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183652-1 | Chris Wallace | Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage | —from the publisher's website Throughout American history, presidents have faced difficult choices-- decisions that have had grave political and personal consequences. Will leadership prevail? Or will the office cede power to popular opinion? At these critical times, many of our presidents have chosen a path of genuine... | 2004-10-31T00:00:00 | 159071038X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/183652-1 |
80204-1 | David Horowitz | Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey | Mr. Horowitz talked about his autobiography, Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey. He talked about his background, including his early life with communist parents and as a leader of leftist movements in the 1960s and how he became a conservative later in life. | 1997-04-13T00:00:00 | 068482793X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/80204-1 |
123557-1 | Floyd Flake | The Way of the Bootstrapper: Nine Action Steps For Achieving Your Dreams | A highly esteemed Democratic congressman from eleven years, Reverend Floyd Flake is the influential pastor of New York's Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the largest churches in America. What's the key to his success? Bootstrapping. It is Flake's motivational system of taking personal responsibility in ... | 1999-07-04T00:00:00 | 0062515950 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/123557-1 |
121264-1 | Tom Brokaw | The Greatest Generation | One of NBC's most famous anchormen celebrates the greatest generation in history — Americans born in the 1920s who came of age during the Great Depression, fought in World War II, and went on to build America. The Greatest Generation will be also be the subject of a concurrent NBC-TV show. —from the publisher's website | 1999-03-07T00:00:00 | 0375502025 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/121264-1 |
167924-1 | Bernard Lewis | What Went Wrong?: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response | One of the world's leading authorities looks at the eclipse of the Middle East in the last three centuries and how the aftermath is felt to this day For many centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement--the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and science... | 2001-12-30T00:00:00 | 0195144201 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/167924-1 |
168016-1 | Edward Steers Jr. | Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | The assassination of Abraham Lincoln is usually told as a tale of a lone deranged actor who struck from a twisted lust for revenge. This is not only too simple an explanation; Blood on the Moon reveals that it is completely wrong. John Wilkes Booth was neither mad nor alone in his act of murder. He received the help of... | 2002-02-17T00:00:00 | 0813122171 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/168016-1 |
48269-1 | Tom Rosenstiel | Strange Bedfellows | Mr. Rosenstiel discussed his book Strange Bedfellows: How Television and the Presidential Candidates Changed American Politics, 1992. The book deals with the impact of television coverage of the 1992 presidential election on the outcome of that election. The author concentrated on ABC news coverage, receiving permissio... | 1993-08-08T00:00:00 | 0786880228 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/48269-1 |
164503-1 | Thomas Fleming | The New Dealers' War | Controversial and revisionist to the core, a sweeping re-examination of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's handling-and mishandling-of World War II. Acclaimed historian Thomas Fleming brings to life the flawed and troubled FDR who struggled to manage WWII. Starting with the leak to the press of Roosevelt's famous Rainbow Plan... | 2001-08-26T00:00:00 | 0465024645 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/164503-1 |
163338-1 | Kiron Skinner | Reagan In His Own Hand | Until Alzheimer's disease wreaked its gradual destruction, Ronald Reagan was an inveterate writer. He wrote not only letters, short fiction, poetry, and sports stories, but speeches, newspaper articles, and radio commentary on public policy issues, both foreign and domestic. Most of Reagan's original writings are pre-p... | 2001-04-29T00:00:00 | 074320123X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/163338-1 |
91741-1 | Thomas West | Vindicating the Founders | Today students are taught that America's Founding Fathers were racist, sexist, and elitist. Historians condemn them as hypocrites who failed to live up to their own enlightened principles. In this landmark book, Thomas G. West debunks these and other widely held myths about the Founders' political thought. It is common... | 1997-11-02T00:00:00 | 0847685160 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/91741-1 |
