captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: 10 years ago this week, the united states sent troops into iraq to remove saddam hussein as part of the r global war on terror, it wast side. it was the start of one of the longest and most controversial conflicts in american history. it lasted almost nine years. the iraqi y death toll stands at over 100,000. on the tenth anniversary of the war, many are reflecting on why it hammond, how it ended, and what it means for american foreign policy.me joining me is michael gordon.jo he is chief military correspondent for the new york times. his new book is called end game: theis inside story of the struggle for iraq. i am pleased to have him here back at this table. welcome. good to see you. glad to be here. rose: this is, many are say, the detailed history from t the military point of view of the iraqi war. is that a fair assessment? well, it i started out to do,
this week on q&a a look behind the new book by former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld. currently on his book tour, mr. rumsfeld talks about the making of the book and response to some reviews. he also looks back to a c-span appearance 20 years ago where he gave advice to presidents and their staffs. donald rumsfeld, author of known and unknown, how did you write this book? i decided to first, i thought about doing a quick one in a year and using basically my memory. instead, i decided that i have such a rich archive that i and i ve lived so many year, a third of our country s history, which is almost unbelievable, but i decided to digitize a lot of my papers, and then use that. the second thing i did was i decided that i ve read a lot of book business friends involving things that i had been involved in, and it was a narrow perspective often. so i decided to bring in, i don t know how many people, 4050 people, one at a time, who were involved with me at vario
[applause] every weekend booktv offers 48 hours of programming. watch it here on c-span2. retired four-star general and former secretary of state colin powell recounts his military and political career next on booktv. through a collection of 44 remembrances, general powell presents his thoughts on life and leadership. this is about an hour, ten minutes. [applause] i m ready to leave now. yeah. as i mentioned earlier, i ve seen a circus less well attended. [laughter] hi, good to see you again. good to see you, bob. in the book as brad graham summarized lessons that you ve learned from the a life both in public service and private life, and you write, as we ll get to later, your experiences as secretary of state and the beginning of the iraq war and what happened. but i want to begin with one of the rules there are 13 rules originally published in parade magazine. this is the 13th and the last, perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. i find you the most optimist
in the book as you were summarized, lessons you learned from a life of public service and you write about this, your experiences as secretary of state at the beginning of the iraq war. i want to begin with one of the rules, one of your 13 rules published in parade magazine, perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. reading your book, you are the most optimistic person i have read in a long time. don t you get the decline out there? it is very important, the summary of the 13 rules. it links to the first one also that says things will get better in the morning. i start that description by saying that is not necessarily the case but the attitude you should have. you will make them better. it is within your life to make things better and if you go through the rules and end up with perpetual optimism is a force multiplier that is a military term. always looking for ways to enhance the power of our force weather by communications or supply lines. make the force more effective.
broke any rules in dealing with rupert murdoch s news cor poration. i have earned a place where people will listen to me. the greatest generation in that book gave me a kind of a platform that was completely unanticipated. i thought i ought not squandered that. so i ought to stepup not just as a citizen and a journalist, but as a father, husband, and grandfather, and if i see these things i should write about them and start this dialogue about where we need to get to it next. tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. sunday live, new questions for the former anchor of nbc news. in depth, sunday, noon eastern, on c-span2. president obama said aggressive actions by north korea are a sign of weakness, not strength. we joined this news conference with the japanese prime minister. this is about 30 minutes. it is a great pleasure to welcome prime minister of noda of japan, one of america s most closest allies in the asian- pacific region. one of the reasons