According to Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier , the period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 fundamentally shaped the world we live in today. Their new book, America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11 , argues that the post-Cold War world we live in is chaotic and complex; filled with challenges posed by globalization, nonstate actors, weapons of mass destruction, and inefficient international institutions. Event : Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier will be speaking and signing books Tuesday, June 24 at 7 pm Barnes & Noble Upper West Side 2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street)
Scott McClellan , former White House press secretary, gives a behind-the-scenes account of what’s gone wrong in the Bush administration, and responds to criticisms from his former colleagues. His controversial new memoir is What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception. . Event : Scott McClellan will be in conversation with Dan Rather Wednesday, June 4 at 8 pm 92nd Street Y Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street For more information and to purchase tickets, go here .
Many American soldiers sent to Iraq as liberators soon were assigned to guard prisoners in Saddam Hussein’s old dungeons. Philip Gourevitch and filmmaker Errol Morris have collaborated on Standard Operating Procedure , a new book about the infamous Abu Ghraib photos of prisoner abuse, and how regular American soldiers became torturers. If you can't see the video click here var so = new SWFObject("http://www.youtube.com/v/h6RhLrb9Mn4", "mymovie", "390", "321", "7", "#FFFFFF");so.addParam("wmode", "transparent");connect(window, 'onload', function() {so.write("ytcontent");});