100454-1 | Taylor Branch | Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 | In Pillar of Fire , the second volume of his America in the King Years trilogy, Taylor Branch portrays the civil rights era at its zenith. The first volume, Parting the Waters , won the Pulitzer Prize for History. It is a monumental chronicle of a movement that stirred from Southern black churches to challenge the nati... | 1998-04-12T00:00:00 | 1416558705 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/100454-1 |
155477-1 | Tavis Smiley | Doing What's Right | Travis Smiley discussed his book, "Doing What's Right: How to Fight for What You Believe - And Make a Difference," published by Doubleday. The book is a collection of essays from the syndicated radio talk show host, providing his philosophy of self-improvement through community involvement. | 2000-04-09T00:00:00 | 0385499302 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/155477-1 |
89123-1 | Peter Gomes | The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind & Heart | One of this country's most acclaimed preachers, Peter J. Gomes is the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and minister of the Memorial Church at Harvard for twenty-five years. In The Good Book: Reading the Bible With Mind and Heart (Morrow). "Peter Gomes has taken on a monumental task of interpreting the Bible that a... | 1997-09-21T00:00:00 | 0688134475 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/89123-1 |
73835-1 | Lloyd Kramer | Lafayette in Two Worlds | Mr. Kramer talked about his book, "Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Identities in an Age of Revolutions," published by the University of North Carolina Press. He talked about the Marquis de Lafayette as a public and private figure, including his role in shaping early U.S. nationalism and his relationship wi... | 1996-09-15T00:00:00 | 0807822582 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/73835-1 |
77488-1 | Stanley Wolpert | Nehru: A Tryst with Destiny | Jawaharlal Nehru was India's royal figure, its matinee idol, its most gifted prime minister. He combined a unique array of talents: compelling oratory, a brilliant mind, good looks, a keen political sense, but he also suffered from brooding isolation. He left an indelible mark on both the country he led to independence... | 1996-12-29T00:00:00 | 0195100735 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/77488-1 |
84989-1 | Jack Rakove | Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution | WHAT DID THE U.S. Constitution originally mean, and who has understood meaning best? Do we look to the intentions its framers at the Federal Convention of 1787, or those of its ratifiers in the states? Or should we trust our own judgment in deciding whether original meaning of the Constitution should guide its later in... | 1997-07-06T00:00:00 | 0394578589 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/84989-1 |
17242-1 | Richard Brookhiser | The Way of the WASP | Mr. Brookhiser talked about his book The Way of the WASP: How it Made America and How It Can Save It...So To Speak, published by Free Press. It is meant to show where America has come from and thereby discover where the country might be going. In the book, Mr. Brookhiser argues that the ethics of the WASPs formed Ameri... | 1991-03-24T00:00:00 | 0029047226 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/17242-1 |
66038-1 | Newt Gingrich | To Renew America | Speaker Gingrich discussed his book To Renew America, published by Harper Collins Publishers. The book outlines his views on how what he calls American civilization can be renewed and restored by making several key decisions in the next few years. | 1995-07-23T00:00:00 | 006017336X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/66038-1 |
78276-1 | John Brady | Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater | Mr. Brady talked about his new book, Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater, published by Addison-Wesley. It focuses on the life and career of this former Republican National Committee chair and party leader during the 1980s. He died in 1991 from a brain tumor. The program opens with music from "Red, Hot and Blu... | 1997-02-09T00:00:00 | 0201627337 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/78276-1 |
78628-1 | Jon Katz | Virtuous Reality | Mr. Katz talked about his book, "Virtuous Reality: How America Surrendered Discussion of Moral Values to Opportunists, Nitwits and Blockheads Like William Bennett," published by Random House. The book focuses on the cultural wars that have been spawned by new media outlets, such as talk radio and the Internet. He also ... | 1997-03-23T00:00:00 | 0679449132 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/78628-1 |
74188-1 | Monica Crowley | Nixon off the Record: His Commentary on People and Politics | Ms. Crowley talked about her new book, Nixon off the Record, published by Random House. It is based on her recordings of conversations the former president had with her and others while she was his assistant from 1990 until his death in 1994. She related his opinions on various leaders and issues and what she learned a... | 1996-09-29T00:00:00 | 0679456813 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/74188-1 |
