Best Defense
Thomas E. Ricks' daily take on national security.

Tom’s book tour to discuss ‘Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom’

My next book comes out in four weeks, and the publisher has been telling me about some initial bookstore appearances, so I thought I’d share them here:

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My next book comes out in four weeks, and the publisher has been telling me about some initial bookstore appearances, so I thought I’d share them here:

Tuesday, May 23 Washington D.C.

New America 12:15 p.m.

Politics & Prose 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 25 Philadelphia, Pa.

Free Library of Philadelphia 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 30 Seattle, Wash.

Town Hall 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 31 Portland, Ore.

Powell’s Burnside 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 1 San Francisco, Calif.

Book Passage/Corte Madera 1:00 p.m.

Friday, June 2 Los Angeles, Calif.

L.A. World Affairs Council Breakfast 8:00 a.m.

Orange County, Calif.

Nixon Presidential Library 12:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 7 Fairfax, Va.

Barnes & Noble 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 10

Chicago, details to come.

As more events are scheduled, they will be posted on this nifty site. As always, those wearing a “Best Defense” t-shirt get a front row seat.

And, of course, you can buy the book right now and you will be the first on your block to get it when it comes out. Also buy it for your dad on Father’s Day, uncle, and first mentor.

Photo credit: Amazon.com

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1

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