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Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
With his co-author, Senator Christopher Bond, Simons, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, argues that Southeast Asia, and especially Indonesia, will be the next hot spot in the war on terror. The authors propose that the U.S., having lost credibility with failed military efforts in the Middle East, deploy “smart power” –civilians—instead of soldiers to defuse anger and create alternatives to violent movements.
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Esfandiari’s 2006 visit to her mother in Tehran turned into a harrowing eight months of interrogations, phone taps, and solitary confinement in Evin Prison as Iranian authorities tried to prove she was part of an American conspiracy working for regime change. Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Esfandiari interweaves her experience as a political prisoner with the larger history of relations between America and Iran, and speculates on what may lie ahead for Iran.
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All our in-store events are free and open to the public. All event titles are 20% off for members during the month in which the author appears at the store. Click here for directions. There is ample parking available in the lot behind the store and in the surrounding neighborhood.
If you can't come to an event and still want an autographed copy of the book, you may purchase titles in advance either in the store, over the phone (202.364.1919 or 1.800.722.0790), or through our website. When buying online, simply use the checkout comments field to indicate that you would like us to request the author's signature at our event before shipping it to you. Event recordings on CD or MP3 are also available in the store and online.
All event-related inquiries can be sent to our Events Coordinator, Mike Giarratano, at events@politics-prose.com. For Children and Teens' Events, contact Gussie Lewis at glewis@politics-prose.com.