Haymarket . Aces of books coming from noam chomsky. In fact, if you can write over there, a series of 12 books, the event either out of print or inaccessible with the introductions, new covers, resetting them all and really presented in a way that we think highlights the important and a Lasting Legacy of his work. And they are done by issued . Ya. They cover a range of issues come and we will be bringing out to a month over the next commonwealth six month starting in the fall. And finally what else you want to tell us about . I want to mention a book by Tom Engelhardt who is a regular author of ours. Is this is a books called dispatch books and also writes his own books for us. And this third book is coming out, shadow government, curly on the new best times. Its looking at the nsa and the politics surveillance in this country. Anthony arnove at haymarket books out of chicago, haymarket books. Org is the website. This is boonktv on cspan2. N next from the recent Chicago Tribune printer
Then at 8 p. M. Eastern, in depth, with peniel jost. And we conclude at 11 p. M. With angelo codeville ya, author of to make and keep peace among ourselves and all nations. That all happens next onp cspan2s booktv. Next, from the recent Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest, Monique Brinson demery talks row about her biography of theher former first lady of South Vietnam, madame nhu. This is about 45 minutes. Welcome, everyone. Its very good to see you hereth this morning, and its my goo pleasure to welcome today Monique Brinson demery, the author of the amazing book finding the dragon lady the mystery of vietnams madam new, madame nhu. Aff demery holds a masters degrees. From Harvard University in east asian regional studies, and when she made contact with madame nht who was the unofficial first lady of is South Vietnamese government in 19 2005, you were the first journalist toshe interview her in almost 20 years. And themlys based in chicago, and were happy to welcome you, ho anemic.
Family and her role in the war in 1963, and you graduate in 2003. Why would you be interested in madame nhu . Who wouldnt be interested in madame nhu . She, from an early age, just captivated me. Everything i had come to know about vietnam, i was born in 1976, so after the war had ended. And my father anywhere narrowly missed being drafted into the war, and my memory is books and things associated with vietnam, and nothing what a beautiful and interesting country was. It was defined to me as the war. So to see madame nhus picture jump out, and she was called the face of evil or something. I had to know more. Well, before we get to her, there is a narrative that runs parallel in the book, which is your own relationship with her and your search for madame nhu, and if think as a journalist who has been working for 20 years, the investigative part is what i find really intriguing, because you didnt know her address and here you are in paris, searching for her, from sort of very loose piece
The coup in South Vietnam that led to the compile of the first lady, madame nhu, who spent decades in seclusion. Madam nhu was found in paris and trusted the author with her unpublished memoirs. This is about 45 minutes. [applause] well, im glad to look out to the audience and see that actually there are a lot of people, im sure, who actually were alive during the vietnam war and remember who madame nhu was. I was born after her compile, exile, but i was born into the world my family know quite a bit about that history. Monique, what surprised me most, especially now listening to the introduction, is that here is someone who actually was sent out of vietnam because of her relationship with the royal family and her role in the war in 1963, and you graduate in 2003. Why would you be interested in madame nhu . Who wouldnt be interested in madame nhu . She, from an early age, just captivated me. Everything i had come to know about vietnam, i was born in 1976, so after the war had ended. An
People in the room. I work in nutrition and hearing your presentation i can understand the economic advantages of having an organized commodity market toward Risk Management and stabilizing prices. But i was wondering if you had any thoughts on the health i implications. I have been told the importance of diversity in the diet. And that goes against what we have been taught to think. Where you producing grains with higher yield, but everybody person has to eat a balanced diet. Do you have thoughts on the riskmanagement tools having a positive for Health Implications. That is an interesting questions. I feel like you know more about this than i do. I think one way to frame this discussion is to think about i dont think that Health Implications have factored into the Health Commodities but when i look back at what is going on throughout the democrat a decades the Health Issues have been left out all together. It is strictly about pricing. The most interesting things have to do with scand