To have been tested, the only way to get into north korea, and we do every day, short wave radio. We do a very good job at that so it wouldnt abandon a short wave radio just because its the only way to get into a place like north korea. We recognize there are parts of the world where and nextgeneration media is critical but other parts of the world where its not. Host john lansing can you be critical of u. S. The u. S. Government in your workforce . Guest i think critical reporting his professional journalism and it requires any reporter to ask questions whether it be the federal government or many other foreign governments or any other policy. Thats on both sides of the aisle. When the iran deal is being carried we carried it live and carried it on both sides. Thats really our mission is to tell americas story, every side of it. Host john lansing is the new ceo of the broadcasting board of governors which includes voice of america, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty and radio saw a, radi
Haymarket . Aces of books coming from noam chomsky. In fact, if you can write over there, a series of 12 books, the event either out of print or inaccessible with the introductions, new covers, resetting them all and really presented in a way that we think highlights the important and a Lasting Legacy of his work. And they are done by issued . Ya. They cover a range of issues come and we will be bringing out to a month over the next commonwealth six month starting in the fall. And finally what else you want to tell us about . I want to mention a book by Tom Engelhardt who is a regular author of ours. Is this is a books called dispatch books and also writes his own books for us. And this third book is coming out, shadow government, curly on the new best times. Its looking at the nsa and the politics surveillance in this country. Anthony arnove at haymarket books out of chicago, haymarket books. Org is the website. This is boonktv on cspan2. N next from the recent Chicago Tribune printer
Then at 8 p. M. Eastern, in depth, with peniel jost. And we conclude at 11 p. M. With angelo codeville ya, author of to make and keep peace among ourselves and all nations. That all happens next onp cspan2s booktv. Next, from the recent Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest, Monique Brinson demery talks row about her biography of theher former first lady of South Vietnam, madame nhu. This is about 45 minutes. Welcome, everyone. Its very good to see you hereth this morning, and its my goo pleasure to welcome today Monique Brinson demery, the author of the amazing book finding the dragon lady the mystery of vietnams madam new, madame nhu. Aff demery holds a masters degrees. From Harvard University in east asian regional studies, and when she made contact with madame nht who was the unofficial first lady of is South Vietnamese government in 19 2005, you were the first journalist toshe interview her in almost 20 years. And themlys based in chicago, and were happy to welcome you, ho anemic.
Go away. One of the things i focus on his policies abroad in the United States and other countries do not have been a main feature of the war on drugs. One feature on the war on drugs is the demand side of the United States has not been as addressed with equal amounts of absurd and energy and resources. How is the worst change since 1970s come at a time. I looked at . Is only growing in size and scope. The dea i created in 1973 have continued to grow as an organization. I remember he reported number of years ago in the New York Times that the dea now had an Intelligence Network that was coming in, only second to made the cia that they have this vast Intelligence Network across the globe. Its an example of how the drug war has grown. The militarization of the drug war, the militarizing of Drug Enforcement police forces, special antinecrotic units started in the 70s and that has continued to grow a person and is still a nice day today. This is police action. But your weapons down. So the
Going back many, many years and having lived there as the Time Magazine correspondent and now i almost go every year but my publisher actually i finish my previous book and he gastight take a year and write about it. I started to look through years and i thought about 1938 as an interesting year is in china, 1944, the year that Joseph Stilwell was kicked out of china and barbara took care of that topic forever. So i started to look at 1945 through the end of world war ii and a few months after world war ii. A and i realized to thing is. One, it was a good topic, and whenever watershed moment as well as chinese history but i like to think of this book as more American History than chinese history. And number two, the was a certain prevailing conventional wisdom about what happened at that time. I thought i would write a book that would substantiate that conventional wisdom that i would just write it in a very readable way to bring this incredible cast of characters to life but i wouldnt