170755-1 | Simon Worrall | The Poet and the Murderer | —from the publisher's website In The Poet and the Murderer , acclaimed journalist Simon Worrall takes readers into the haunting mind of Mark Hofmann, one of the most daring literary forgers and remorseless murderers of the late twentieth century. He was a young Mormon boy who loathed what he believed to be the hypocris... | 2002-08-18T00:00:00 | 0525945962 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/170755-1 |
68402-1 | Charles Kuralt | Charles Kuralt's America | Charles Kuralt talked about his book, "Charles Kuralt's America," published by Putnam Publishing Group. He reminisced about his favorite places in the U.S. He was formerly a host of "Sunday Morning" on CBS television and did "On the Road" segments from various parts of the U.S. | 1995-12-31T00:00:00 | 0385485107 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/68402-1 |
39134-1 | Michael Kelly | Martyr's Day: Chronicle of a Small War | Michael Kelly discussed the research behind his book, "Martyr's Day: Chronicle of a Small War," published by Random House, which focused on Iraq during and after the Persian Gulf War. He spoke on the devastation of the Persian Gulf War on the people of Iraq, as well as the hard-line stance of the Iraqi government in ma... | 1993-03-28T00:00:00 | 1400030366 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/39134-1 |
26325-1 | Lester Thurow | Head to Head | Professor Lester Thurow discussed the ideas behind his book, "Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America." He spoke on the political, economic, and psychological ramifications for America of the economic unification of Europe in 1993, and the changes in the global political and economic b... | 1992-05-31T00:00:00 | 0446394971 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/26325-1 |
67045-1 | Irving Kristol | Neoconservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea | Professor Irving Kristol discussed his book, "Neo-Conservatism: The Autobiography of an Idea, Selected Essays 1949-1995," published by The Free Press. He talked at length about the development of his personal philosophy which began with Marxism in the 1940s. His outlook became more conservative over the years and the t... | 1995-09-24T00:00:00 | 0028740211 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/67045-1 |
32291-1 | James Billington | Russia Transformed: Breakthrough to Hope | James Billington, author of Russia Transformed: Breakthrough to Hope, published by The Free Press, discussed his analysis of the transformation of Russian culture following the collapse of Communism. Mr. Billington spoke on his experiences in the Soviet Union over the past thirty years, including his visit to the Sovie... | 1992-09-13T00:00:00 | 0029035155 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/32291-1 |
178164-1 | Lance Morrow | Evil: An Investigation | —from the publisher's website Long couched only in theological terms, and popularly personified by the despots of history, the nature of evil has resisted explanation. In this singular survey of this mysterious but all too often palpable force, veteran Time magazine writer Lance Morrow examines the unmistakable ways ev... | 2003-10-19T00:00:00 | 0465047548 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/178164-1 |
157925-1 | H. Paul Jeffers | An Honest President: The Life & Presidencies of Grover Cleveland | Best known as the only president to be elected to two non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland also impressed with his record as a staunch reformer. This book provides the first full look at a president whose moral timber and courageous administrations have more to say to today's politicians than perhaps any other leade... | 2000-08-06T00:00:00 | 038097746X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/157925-1 |
86425-1 | Tom Clancy | Into the Storm: A Study in Command | For many Americans the overwhelming and rapid defeat of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War in 1991 signaled the final chapter in the U.S. military's amazing recovery from the tragedy of Vietnam. Leading a multinational coalition put together by President Bush, the U.S. military had liberated Kuwait and reduced the Iraqi ... | 1997-07-13T00:00:00 | 0425196771 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/86425-1 |
52460-1 | Richard Reeves | President Kennedy: Profile of Power | Mr. Reeves described his book, "President Kennedy: Profile of Power," published by Simon and Schuster. The book is meant to illustrate President Kennedy's own view of his three years in office, through research in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room tapes and interviews with such Kennedy advisers as Pierre Salinger. Mr. R... | 1993-12-12T00:00:00 | 0671892894 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/52460-1 |
