Two authors talked separately about their books about the war in Iraq. Then they answered questions from members of the audience together. Colonel Bien (Ret.) moderated.

Rajiv Chandrasekaran talked about his book Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone, published by Knopf. Mr. Chandrasekaran outlines missteps of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. Rajiv Chandrasekaran was the Washington Post's Baghdad bureau chief from April 2003 to October 2004.

General Wesley Clark (Ret.) talked about his book A Time to Lead: For Duty, Honor and Country, published by Palgrave Macmillan. Wesley K. Clark was the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, from 1997 to 2000. He previously served as director of strategic plans and policy for the Joint Staff at the Pentagon from 1994 to 1996.

At the beginning of the program a brief street scene live from the Miami Book Fair International introduced the weekend’s programming.