Guest my goal was to state that and that is what i set out to do . Host what did you learn . Guest oh, lots. The book was much harder to write than i thought it would be. By the time i studied the book i was studying churchhill for 40 years. I made the author terrible mistake think it would be relatively easy compared to other things i had written. Much harder than i thought. When you write down and give account of main things in his life, things he thought, things he stood for, things he advocated or defended, turns out they relate to one another. More deeply and in more complex ways than i had imagined and i came to understand them better i hope and think and it was a painful process. Host did you approach this book from a fans perspective . Guest well, im a scholar, right . I dont think i can write anything down that i cant defend but i do admire churchhill very much. I think he was a very great man. If you just list things he achieved, this very hard to name anybody in all of histo
The book was much harder trait than i thought. By the time i started the book ive been studying churchill for about 40 years. It takes that long, he wrote so much. I made the terrible mistake of thinking it will be relatively easy compared to the things i had written, its much harder than i had thought because when you start writing it down and start trying to get an account of the main themes in his life and thinks he advocated or defended it turns out they relate to one another more deeply and in more complex ways than i had imagined. I came to understand him better and i hope and think, it was a painful process. Did you approach this book from a fans perspective . Im a scholar so i dont think i can write anything down but i cant defend. But i admire churchill very much. I think it is a great man. I think if you would list the things he was chief its very hard to name anybody in all of history like him. Its just a fact. Winston churchill wrote 50 books and they are worth reading. Tha
You and i have never met until 10 minutes ago, but i have to say i feel as if i know you after so many years of reading your terrific books. Youve given me and most of the people here tonight tremendous pleasure. As i think one critic from your book said being able to get lost in a wonderful story and come out days or weeks later feeling as if youve learned something. So you do both things i appreciate what you do so much. To make Something Like an historical trilogy. That is tiny little pieces. I learned on the cbs and is issued to journalism. Is that true . Is close to the truth, yes. My first job was University Reporter in the south with echo, which is my hometown newspaper. And it worked for the london evening news and it is true that my car broke down and they couldnt afford to get it fixed. I went to the bank and ask them i needed 200 pounds which was at a lot of money in those days. I has to think for a long and they said no. The colleague on the newspaper of course we are all v
[inaudible conversations] booktv is on facebook and twitter. Like us and follow us for book industry news, booktv schedule updates, behind the scene looks at author events and interact with authors during Live Television programming. Here are a fee few of book tvs posts. We tweeted a behind the scenes picture of amy choi and chad as they sign their book after taping of after words. You can watch book tv to see the interview. Book tv tweeted a wall street journal article, and on facebook we posted an aural from new york magazine, by kevin ruth about wall streets post crash recruits. Follow us on twitter on booktv,. Con coughlin recounts Winston Churchills first visit to afghanistan in 1857. This is a little under an hour. [applause] thank you very much. Welcome to the heritage foundation. Its my pleasure to introduce our good friend, con coughlin, the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph and a world renowned expert on the middle east. Con is the critically acclaimed author of several b
It is my pleasure to introduce our good friend, the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph and a worldrenowned expert on the middle east. He is the critically acclaimed author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller. He appears regularly on television and radio in the united states, great britain, and has been a frequent commentator on fox news, cnn, and nbc is well as the bbc. A veteran foreign correspondent, and his latest book is a gripping account of the Winston Churchill First Military campaign as a young cavalry lieutenant fighting a friend who war against. The great, great grandfathers of the tell a ban and tribal insurgents in modern day afghanistan. This is a story of imperial endeavor which contains important lessons and warnings for dead. It is fitting that our event is hosted by margaret thatchers center for freedom. Throughout her political career Lady Thatcher could strengthen inspiration from churchills lead, especially at moments when he faced huge chal