On this edition of Conversations, Elliott Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis talk with host Dan Skinner about " 2034 - A Novel of the Next World War." Elliot Ackerman is the author of several novels, most recently “Red Dress In Black and White.” His writing often appears in Esquire, The New Yorker, and The New York Times where he is a contributing opinion writer. Retired four-star Admiral James Stavridis spent more than 30 years in the U.S. Navy and served as the Supreme Allied Commander at NATO. He has published nine previous books and hundreds of articles as well as being a Bloomberg Opinion weekly columnist, and a monthly columnist for TIME Magazine.