states. >> , it's well military power be part of the equation, particularly when it comes to asia? a number of us journalists have spoken to officials lately about what is described as a reorientation of u.s. power towards the asia pacific with an eye to a rising china in the wake of the withdraw from iraq and afghanistan? i think president dibona sees this as something as a corrective to too much focusing too much application of u.s. resources to the middle east. and there is some evidence that there is even something of an arms race going on b
of russia's feeling the power? >> south korea could be china and north korea. could be a number of other countries. even israel if we are pushed out in part because of our own mistakes and israeli conflict goes on. but the united states is out of the picture. what are the prospects of long-term security prospects for israel. not a very hopeful prospect is so these are some of the uncertainties that would arise for countries that i called the endangered species in endangered states....
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sure if russia wants to be part of the larger security system, find. but without it being spelled necessarily in some sort of archer refashion russia has to prove its part of the west by meeting the fundamental standards which define the west. >> host: this should be promoted with an eye to what is happening in the east and asia in the rise of china coming in here to talk about what you think should be the whole of the united states in the future. in the west the u.s. should remain i suppose in its role of a promoter and a guarantor of the creature and a broader unity. in the east be distinguished america's role saying that we should be the balancer and conciliator between the major powers. can you explain that a little bit more why these need to be separate roles? >> guest: in the case of europe we were engaged in the world for and had to be engaged in the world war because the two world wars were still fought on a promise that the victor would dominate the world, and i think it is correct to say that the world wouldn't be better off if it was a stali
sure if russia wants to be part of the larger security system, find. but without it being spelled necessarily in some sort of archer refashion russia has to prove its part of the west by meeting the fundamental standards which define the west. >> host: this should be promoted with an eye to what is happening in the east and asia in the rise of china coming in here to talk about what you think should be the whole of the united states in the future. in the west the u.s. should remain i...
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if ukraine gets reduced by russia russia will move much more slowly than would be less likely to take lace. >> host: this would happen is that process a russia and the power. guest: south korea, china and north korea taking advantage of the resulting uncertainties. it could be any number of other countries. it could be eventually israel if we are pushed out at least in part because of our own mistakes and the israeli-palestinian conflict goes on but the united states is out of the picture. what are the prospects, long-term security prospects for israel? a big question mark but not a hopeful prospect. these are some of the uncertainties that will arise in the countries that but i called the endangered species, the endangered states. >> host: how much will military power be part of the equation particularly when it comes to asia? a number of us journalists have spoken to the administration officials recently about what is described as a reorientation of the u.s. power toward the asia-pacific with an eye to a rising china in the wake of the withdrawal from iraq and afghanistan. president
if ukraine gets reduced by russia russia will move much more slowly than would be less likely to take lace. >> host: this would happen is that process a russia and the power. guest: south korea, china and north korea taking advantage of the resulting uncertainties. it could be any number of other countries. it could be eventually israel if we are pushed out at least in part because of our own mistakes and the israeli-palestinian conflict goes on but the united states is out of the...
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i said at the time do not move nato right up to russia. they did everything last. they let the germans go, they took the red army, moving it back to the yurls, and what did we do? >> >> host: and they broke up. >> guest: well, then they let the whole place come apart. and then we take and we move the nato alliance which is designed to fight russia in europe and moved it right up onto their front porch and almost in the house with the baltic republics. i opposed that. i said that was a terrible mistake. and then we had some people go over there, and they helped loot that place. they helped whatever it was loot the place, and that's why you're got putin now who's a tough cus bear and a nationalist -- customer and a nationalist. and my view is russia does not threaten -- united states doesn't threaten their military, they don't threaten us. it's time for the europeans to defend themselves. they're as rich as we are, they've got as many people, so that's what i would do. >> host: bring the soldiers back? >> guest: what are we doing with the guys on the -- as the german
i said at the time do not move nato right up to russia. they did everything last. they let the germans go, they took the red army, moving it back to the yurls, and what did we do? >> >> host: and they broke up. >> guest: well, then they let the whole place come apart. and then we take and we move the nato alliance which is designed to fight russia in europe and moved it right up onto their front porch and almost in the house with the baltic republics. i opposed that. i said...
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he thought there was didactic value, and he thought if we learned about the alliance with russia that made the world safe for stalin, if we learned about mistakes we made, perhaps we would have a more realistic and sober if a wareness of the world and a better way of happening future crises. and he certainly felt that america hat much to offer the world. he was an american exceptionallist in the term we now often use, and he thought that america could return to its roots as a kind of beacon of liberty if we could see where we went off the track again in hoover's judgment. so, i think he hoped that we would understand the predicament we were in. he is writing this at the time of the world war. at the time of the cuban missle crisis or the korean war, thwart became hot. so the urgency to dealing with these issues of what mistakes did we make at yalta or tehran or dealing with the chinese communists or the korean war. so these were not old chestnuts at the time he was writing about them. >> a nonintervengessist. probably unfair. what would he think of the extraordinary extension of ameri
he thought there was didactic value, and he thought if we learned about the alliance with russia that made the world safe for stalin, if we learned about mistakes we made, perhaps we would have a more realistic and sober if a wareness of the world and a better way of happening future crises. and he certainly felt that america hat much to offer the world. he was an american exceptionallist in the term we now often use, and he thought that america could return to its roots as a kind of beacon of...
