I have to tell you, people always ask me how i write my books, and my newest book, the book on luther is coming out in just a couple of weeks, but for the last year ive been talking about america. And at the very heart of it is this concept of the Golden Triangle of freedom. Ut but what i find funny is that id never heard of it, no ones ever heard of it. Dear friend of mine Alec Guinness wrote a book calleda free peoples philistine. Every one of them understood this concept and i thought i have got to do more to get this out because one book comes out. I didnt know i would write a book about it, it ended up being a book, the Golden Triangle of freedom, can i explain briefly . All the founders understood this. Freedom requires virtue. We mean selfgovernment requires virtue, virtue requires faith and faith requires freedom. To explain it the founders said they wrote this over and over. You cant have selfgovernment, you cant have actual freedom unless people govern themselves which is to
Important at the National History museum. We are working on our public space and it will be dedicated solely to the theme of liberation. The museum talks about why the war was fought and how the war was won, but theres a third charge, what the war means to us today, and i think that is key of the liberation pavilion. One of the areas we will explore in the liberation pavilion will be faith in wartime, where we will discuss the Important Role religious belief laid to the played to the millions of people caught up in this global struggle. It charges the museum with bringing stories of how faith was crucial to those who found themselves surrounded by the horrors of war. This is what we are about to hear from our first speaker, Mark Riebling. He is a lecturer in holocaust and genocide studies at georgetown university. Previously, he was cofounder and Research Director of the nypd center for policing terrorism and the research to rector of the Manhattan Institute for policy research. His bo
The lady maintains a blog with all the castle for the juicier stories, she writes books. Her latest about an american socialite who married her husbands grandfather. The title, lady kathryn the earl and the real downton abbey. Its the story of the the 20s when it was such a glamorous place. Still seems pretty glamorous to us. Well, thats it for extras mansions and millionaires worlds best destinations. Im michael corbett. And i guess its time for us to say goodbyebut i want to thank the San Francisco travel association and the fairmont San Francisco for this amazing view. Well see you back in l. A. Thanks, michael. Great ideas for my next vacation up there. Up next the bigt stars battling in extras pop culture quiz. Whos the new host of and the question cam refused to answer. Plus dont know as superman. And his first interview getting star struck in hollywood. I feel like a little kid ats. Plus date night in hollywood with the tatums and clooneys. Are there rules as far as how long you
And topics list on the upper right side of the page. Ian burumoa examines after world war ii and looks at the transformative nature of the war from the displacement of people in the better warn cities in europe and japan to the creation of the United Nations and the continued rise of communis commn the soviet union and china. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. Ian buruma the henry r. Luce professor of human rights and journalism was educated. Hes won several awards for his work among them the International Prize and the shore and steamed journalism award. The publication he writes for and within new york review of books, new yorker, New York Times and the guardian, which the guardian recently published a highly learned and highly entertaining review of the British Museum exhibition sex and pleasure in japanese art. Among the previous books are really jenny and democracy on three continents, murder in amsterdam will europe and tolerance and inventing japan 1863 to 1964. In the year
Okay . Youve been a great audience. Thank you so much. [applause] okay . Visit booktv. Org to watch any of the programs you see here online. Type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. You can also share anything you see on booktv. Org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the page and selecting the format. Booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. Booktv. Org. In my book i decided to take the privacy investigations id done at the wall street journal a step further by investigating myself. Like what is known about me and what can i protect. And so i sought my data from as many places as i could find which, actually, was very few places. So, for instance, i identified 200 data brokers out there, but only a dozen would let me see my files because theres no law requiring them too. But interestingly, even in that small set of files it was shocking how wrong some of them