Theres also a lot of religious fervor at the time. Joseph smith was murdered. You had the miller writes about the world was going to end. This is a crazy bum in this time in american history. Cynthia chery how would you describe the publishing world today businesswise . Its really exciting right now because theres so many new developments in terms of Electronic Media in the way we are producing books. Its a pretty exciting time in publishing right now. This is booktv bookexpo america. Booktv continues now. Former senator james webb is a military officer and how shaped his political career. Senator webb was a lieutenant in vietnam where he received numerous awards for his service. James webb former senator from virginia has been a a councilman and congressman and assistant secretary of defense and secretary of the navy, an Emmy Awardwinning journalist and filmmaker and with the publication of i heard my country calling the other 10 books. When the senate who served on the Foreign Relati
Of fixing americas broken criminal justice system. Atlantic magazine named him one of great thinkers first half tackling prison reform. Having graduated from the Naval Academy in 1968 in receiving a special commendation for his leadership contributions first in his class at the Marine Corps Officers Basic School he served as a rifle Platoon Company commander in vietnam and was awarded the navy cross, the silver star medal to bronze star medals and two purple hearts. He graduated from the Georgetown University law center in 1975. From 77 to 81 he served as counsel to the House Committee and Veterans Affairs. In 1984 he was appointed assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs in the 1987 he became secretary of the navy. In addition to his Public Service he has enjoyed a varied career as a writer and as a journalist he received an emmy award for his previous coverage of the u. S. Marines in beirut in 1983 and in 2004 was embedded with u. S. Military in afghanistan produced screenw