176702-1 | Vartan Gregorian | The Road to Home: My Life and Times | —from the publisher's website Vartan Gregorian's tale starts with a childhood of poverty, deprivation, and enchantment in the Armenian quarter of Tabriz, Iran. As the world reeled from depression into six years of warfare, his mother died, leaving his grandmother Voski as the loving staff of his life. Through unlettere... | 2003-06-29T00:00:00 | 068480834X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/176702-1 |
25258-1 | Nan Robertson | The Girls in the Balcony | Nan Robertson discussed her book, "The Girls in The Balcony: Women, Men, and The New York Times." Her book chronicles the history of sex discrimination at The New York Times. It also details the class action suit brought against The New York Times by seven women in 1974, which was settled in favor of the women. Ms. Rob... | 1992-03-29T00:00:00 | 0595154646 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/25258-1 |
15031-1 | Jean Edward Smith | Lucius D. Clay: An American Life | Jean Edward Smith, a professor at Marshall University, discussed the life of General Lucius D. Clay, chronicled in his book, "Lucius D. Clay: An American Life." Mr. Smith credits General Clay with rebuilding Germany, following World War II, into a prosperous and democratic nation. General Clay was the American overseer... | 1990-11-18T00:00:00 | 0805017879 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/15031-1 |
170086-1 | John Leonard | Lonesome Rangers: Homeless Minds, Promised Lands, Fugitive Cultures | An exciting and far-reaching new book on writers and exile by the leading literary critic. John Leonard, "the fastest wit in the East" ( The New York Times Book Review ), is back with the off-beat, wide-ranging style that earned his last book, When the Kissing Had to Stop , a place among the Voice Literary Supplement's... | 2002-06-30T00:00:00 | 156584694X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/170086-1 |
174208-1 | Andrew Roberts | Napoleon & Wellington | —from the publisher's website An award-winning historian offers an eye-opening view of the relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington, whose lives moved inexorably to their meeting at Waterloo, one of the most famous battles of all time. At breakfast on the morning of the battle of Waterloo, the... | 2003-01-12T00:00:00 | 0743228324 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/174208-1 |
35544-1 | Daniel Boorstin | The Creators | Mr. Boorstin, author of The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination published by Random House, discussed the research behind his history of major figures in world history who expanded the horizons of humankind through inventiveness, creativity, and ingenuity. The figures discussed in the book include figures f... | 1992-12-06T00:00:00 | 0679743758 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/35544-1 |
169463-1 | David Lipsky | Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point | —from the publisher's website Lipsky, a Rolling Stone writer and an award-winning novelist, chronicles daily life at the U.S. Military Academy during the most tumultuous period in its history. In 1998, West Point made David Lipsky an unprecedented offer: stay at the Academy as long as you like, go wherever you wish, ta... | 2003-08-17T00:00:00 | 061809542X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/169463-1 |
164555-1 | Morton Kondracke | Saving Milly: Love, Politics, and Parkinson's Disease | A deeply moving, unflinchingly honest memoir by the renowned political journalist of his extraordinary relationship with his wife, Milly, and how her battle with Parkinson's disease has transformed their lives. Morton Kondracke did not intend to marry Millicent Martinez. He intended to marry an Ivy League heiress whose... | 2001-06-10T00:00:00 | 1586480375 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/164555-1 |
70845-1 | Robert Kaplan | The Ends of the Earth | Mr. Kaplan talked about his book, "The Ends of the Earth: A Journey at the Dawn of the 21st Century," published by Random House. He warned against the widening gap between rich and poor in many areas of the world and predicted that anarchy will result, first in Eastern Europe and later in Africa and other places. He in... | 1996-04-21T00:00:00 | 0679431489 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/70845-1 |
179039-1 | Michael Moore | Dude, Where’s My Country? | —from the publisher's website Fresh on the heels of his #1 New York Times bestseller, Stupid White Men , Michael Moore returns with a bold but hilarious act of sedition as he seeks to overthrow the "Thief in Chief" and effect the kind of grass roots change that will shake the very foundations of our country. In case an... | 2003-11-16T00:00:00 | 0446532231 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/179039-1 |
