Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book TV 20140208

Transactions that we all do more and more Online Banking and other services. That offers an area where there are very few approximates at this point and almost protections at this point and almost unlimited liability for consumers. In todays interconnected world, personal information is collected from consumers wherever they go. From the workplace to shopping for groceries, from our smartphones to browsing the web at home, virtually every action we take involves the collection of information. Some of it very sensitive. Many of these data uses have clear benefits, but the recent spate of data breaches are a strong reminder that they also create risks for consumers. Its true proactive investigations where we are out sometimes ahead, determining and looking at data as it relates to financial industries. Its through partnerships that we have in the financial industry sector that is able sometimes to bring us data where were able to go through and parse through that data, be able to find out where information is leaking into the criminal underground from. So, too, is the same way i believe that some journalists are able to get hold of some of that information. This weekend on cspan, data breaches and cyber theft. Lawmakers look at legislative options to secure personal data. Saturday morning at 10 eastern. And on booktv, executive power during times of crisis from washington to bush. Sunday evening at 7 on cspan2. And on cspan3s American History tv, travel back 150 years to see how confederate soldiers spent the winter of 1864. Join civil war reenactors from the grounds of James Madisons montpelier, Live Saturday at 11 a. M. Eastern. One of the concluding sections of the book is, in effect, on Lessons Learned about war. And one of the things that youd think people would understand would be how frequently people who advocate going to war and people who make decisions to go to war almost always are convinced the war will be short. This year well celebrate the centenary of world war i which is a classic example of where everybody thought the war would be over by october or november 1914. Problem many iraq in particular the problem in iraq in particular, and its really true both in iraq and afghanistan, is what began as swift military victories quickly degenerated into long and grinding wars. In the case of iraq, it was always believed that it would be a shortterm commitment, i think. It would be interesting to ask those who were participants in the Decision Making had they known in march 2003 that the country would be at war in iraq for six or seven more years whether they would have made the decision they did. But this assumption that the war would be short or that its end was right around the corner afflicted the department of defense as badly as it did the Decision Makers themselves. And because everyone assumed that the war would be over quickly, there was a great reluctance inside do defense to inside defense to spend significant sums of money on equipment that might be needed to protect the troops but that might be useful only in iraq or afghanistan. As i describe it in the book, the department of defense is organized to plan for war, motto wage war not to wage war. And so services dedicate all of their efforts, pretty much all of their efforts to developing their hongrange procurement plans and then defending those plans in the budget process regardless of what comes along. And so, and so people were reluctant to, for example, fund, develop and fund the mineresistant ambush protect about the vehicles that saved so many lives and limbs because that particular kind of vehicle was not in any plan for the army or the marine corps id like to ask about that in just a moment. I one of the key themes in that portion of the the book, it seems to me, is that the military planners inside the beltway, civilian leaders inside the beltway simply didnt adjust or respond to and, in fact, you do write they did not adjust to changing situations well on the ground in iraq. That and the fact i also write that after the initial invasion there was just a series of stunningly bad decisions and mistakes. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Heres a look at the top ten best selling nonfiction books according to publishers weekly. Former defense secretary robert gates tops the list with his memoir, duty. Watch it on our web site, booktv. Org. Second is super shred, the big results diet, followed by Charles Krauthammers political columns, things that matter. And he talks about his book online at booktv. Org. Dr. Travis storks book, the doctors diet is fourth. Fifth on list, bill to bill oreilly and martin due guard in killing jesus. Actress Cameron Diazs the body book comes in sixth followed by the daniel plan, 40 days to a healthier life. The eighth best selling is Malcolm Gladwells david and goliath. Booktv captured mr. Gladwell talking about his book in philadelphia last october, and you can watch that program anytime at booktv. Org. Ninth on the list is grain brain the surprising truth about wheat, carbs and sugar by kristin lo berg and david perlmutter. And finally, Brian Killmead in George Washingtons secret six. The author was a guest on after words, and its available on our web site, booktv. Org. Thats a list at the top ten best selling nonfiction books according to publishers weekly. Its not because they werent there in numbers. Perhaps not as glamorous as other planes, their contribution to the war effort was irreplaceable. Beautiful. Its absolutely beautiful. It just seems so familiar to actually sit here. Interesting story. I had a painting done by an aviation artist to paint my airplane. Yes define what happened to it. Team knew somebody who did. When i contacted that person they told me it was in massachusetts and that got the ball rolling and i said if theres any way we can bring the airplane in out of the cold and presented to the Museum Patrons in the combat forms that it was that would be my goal in life and that is what we are working for. Next week and a look behind the history and literary life of georgia, at a stop in Robins Air Force base on cspan2 and 3. Coming up next author and professor Bonnie Morris talking about the