Im Heather Cox Richardson at boston collegage im thrilled to be here at the National Book festival this year although i, of course, am not in washington here on the coast of maine sitting in front of all of the books i use to write the books i write. And in the space where i produce things so im thrilled to be here talking about my new book, how the south won the civil war democracy and continuing fight for the control of america a name by the way i did not come up with but somebody listen to what i was trying to write about saying this was only possible title you can have and reason she said that was the book is really started really as an attempt to understand why today Republican Party is so clearly tie to the image of the american confederacy like how did the Confederate States of america which lost in civil war become such a private symbol for todays what today Major Political parties it is kind of a funny question to you think about it. And the more i got into figuring out why th
By your very own nina who has done stellar work at the Wilson Center disinformation fellow. The coolest title ever, since last october. Before that she was a scholar on russia and ukraine. How to lose the information or , russia and the future of congress conflict is an amazing title for it is essential reading for everyone on this call, zoom in all of your friends. We remember russian Successful Campaign in 2016 showed distrust and confusion in front of the president ial election. In order to win the information war, as needed say, we need to understand what disinformation is. I have heard her on this topic before. And it what it is not. This information is used to false or misleading information with malign intent. That is different from misinformation which can also be harmful but lacks malign and intent. It is brought goals and propaganda which involves the promotion of a nations worldview. What need arise, unlike soviet propaganda, sought to promote specific communist centric worl
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Find out because you are also working on a book and youre about to go through the process and the pain and getting birth to Something Like this. Well do this again in a couple of years of whenever this comes out. Very interesting time to read the book. Im really excited and excited to do this on the day your book is launching because you and i have friends in real life. We covered the Trump Campaign together. We covered the Marco Rubio Campaign together. Remember that . Burke very briefly. Can we like jump into this book . This is strange. I know you but but i dont else knows you from msnbc. You are like my sister. We spent more time to togethern year and half like just hanging out than its weird to talk to you like this, to be honest with you. I know. Its special. Just to see people. I feel like part of the time we spent together when we were on the road, i vividly remember you i think in ohio and a bar somewhere and you first told me i dont talk to my mom, i dont talk to my dad. We g
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