Quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is closer to civil war. Then many of us would like to think or believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is we get launched is to give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and and then we can we can dig into bits and pieces of it as we as we go along. Yeah, so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years. Ive looked at all regions all countries that have experienced civil wars since the end of world war ii and there have been over 200 of them and one of the things that weve learned is that they tend to they tend to break out in similar ways and and the same factors emerge in the in the lead up to these wars no matter where they happen. And then in 2017 i was invited to serve on the us Governments Task force. They have a task force called the Political Instability Task force and i served on that task force
Latest work. Welcome Barbara Walter. Its a pleasure to have the chance to talk with you today. Your book has generated an astonishing National Debate about where we are as a country today during a moment of. Quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is closer to civil war. Then many of us would like to think or believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is we get launched is to give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and and then we can we can dig into bits and pieces of it as we as we go along. Yeah, so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years. Ive looked at all regions all countries that have experienced civil wars since the end of world war ii and there have been over 200 of them and one of the things that weve learned is that they tend to they tend to break out in similar ways and and the same factors emerge in the in the lead up to thes
Astonishing National Debate about where we are as a country today during a moment of. Quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is closer to civil war. Then many of us would like to think or believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is we get launched is to give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and and then we can we can dig into bits and pieces of it as we as we go along. Yeah, so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years. Ive looked at all regions all countries that have experienced civil wars since the end of world war ii and there have been over 200 of them and one of the things that weve learned is that they tend to they tend to break out in similar ways and and the same factors emerge in the in the lead up to these wars no matter where they happen. And then in 2017 i was invited to serve on the us Governments Task force. They have a
Your book has generated an astonishing National Debate about where we are as a country today during a moment of. Quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is closer to civil war. Then many of us would like to think or believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is we get launched is to give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and and then we can we can dig into bits and pieces of it as we as we go along. Yeah, so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years. Ive looked at all regions all countries that have experienced civil wars since the end of world war ii and there have been over 200 of them and one of the things that weve learned is that they tend to they tend to break out in similar ways and and the same factors emerge in the in the lead up to these wars no matter where they happen. And then in 2017 i was invited to serve on the us Governmen
Quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is closer to civil war. Then many of us would like to think or believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is we get launched is to give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and and then we can we can dig into bits and pieces of it as we as we go along. Yeah, so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years. Ive looked at all regions all countries that have experienced civil wars since the end of world war ii and there have been over 200 of them and one of the things that weve learned is that they tend to they tend to break out in similar ways and and the same factors emerge in the in the lead up to these wars no matter where they happen. And then in 2017 i was invited to serve on the us Governments Task force. They have a task force called the Political Instability Task force and i served on that task force