Join us tonight at 8pm (Eastern) for another edition of Book Talk Radio with Joe Conason.  Tonight our guest is Andrew Bacevich, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, professor of history and international relations at Boston University, and author of The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism.

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Bacevich identifies a profound triple crisis facing America: The economy, in remarkable disarray, can no longer be fixed by relying on expansion abroad; the government, transformed by an imperial presidency, is a democracy in form only; U.S. involvement in endless wars, driven by a deep infatuation with military power, has been a catastrophe for the body politic. These pressing problems threaten all of us, Republicans and Democrats. If the nation is to solve its predicament, it will need the revival of a distinctly American approach: the neglected tradition of realism.

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Join us tonight for another edition of Book Talk Radio, the online radio show of the Progressive Book Club. The show starts at 8pm Eastern.

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Tonight’s guest is Max Blumenthal, author of Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party Moderating the conversation is Salon.com columnist Joe Conason. This should be an interesting conversation - especially in light of the defeat yesterday of Glenn Beck acolyte Doug Hoffman in NY’s 23rd district.

Republican Gomorrah—Blumenthal’s remarkable, muckraking debut—is a bestiary of dysfunction, scandal, and crime from the heart of the movement that runs the Republican Party. He describes the people and the beliefs that establishment Republicans—like John McCain—need to kowtow to if they have any hope of running for president, and how moderates have been systematically purged from party ranks.

Update: Thanks to Michael Huttner and Mike Lux for a great show. Listen to the archived version below.

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Join us tonight for the launch of Book Talk Radio, an online radio show where progressive authors, activists, and you discuss politics, policy, and the progressive movement.

Our show tonight will feature Michael Huttner, co-founder of ProgressNow and author of 50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America.  Interviewing Michael will be Mike Lux, Clinton Administration veteran and author of The Progressive Revolution.

The two will discuss the current policy debates, and what ordinary Americans can do to help move forward a progressive agenda.  Listen live at 8pm, and call in with your questions for the authors.

We hope you’ll join us.