or kim jong-un. this week s book is the limits of partnership, u.s./russian relations in the twenty first century by angela stent. timed for the ukraine crisis this book gives us the full picture of why russia s relations with the west and washington have gotten worse and worse. well written, well balanced and very well explained. now for the last look. over the past week images of troops massing in crimea have been broadcast to millions around the globe. it happens the first ever official war photographs were from the very same region. in 1853 the russian empire fought the al lied armies in the short but brutal crimean war that claimed the lives of three quarters of a million soldiers and for the first time photographers were able to give people a glimpse of what war was like. the most famous image, perhaps, is roger fenton s the valley of
also, israel s prime minister netanyahu finally came out for secretary of state john kerry s middle east peace efforts this week. but he faces intense opposition within his own country. in fact, within his own cabinet. i will talk to his economics minister, naftali bennett who tells us why his boss is wrong. the olympics reminds us of the agony of defeat. but is failure actually good for you? that s what a new book says. i will talk to its author. finally, i will bring you back to crimea, to the valley of the shadow of death. if you know the poem, the charge of the light brigade you will want to see these early war photos. but first, here s my take. inevitab inevitably, the crisis in ukraine has been discussed in washington, largely through the lens of political po lorization. it seems like any and every
then the olympics reminds us of the agony of defeat. but is failure actually good for you? that s what a new book says. i will talk to its author. finally, i will bring you back to crimea, to the valley of the shadow of death. if you know the poem, the charge of the light brigade you will want to see these early war photos. but first, here s my take. inevitably, the crisis in ukraine has been discussed in washington, largely through the lens of political polarization. it seems like any and every topic is fodder for partisan dis putt, even the weather. especially the weather. many republicans arguing that vladimir putin intervened in crimea because of president obama s weakness. putin saw that obama didn t want to go to war in syria, for example, and this emboldened putin. well who knows, right?
glimpse of what war was like. the most famous was roger fenton s the valley of the shadow of death, which showed cannon balls strewn through the valley. first say it was the first staged for the okay, he moved cannon balls in the road. the technology didn t allow for action shots but images captured the moments between battles. the folly of war best articulated with a pen and paper. listen to this, an 1890 recording of alfred lloyd tennyson himself reading his famous poem, the charge of the light brigade. so we can see and we can
samuel, who david lost a son. he said, he will not come back to me, but i will go to him. and that is the hope of heaven that we have. and that will strengthen us even on the darkest day. david says, when i go through the valley of the shadow of death wherever there s a shadow there s a light. and so the key to walking through the vail of the shadow of death is to turn your back on the shadow which is scary and look at the light. and that s how you get through it. do you feel he s here now? well, i know that he s in heaven looking down on us. and we have many loved ones there. my parents, kay s mom and dad. and that presence of god is more important than the presence of matthew in my life. is that i sense the presence of god in my life very close. but i m not going through this alone. that s a comfort. rick and kay, it s been such an honor and privilege to do this interview. thank you for letting me do it. and my heart goes out to you. it s a heart-breaking story. there s