Welcome to this session of the texas book festival with h. W. Brandis. My name is steve hair again. I will be doing a q a with bill. 15 minutes after the session phil will be signing books in the book signing campus between the tenth and eleventh down the street. Please patronized the book signing tent in the bookstore, and pleas by the the book which wont be a problem. This is the book, the man who saved the union, Ulysses Grant and war and peace. If you by this book, proceeds will go to support texas libraries and literacy. It is a great book to read and to find a word because. H. W. Brands is the dixon Allan Anderson centennial prof. Of history in austin. His focus has been for many years on American History and politics and his biographies and histories include a number of tremendous books. This is the just the most recent. Also traitor to his class about Franklin Roosevelt, biography of Andrew Jackson called Andrew Jackson. The age of gold about the gold rush in the 1840s. The Fir
Her very happy to have them with us here today. [applause] the dictators learning curve is a look at an arms race, speaking metaphorically that dictators and democratic activist trying to overthrow and both sides have had to up their game in recent years. For those of you who think Foreign Policy is about trade agreements, Arms Treaties come arcing border disputes, let me assure you its a lively read a stun dobsons travels across the world and the steam setting, anecdotes and memorable characters. They are an admiral. Im supposed to say the top of the hour were going to lead about 15 minutes for a questionandanswer session. People to line up at the microphone in the middle aisle and afterward totally done, were going to go to the book signing tent, where will the signed copies of the book. So, to start off panic and you give us a brief description of the central thrust of your book. Sure, absolutely. For two and a half years i spent time traveling to a number of different authoritarian