181499-1 | Samuel Huntington | Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity | —from the publisher's website In his seminal work The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order , Samuel Huntington argued provocatively and presciently that with the end of the cold war, "civilizations" were replacing ideologies as the new fault lines in international politics. His astute analysis has pro... | 2004-06-13T00:00:00 | 0684870533 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/181499-1 |
179455-1 | Richard Pipes | Vixi: Memoirs of a Non-Belonger | —from the publisher's website A distinguished historian, Harvard professor, and White House adviser looks back on his own life and on the tumultuous twentieth century Sixteen-year-old Richard Pipes escaped from Nazi-occupied Warsaw with his family in October 1939. Their flight took them to the United States by way of I... | 2003-12-07T00:00:00 | 0300101651 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/179455-1 |
60001-1 | Paul Weaver | News and the Culture of Lying | Paul Weaver spoke about his book, "News and the Culture of Lying," which argues that public affairs are essentially staged events by public officials to court public favor and that the media help guide them along for their "performances." Thus the newsmakers and the news media are involved in an interrelated circle of ... | 1994-09-04T00:00:00 | 9780029340219 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/60001-1 |
91723-1 | Geoffrey Perret | Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President | Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President by Geoffrey Perret, author of Old Soldiers Never Die, is a cradle to grave biography that covers every important aspect of Grant's life, both as soldier and president. Using new materials not seen by any contemporary writer—most notably 12 more volumes of Grant's papers and recentl... | 1997-10-12T00:00:00 | 0679447660 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/91723-1 |
15360-1 | Shen Tong | Almost a Revolution | Shen Tong was a student leader of the pro-democracy demonstrations in China during the spring of 1989. "Almost a Revolution: The Story of a Chinese Student's Journey From Boyhood to Leadership in Tiananmen Square" recounts Shen Tong's involvement in political demonstrations in China during the 1980s. The book is writte... | 1990-12-16T00:00:00 | 0060974303 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/15360-1 |
125373-1 | Michael Cottman | The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie | When prize-winning journalist and avid scuba diver Michael Cottman participated in an underwater expedition to survey the sunken wreck of a slave ship off the coast of Florida, he was overwhelmed by powerful feelings of kinship and oneness with his African ancestors. As he held in his hands the very shackles that once ... | 1999-07-18T00:00:00 | 0517703289 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/125373-1 |
119569-1 | Allen Weinstein | The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America The Stalin Era | Based upon previously secret KGB records, The Haunted Wood reveals for the first time the riveting story of Soviet espionage's "golden age" in the United States throughout the 1930s, World War II, and the early Cold War. Historian Allen Weinstein, author of Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case, and Alexander Vassiliev, a fo... | 1999-03-14T00:00:00 | 0679457240 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/119569-1 |
16899-1 | Haynes Johnson | Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years | Mr. Johnson's book, Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years, talks about the 1980s as the most important years in the United States since World War II. Ronald Reagan was the first president since Eisenhower to serve two consecutive terms, and this Mr. Johnson said, made it possible for him to "invent ... | 1991-03-03T00:00:00 | 0385422598 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/16899-1 |
77223-1 | President Bill Clinton | Between Hope & History | President Clinton spoke about his book, Between Hope and History: America's Challenges for the 21st Century. It outlines the accomplishments of his first term and his agenda for the next four years as a mixture of various political ideas and ideologies. The title comes from an Irish poem. He also talked about other top... | 1996-12-15T00:00:00 | 0812929136 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/77223-1 |
67753-1 | Bell Hooks | Killing Rage: Ending Racism | Professor Hooks talked about her book, Killing Rage: Ending Racism, published by Henry Holt & Company. The book is a collection of 23 essays discussing the issue of race in America from a Black and feminist perspective. The author argues that in order to end racism, Americans must envision a world without it. She spoke... | 1995-11-19T00:00:00 | 0805037829 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/67753-1 |
