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The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan Dahr Jamail Last aired: March 7, 2010	I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen -- My Journey Home Shoshana Johnson Last aired: March 1, 2010
Discussion on the Afghanistan War Seth Jones; Mark Moyar Last aired: February 28, 2010	Ending the War in Afghanistan: A Primer Phyllis Bennis Last aired: February 15, 2010
Becton: Autobiography of a Soldier and Public Servant Lt. Gen. Julius Becton Last aired: January 24, 2010	When Hell Was in Session Adm. Jeremiah Denton, Jr. Last aired: January 24, 2010
A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq Mark Moyar Last aired: January 16, 2010	The Men Who Stare at Goats Jon Ronson Last aired: November 16, 2009
The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army Greg Jaffe Last aired: November 14, 2009	Ride the Thunder: A Vietnam Story about Honor and Triumph Richard Botkin Last aired: November 2, 2009
Interrogation of Morals Jason Meszaros Last aired: October 26, 2009	The Good Soldiers David Finkel Last aired: October 25, 2009
Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam Gordon Goldstein Last aired: October 11, 2009	A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam Lewis Sorley Last aired: October 10, 2009
Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan Doug Stanton Last aired: October 3, 2009	American Heroes: In the Fight Against Radical Islam Oliver North Last aired: September 27, 2009
Seeds of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda Gretchen Peters Last aired: August 8, 2009	I Love a Man in Uniform: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles Lily Burana Last aired: August 3, 2009
Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun Wafaa Bilal Last aired: July 19, 2009	The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 Thomas Ricks Last aired: July 5, 2009
America's Defense Meltdown: Pentagon Reform for President Obama and the New Congress Winslow Wheeler, ed. Last aired: June 20, 2009	Why Do You Kill?: The Untold Story of the Iraqi Resistance Jurgen Todenhofer Last aired: June 15, 2009
The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against America's Veterans Aaron Glantz Last aired: June 14, 2009	Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century P.W. Singer Last aired: May 26, 2009
Book TV Bus - Aidan Delgado, Author, "The Sutras of Abu Ghraib: Notes from a Conscientious Objector" Aidan Delgado Last aired: May 25, 2009	You Are Not Forgotten: A Family's Quest for Truth and the Founding of The National League of Families Carol Jose Last aired: May 25, 2009
Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World Trevor Paglen Last aired: May 24, 2009	Drowning in the Desert: A JAG's Search for Justice in Iraq Vivian Gembara Last aired: March 29, 2009
The Forever War Dexter Filkins Last aired: March 22, 2009

This Weekend's TV Schedule

Beginning Saturdays at 8am (ET)

Highlights

LIVE Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
Karl Rove
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th, at 10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
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LIVE 2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE Coverage
LIVE Coverage
Next air time: Saturday, March 13th, at 3pm (ET)
Approx. 4 hr.

LIVE 2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE Coverage
LIVE Coverage
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 4 hr.

LIVE 2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE - Lynne Olson, "Citizens of London"
Lynne Olson
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.

After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis
Next air time: Saturday, March 13th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.

Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation
Rawn James
Next air time: Saturday, March 13th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.

The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again
Robert McChesney; John Nichols
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th, at 8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 50 min.

2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Panel on Writing History
James Donovan; Jeff Guinn; Hampton Sides
Next air time: Sunday, March 14th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.

Also Airing...

Saturday, March 13th

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
Discussion: Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring"
Paul Driessen; Linda Lear

9am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 56 min.
In Depth: T.R. Reid

12pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
Dirty Rotten Strategies: How We Trick Ourselves and Others into Solving the Wrong Problems Precisely
Ian Mitroff; Abraham Silvers

1pm (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation
Rawn James

2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Discussion on the Current Ecomonic Situation
Dean Baker; Amity Shlaes

LIVE 3pm (ET)
Approx. 4 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE Coverage
LIVE Coverage

7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Black Men Built the Capitol: Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C.
Jesse Holland

8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 42 min.
The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations
Lee Smith

10pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - The U.S. and Mexico Border
Philip Caputo; David Danelo; Margaret Regan

Sunday, March 14th

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Dan Balz
Dan Balz

1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
Stripping Bare the Body: Politics, Violence, War
Mark Danner

3am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 1 min.
Discussion: Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring"
Paul Driessen; Linda Lear

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Discussion on the Current Ecomonic Situation
Dean Baker; Amity Shlaes

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - The U.S. and Mexico Border
Philip Caputo; David Danelo; Margaret Regan

6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Dan Balz
Dan Balz

7am (ET)
Approx. 54 min.
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time
Sean Carroll

8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 50 min.
The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again
Robert McChesney; John Nichols

LIVE 10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
Karl Rove
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11am (ET)
Approx. 42 min.
Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall, and the Struggle to End Segregation
Rawn James

12pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Mitt Romney, "No Apology," interviewed by Juan Williams

LIVE 1pm (ET)
Approx. 4 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE Coverage
LIVE Coverage

5pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 27 min.
Panel Discussion with Book Editors on the Future of Publishing
Multiple Panelists

6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 28 min.
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains one of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries
Molly Caldwell Crosby

LIVE 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - LIVE - Lynne Olson, "Citizens of London"
Lynne Olson

8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
Karl Rove

9pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis

10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Panel on Writing History
James Donovan; Jeff Guinn; Hampton Sides

11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Gen. Anthony Zinni
Anthony Zinni

Monday, March 15th

12am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis

1am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 50 min.
The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again
Robert McChesney; John Nichols

3am (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
After Words: Bill & Janet Cohen, "Race & Reconciliation," interviewed by Rep. John Lewis

4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight
Karl Rove

5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Panel on Writing History
James Donovan; Jeff Guinn; Hampton Sides

6am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Doug Stanton
Doug Stanton

7am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
2010 Tucson Festival of the Book - Gen. Anthony Zinni
Anthony Zinni

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Upcoming Programs

IN DEPTH

In Depth is Book TV's long form LIVE interview call-in program with one author discussing his or her body of work. It airs on the first Sunday of every month, beginning at Noon ET. You can watch previous episodes of In Depth online. In 2010 so far, Michelle Malkin, Paul Johnson, and T.R. Reid have been our guests. You can watch those online.

April--John Dean

Book Festivals

Book TV will be covering several book festivals this spring, including LIVE coverage of the Tucson Book Festival March 13-14, and the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville later in March. In April, plans for coverage include the Annapolis Book Festival as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Fair.