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i said at the time do not move nato up to russia. they let the germans go, they took the red army and moved it back to the euros, and what did we do -- >> host: and they broke up. >> guest: then they let the whole place come apart, and the soviet empire came down. and we took the alliance and moved it up on -- right up onto their front porch. i opposed that. i said it was a terrible mistake. and then we had some people go over there and help loot that place, helped whatever it was loot the place, and that's why you've got putin now who's a tough customer and a nationalist. and my view is russia does not, does not threaten the -- the united states doesn't threaten their military, they don't threaten us. it's time for the europeans to defend themselves. they're as rich as we are, they've got as many people. and so that's what i would do. >> host: bring the soldiers back? >> guest: well, what are we doing with the guys on the alb river? >> host: years after world war ii -- >> guest: what is going on? i would say the same thing to the so
i said at the time do not move nato up to russia. they let the germans go, they took the red army and moved it back to the euros, and what did we do -- >> host: and they broke up. >> guest: then they let the whole place come apart, and the soviet empire came down. and we took the alliance and moved it up on -- right up onto their front porch. i opposed that. i said it was a terrible mistake. and then we had some people go over there and help loot that place, helped whatever it was...
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adolf hitler might see ideology was to turn eastward in the living space and that meant ukraine and russia ultimately and that hitler was a fanatic anti-communist and would turn his sights on the russians as he eventually did. hoover's view is that adolf hitler and the nazis had no desire to swing west. that is the data along the historians, but that is hoover's viewing and there is an argument as to what hitler's intentions were. so, and herbert hoover's opinion, the what happened at munich was lawfully that the germans seized the land and took away from czechoslovakia or which hoover thought was acceptable under the circumstances but he felt that it really was opening the gates for the eastern expansion and said the western democracy should stand aside and were not really in nazi germany's line of fire, this again is i think still debate among historians, but it was as i encountered a rather unusual viewpoint. >> host: what about the jews, where do they fit in this strategic? >> guest: hit her of course ultimately engaged in the holocaust. that wasn't of course known until much later, so
adolf hitler might see ideology was to turn eastward in the living space and that meant ukraine and russia ultimately and that hitler was a fanatic anti-communist and would turn his sights on the russians as he eventually did. hoover's view is that adolf hitler and the nazis had no desire to swing west. that is the data along the historians, but that is hoover's viewing and there is an argument as to what hitler's intentions were. so, and herbert hoover's opinion, the what happened at munich...
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they reached out to sweden and russia in the early months of 1945 and some of the japanese were evidently looking for some way out and hoover thought that we should have tilts on that and permitted the emperor to say as a figurehead and not have gone all the way to drop the bomb. that is an issue we can discuss. >> host: did macarthur agree with him? >> guest: martha rick reid and in my book i included an appendix of about 28 documents including some drafts of earlier versions of this book "freedom betrayed" which are more accusatory in some cases, more direct in their argument and hoover permitted himself to be in the final version, so one of his critiques of truman was hoover's disagreement and the argument that dropping the atomic bomb was not necessary at that time. the japanese could have been induced to surrender without it. the other great objection to truman was the way that the administration of truman tried to impose a coalition government on chiang kai-shek, coalition government with mouse hutong and the communist so hoover is highly critical of that. >> host: my senses hoover
they reached out to sweden and russia in the early months of 1945 and some of the japanese were evidently looking for some way out and hoover thought that we should have tilts on that and permitted the emperor to say as a figurehead and not have gone all the way to drop the bomb. that is an issue we can discuss. >> host: did macarthur agree with him? >> guest: martha rick reid and in my book i included an appendix of about 28 documents including some drafts of earlier versions of...
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-- ukraine and russia, ultimately, and that hitler was an anti-communist and would turn his sights on the russians as he eventually did. hoover's view was adolf hitler and the nazis had no real desire to swing west. that's debatable among historians, but that was hoover's view. and there is some argument as to what hitler's intentions were. so in herbert hoover's opinion, what happened at munich was not only that the germans seized the land and took that away from czechoslovakia which hoover thought was acceptable under the circumstances, but he thought that it really was opening the gates for an eastward expansion, and he said that western democracies should stand aside and were not really in adolf hitler's, nazi germany's line of fire. this is again, i think, probably still debated among historians, but it was, it was as i encountered it a rather unusual viewpoint. >> host: what about the jews? where do they fit in this strategic vision? >> guest: hitler, of course, ultimately engaged in the holocaust. that was not, of course, known until much later. so in 938 and '39 when herbert h
-- ukraine and russia, ultimately, and that hitler was an anti-communist and would turn his sights on the russians as he eventually did. hoover's view was adolf hitler and the nazis had no real desire to swing west. that's debatable among historians, but that was hoover's view. and there is some argument as to what hitler's intentions were. so in herbert hoover's opinion, what happened at munich was not only that the germans seized the land and took that away from czechoslovakia which hoover...
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russia is just going to be -- they're not doing much of anything. china, of course, is going full speed ahead but they depend upon us for borrowing so everybody place you look including our own country have their own problems to look into. >> now, we're here at the national press club. it is author's night here at the national press club and we're talking with georgie ann geyer who's newest book is on your screen. regular viewers from news shows, m nbc, c-span, fox have seen georgie ann geyer on the program commenting. but ms. geyer it sounds like you have a bit of a speech impediment, what happened to you. >> i do. four years ago i had tongue cancer which i didn't even know existed and i never smoke, never drank too much and never smoked at all and it let it go too long until it was phase 4 so now i'm postal service i survived but now i'm trying to go a little beyond surviving. >> it has impeded your travel plans? >> oh, yes. oh, yes. because, you know, i can talk to you and you understand it. but in germany or france or egypt, they won't understan
russia is just going to be -- they're not doing much of anything. china, of course, is going full speed ahead but they depend upon us for borrowing so everybody place you look including our own country have their own problems to look into. >> now, we're here at the national press club. it is author's night here at the national press club and we're talking with georgie ann geyer who's newest book is on your screen. regular viewers from news shows, m nbc, c-span, fox have seen georgie ann...