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
published as the president but a lot of stuff i didn t publish. one thing corry told me was the diary and write down the stuff that is interesting to you. so i did and i thought it was so important. when young doctors and aspiring writers asked me how do you get started? i say you have to record your reflections. .. i had been in school for 19 years. 19 years after graduating from high school. i had that quantum dot detour. so i was just ready to be done, and reap some rewards for all that all those sleepless nights and what i found was that doctors were very unhappy, and when you re in training, the focus is on the physiology and learning about the heart. it s not really about the culture of practice. so i was largely blinded to that. and then i took on my first role and i m talking to doctors and i find they re very unhappy with medical practice today. and it wasn t just about the stresses we all know. it upabout the paperwork and the malpractice fears and so on. it was a d
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
facebook.com/booktv. booktv is live from savannah, ga. home to the annual savannah book festival we will bring you several authors including mike redmond, lily cobble, scott bird, john rizzo and debra solomon. we kickoff live coverage of the savannah book festival with gabriel asherman, author of the loudest voice in the room. good morning, everyone. my name is alex gold and i am happy to welcome you to the seventh annual savannah book festival presented by georgia power. into our new venue of the lutheran church of ascension which is made possible by the generosity of fred and john kane. many of you have already attended our terrific special events with our opening and keynote addresses. today your work is cut out for you as you choose which authors to visit during this day that offers dozens of announce writers to established astounding books in the last year. we would like to extend special thanks to our presenting foster, georgia power, individual donors who make satu
speakers at least since the 1940s are known for at least producing one major work of legislation. but certainly at the top of that list i d have to say would be sam rayburn. host: what s the speaker s normal interaction with the senate? guest: with the senate? i wouldn t say that the speaker has a normal interaction with the senate. it varies by who the speaker is, it varies by which party is in control of the house and which party s in control of the senate, and it varies on the personal or the personalities of the speaker and the senate leadership. there s an expectation that speakers need to have an open line of communication with the leadership in the senate because you can t get any legislation enacted without the senate s approval. and so to that respect, there is some kind of communication or relationship. but the degree of closeness that there is between, say, the speaker and the senate or senate leaders is going to vary tremendously by who the individual speaker