Today with us. David mccains new book watching darkness fall fdrs ambassadors in the rise of adolf hitler is a fascinating read i encourage you all to to get a copy david is served as Us Ambassador luxembourg from 2016 to 2017 previously served as director of planning. He joined the state department in april 2012 a singer advisor to secretary of state clinton for the quadrennial diplomacy and Development Review in 2011. He was a Public Policy scholar at our friends at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars and previously his also served as the ceo of the john. Kennedy library foundation, of course the Kennedy Library one of the president ial libraries so hes an old friend of ours as well in even prior to that. He was this after of the Us Senate Foreign Relations Committee and chief of staff to senator kerrys personal office from 99 to 2008 so he knows about what he writes as a in terms of american diplomatic history. He is the author not only of this book but also partner
So, thank you. Thank you. Were so happy here for our 18th annual reading festival to have david mccain. Hes ill talk to a moment about him. Hes going to have some remarks and then if you have questions, please step to the microphone because were weve really appreciate cspan being here today with us. David mccains new book watching darkness fall fdrs ambassadors in the rise of adolf hitler is a fascinating read i encourage you all to to get a copy david is served as Us Ambassador luxembourg from 2016 to 2017 previously served as director of planning. He joined the state department in april 2012 a singer advisor to secretary of state clinton for the quadrennial diplomacy and Development Review in 2011. He was a Public Policy scholar at our friends at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars and previously his also served as the ceo of the john. Kennedy library foundation, of course the Kennedy Library one of the president ial libraries so hes an old friend of ours as well in
Darkness fall fdrs ambassadors in the rise of adolf hitler is a fascinating read i encourage you all to to get a copy david is served as Us Ambassador luxembourg from 2016 to 2017 previously served as director of planning. He joined the state department in april 2012 a singer advisor to secretary of state clinton for the quadrennial diplomacy and Development Review in 2011. He was a Public Policy scholar at our friends at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars and previously his also served as the ceo of the john. Kennedy library foundation, of course the Kennedy Library one of the president ial libraries so hes an old friend of ours as well in even prior to that. He was this after of the Us Senate Foreign Relations Committee and chief of staff to senator kerrys personal office from 99 to 2008 so he knows about what he writes as a in terms of american diplomatic history. He is the author not only of this book but also partners of first resort America Europe and the future
[applause] also with us tonight is our cryptic congressman who is retiring after 26 years of service. Thank you, sir. [applause] are Ventura County supervisor, peter ford, peter, thank you for coming. [applause] now, for those of you who are patient enough to go through the book signing line just prior to the event this evening, you know that wonderful woman is with us tonight. Shes a bestselling author of the New York Times and the president of Newt Gingrich production. Please join me in recognizing calista gingrich. [applause] so we have with us tonight a very special guest. I know that if i were simply to give the typical dinner circuit introduction, the one where you list every accomplishment of the speakers biography, i promise you we would be here all night and even Newt Gingrich would get for himself. [laughter] his list of achievements in politics, his involvement in lifelong learning, his expertise in National Security matters, his business interest, his endeavors, the dozens
We are tired about railing in raising the government. We will always do it. That is a valid response and i cant help myself from raising it in the air but the fact of the matter is we want to live free and we want to know how to grow tomatoes in liberty and like our neighbors and be valuable members of the community. To some degree id rather be a Good Neighbor than a good libertarian and i know there is a conflict there but if i had to choose i would choose the Good Neighbor. Wendy mcelroy is the author of the art of being free. You are watching booktv. Some booktv, encore booknotes, gina kolata sat down in 2000 to discuss her book about the devastating flu outbreak of 1918 that killed 40 Million People worldwide. The author use letters, interviews and news reports to compile data for the book. Its about an hour. Cspan gina kolata, author of flu the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it. Other than being one of the longest titles weve