vietnam would ve pursued that agenda of world domination. but it didn t turn out that way. it turned out more the way dave gordon describes it. right. what happened between then and now? part of the problem, i think, is that lezuan and the politburo is also balancing their own requirements. and we need to realize that after the bifurcation of vietnam in 1954 where there is two entities, a south and north vietnam, that in north vietnam, hanoi s leaders ho chi minh and ultimately lezuan are having to make decisions about supporting an insurgency in the south to reunify this country in the aftermath of a long and bloody colonial conflict or anti-colonial conflict and also build their own stable nation in the north. and that is a debate again, hang brings this up in hanoi s war. that others are constantly having to make choices between building a political, a stable political community in the north and feeding and reinforcing the southern insurgency in the south. so in
you re watching booktv on c-span2 with top non-fiction books and authors every weekend. booktv television for serious readers. from my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when one s own interests or even one s own life is in peril. growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the second world war and greece that i always kept close to my heart. the first was in 1940 when benito mussolini italy s prime minister asked the greek prime minister for free passage through greece and on the spot at 3:00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said oy he said no. it was spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians. it prompted sir winston churchhill, the greatest
you re watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. rebecca frankel is the author of war dogs. ms. frankel, what s on the cover of your book? so this is a handler and his dog, and they re doing a training exercise for a mission that they might have to do in afghanistan or iraq which does include a drop from a helicopter. what sparked you to write about war dogs? my job in foreign policy, we ve been writing about the iraq war for as long as it s been going on and i really love dogs. so as i was looking at photos coming in off the wire, i saw this one photo that sort of stood out as different in afghanistan, and it was because there were these marines and their bomb-sniffing dogs, and they were just hanging out, and everyone looked very happy. there s a very strong contrast to the unfortunate photos that are more gritty and more gory. so tom suggested that we partner in [inaudible] and i di
i know. the drink are yes and you were watching from around the world. it s friday marks twenty eight here in so i am shoveling think too much for joining us. we begin this evening in dresden germany where present company delivered a pivotal speech on probation for a unified korea our correspondent is on has more on the president s proposals detailing how the two korean should work to work in the kitchen. after receiving an honorary degree from dresden university of technology friday. i m not connect with one of three planned proposal for the tutu we estimate the groundwork for a key from the kitchen she first highlighted the urgency of the thousands of kami and simple. he does that mean and be separated from the to think that a nap the dna. the deal tumbling and tanya like a little until today. on the table to initiate humble initiated and instigate. priyanka. i m not then suggested that equally as cool operate with the added cultural production and transportation and commun
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