Dies vietnam and the memory of war. [inaudible conversations] tonights wisconsin book festival. Im here as a member of the board of the wisconsin humanities council, and its really a tremendous pleasure to be able to introduce the next speaker and to thank, first of all, the Madison Public Library the library foundation, humanities council, all the other sponsors. This is probably a good time to remind you to check and make sure that your cell phone is silent. Everybody reaches for the cell phone immediately. And the book festival is asking people to talk about their experiences using the hashtag wibookits wi book fest. All one word. Books are for sale afterwards out in the, just on the other side of this wall. Viet is really a remarkable author. You get people who are accomplished as literary authors and people who are accomplished as nonfiction authors, and hera has actually pulled off major accomplish bements in both accomplishments in both rell are ms in basically the last year wit
That in the primaries so it is interesting to see how that will work out if he is the nominee disease which to a ground game that is described or stay at that 30,000foot level to see if he can bring in the people through the messaging and celebrity. The new book is called the 2 million voters who will elect the next president. Booktv on cspan2. Where you want to send me. I called my parents to say im going to pakistan. They said no you are not it turns out they were wrong and i went four months later when i was first in tokyo it was the big deal at the time my mother said oh know what did you do wrong . But i will review what kim wrote in her book seeking get a flavor how she writes afghanistan felt more like home than anywhere else in the region and i knew why the sound seemed did familiar with jagged mountains in big skys and men in pickup trucks with guns with hate for the government. [laughter] it was like montana but just on different drugs. [laughter] so lets go back for a second
Diseases as typhus and polio. Next is Christina Lamb with the sunday times. Like janine, christinas introduction to conflict reporting also came in the late 1980s, but in pakistan and afghanistan. Came in the 1980s but in pakistan and afghanistan. Her journalism has taken her far and wide including brazil, south africa, zimbabwe and iraq but since the 9 11 attacks she spent quite a bit of time in afghanistan. She cowrote i am melilla and her new book farewell kabul from afghanistan to a more dangerous world highlights the errors and miscalculations made by the United States and its allies in the war in afghanistan. And argues the world has been left more, not less dangerous since 9 11. Our third author is kim barker, whose book whiskey tango foxtrot the taliban shuffle mti strange days in afghanistan and pakistan served as basis for the recent movie whiskey tango foxtrot the taliban shuffle mti strange days in afghanistan and pakistan starring tina fey. Kims first reporting job was in
I believe jonas salk refused a patent on the polio vaccine. Right. And got the pharma boy charging 1 million for a lifesaving drug. I dont know the specifics but thats how you be achievement. Become a youtube sensation, get rich, and thats the crux of this book. Theres millions of americans, not just this latest generation. Theres a lot of people that dont know what were needed for anymore. Yeah. Walking around like im going to make some money today and spend it tonight. Well, thank you for that and thank you for reading my book, and, the gentleman you were mentioning was named gregory gomez. From the apache nation, and he was a vietnam era veteran. He was in the marines in fort recon, and an intense unit, and they would spin behind enemy lines in groups of four. Didnt even have a medic, incredibly intense guys. He said he joined the military during vietnam, he sad i had nothing again the vietnamese and no allegiance to the u. S. Government. They killed most of my family, it just wante
The start of her career she cover the first palestinian and since then fifth, i had the 87 y said the 90s. N [laughter] n since then she has reported on complex wrote the mill east and beyond. N her latest book the morning that came for rushy chronicles though warwick is syria using seven different perspectives of a ravaged nation as experienced by citizens. N may a doctor in physician and student conveying the realities of modern urban warfare, to the herb return of vanquished diseases such as typhus and polio, next to her is the chief Foreign Correspondent for the sunday times. N her introduction also cave in the late 80s but in pakistan and afghanistan. N has taken her far and wide to brazil, a south africa, and zimbabwe, iraq, but since mid 11 she has been quite a bit of time in afghanistan she cowrote curve book with of Nobel Peace Prize winner and her new book highlights the errors and miscalculations made by United States did allies with the war in of industry and it argues that