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I had to cut the LA and Florida trips of my book tour for family reasons, but this week I am doing two events, one in New York and one in DC, and a bunch of media in support of The Gamble. It ranked no. 5 on yesterday’s New York Times’ non-fiction bestseller list but ...

By , a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.
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I had to cut the LA and Florida trips of my book tour for family reasons, but this week I am doing two events, one in New York and one in DC, and a bunch of media in support of The Gamble. It ranked no. 5 on yesterday's New York Times' non-fiction bestseller list but won't stay there long if you don't buy it.


I had to cut the LA and Florida trips of my book tour for family reasons, but this week I am doing two events, one in New York and one in DC, and a bunch of media in support of The Gamble. It ranked no. 5 on yesterday’s New York Times’ non-fiction bestseller list but won’t stay there long if you don’t buy it.

Today: NPR’s “Talk of the Nation”

Today: “The Tavis Smiley Show”

Tues. March 10: CUNY Great Issues Forum on Military Power, New York

Wed. March 11: MSNBC “Morning Joe”

Wed. March 11: WILL (Illinois NPR) “Afternoon Magazine”

Thurs. March 12: WMJI (Cleveland)

Thurs. March 12: Canadian TV

Fri. March 13: Cato Institute forum on today’s Pentagon, Washington DC

Photo: Flickr user schwar

Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1

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