Thirty years ago, Pierre Sprey (left) was, like John Boyd and Chuck Spinney, one of the protagonists of my book National Defense. He is a great, innovative thinker who is always worth listening to, and tonight on C-Span he hosts an interview with William Hartung, about Hartung's book Prophets of War. Airing at 9pm Eastern; full schedule here. Very much worth checking out (or setting your TiVo for).
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James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. He has reported extensively from outside the United States and once worked as President Carter's chief speechwriter. He and his wife, Deborah Fallows, are the authors of the new book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America, which has been a New York Times best-seller and is the basis of a forthcoming HBO documentary.