It backwards. On behalf of the raw space and hueman bookstore and you, this fantastic audience on this chilly monday, thank you so much for coming up. You have been much, much more than we ever could have hoped for or expected. Enjoyed the book, ask questions and enjoy the rest of the evening. [applause] thank you so much. [inaudible conversations] booktv is on twitter. Follow was to get publishing news, schedule updates, author information and to talk directly with authors during our life programs. Twitter. Com booktv. Up next from this your southern festival of books held in nashville, tennessee, a Panel Discussion on modern complex from the vietnam war to the war on terror. This Event Features three authors. Its an hour and 20 minutes. I want to thank you all for coming today microphone. I want to thank you all for coming today. This panel is entitled the invisible hands of war politics, legality, and tactic in modern conflict. My name is tom schwartz, a professor of history and Pol
Africa. So, i think we are seeing a perhaps unplanned, but none the less, an expansion of the chinese ability to deploy ships far beyond regional wars. But not necessarily to the indian ocean or persian gulf. No, they are doing some of that. Since december 2008 of course, theyve had to Counter Piracy formations in the gulf of aden. They are slowly beginning to deploy more and more ships into the indian ocean. The fact that earlier i guess last year, they sent a conventionally powered submarine, certainly has gotten the indian navys attention. The indian navy tends to take an exaggerated view but none the less we are seeing increased distance deployment by the chinese navy. On mikes question, if i remember my World History correctly, there actually arent too many cases of a continental power becoming maritime power. Soviet yoon ontried, failed. Were the only one. So, what china is setting for itself is not a small goal. On allens question, i agree that once you have the capabilities, th
Forces baltic air policing. Establishment of a very High Readiness joint task force. Nato and whales made commitments that indicate to me that all of them take that responsibility seriously. The problem we could potentially have is the asymmetric nature of it, where there might be a dispute about whether its actually happening. So were working with our nato allies to work through that. And of course the situation there is with those Large Russian speaking populations in the baltics, especially in astonia, it could give him the same excuse that hes tried to use with regard to crimea. Let me ask you about Mental Health. And ive been enormously impressed with some of our special operations forces. That they are now realizing that the stigma against Mental Health counseling, they are really trying to turn it around because its performance enhancement, not only of the body but of the mind as well. To what degree are you all trying to implement that same thing across the board of the departm
Time on july 20, 1861 after addressing the Congress Though on the hot morning of july 21, he could stand the suspense no longer. He knew the combined armies of johnston worked with hunting the enemy near the Railroad Junction of manassas. He commandeered a special train and truck northward. Arriving at manassas in the midafternoon, he wrote towards the south. He was dismayed by what he first encountered strugglers and wounded men with tales of defeat from the, discarded weapons, damaged equipment in the battlefield. Davis tried to rally the stragglers. I am president davis and he shouted. Follow me back to the field. Some of them data. By did. By the time he reached the headquarters where he found them sending reinforcements to the front it was clear that they had won the battle. Union troops were in the retreat. Davis went further forward in the justice soldiers cheered him to the echo. That evening he met with johnston at their headquarters. Davis wanted to organize a pursuit and he
Asked is around a new winning streak will the shine wear off the premier cryptocurrency. I think fizzle and lets do business another day of falls for world stocks but theyve regained some ground following positive signals from the u. S. Treasury secretary this time stephen asia saying a trade deal between china and the United States is about 90 Percent Complete Missions Begin sparked hopes of a deal at this weekends g. 20 summit in japan where trade is expected to top the agenda u. S. President doll trump will meet his chinese counterpart xi jinping in attempts to calm the trade war its been raging for almost a year now. This is the current status of the u. S. China trade conflict. Washington has slapped 25 percent tariffs on nearly half of all imports from china. The levies now affect 250000000000. 00 worth of goods. And u. S. President on the trump is threatening to extend the tariffs to the rest of chinese
imports. China has retaliated with Counter Tariffs Beijing is charging extra