57532-1 | Dan Quayle | Standing Firm | The former vice president spoke about his book, "Standing Firm," in which he discussed his life prior to and including his tenure as vice president. He described his family and the influence they have had on his life. A large portion of the book covered media misperceptions of him and the need for a more objective medi... | 1994-07-24T00:00:00 | 9780060177584 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/57532-1 |
177423-1 | Richard Viguerie | America's Right Turn | —from the publisher's website Liberal media activists beware! Richard A. Viguerie, venture capitalist of the conservative movement (described as the “funding father of the right”) and David Franke, a founder of the conservative movement, detail how conservatives—shut out by the liberal mass media of the 1950s and ’60s—... | 2004-09-05T00:00:00 | 1566252520 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/177423-1 |
38530-1 | Alex Dragnich | Serbs & Croats: The Struggle in Yugoslavia | Professor Dragnich discussed his book, Serbs and Croats, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. He described the causes and effects of the struggle in the former Yugoslavia between the two opposing ethnic groups. Professor Dragnich is a political science professor of Serbian background. | 1993-03-06T00:00:00 | 0156806630 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/38530-1 |
107196-1 | Ben Procter | William Randolph Hearst: The Early Years, 1863-1910 | William Randolph Hearst was one of the most colorful and important figures of turn-of-the-century America, a man who changed the face of American journalism and whose influence extends to the present day. Now, in William Randolph Hearst , Ben Proctor gives us the most authoritative account of Hearst's extraordinary car... | 1998-07-19T00:00:00 | 1195112776 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/107196-1 |
18639-1 | Roger Gittines | Consequences: John G. Tower, A Personal and Political Memoir | Mr. Gittines, the ghostwriter of the late Senator John Tower, provided an inside account of the political process and offered insights into Washington politics. He also spoke of the bond between President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Tower, especially during the time of the Vietnam War. He told how the senator made se... | 1991-06-30T00:00:00 | 0316851132 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/18639-1 |
9435-1 | Barbara Ehrenreich | Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class | Barbara Ehrenreich talked about her book Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class in which she examined social stereotypes. A freelance writer and a columnist and contributing editor for Ms. magazine, she also holds a Ph.D. in biology. Coming from a blue-collar background, she uses her experience to present ... | 1989-10-08T00:00:00 | 0060973331 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/9435-1 |
173283-1 | Caryle Murphy | Passion for Islam | —from the publisher's website "Islam's revival is reshaping Egypt and other Arab countries in ways beyond violent politics. The yearning for personal solace, a just political system, indigenous lifestyles, and relevant theology all await satisfaction....Just as the Nile runs through Egypt for almost eight hundred miles... | 2002-11-03T00:00:00 | 0743235789 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/173283-1 |
156704-1 | David Crosby | Stand and Be Counted: Making Music, Making History | American music legend David Crosby presents a rich and powerful history of the great musical events that have advanced human rights throughout the past five decades. of photos. Crosby's dramatic narrative provides a "you are there" feeling as artists relate emotionally riveting events: Harry Belafonte movingly recalls ... | 2000-05-28T00:00:00 | 0062515748 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/156704-1 |
163850-1 | Emily Bernard | Remember Me to Harlem | These engaging and wonderfully alive letters paint an intimate portrait of two of the most important and influential figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Carl Van Vechten—older, established, and white—was at first a mentor to the younger, gifted, and black Langston Hughes. But the relationship quickly grew into a great f... | 2001-04-22T00:00:00 | 0679451137 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/163850-1 |
63783-1 | Stanley Greenberg | Middle Class Dreams | Mr. Greenberg talked about his recent book, Middle Class Dreams, published by Times Books. It focuses on how "middle class" Americans have become alienated from the current political system and how they can influence the next election. He believes that this new majority has changed the two party dynamic, the Republican... | 1995-04-09T00:00:00 | 0517179857 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/63783-1 |
16808-1 | Robert Kuttner | The End of Laissez-Faire | Robert Kutner's book, "The End of Laissez-Faire: National Purpose and the Global Economy After the Cold War," describes the Reagan administration's "anti-government" policies. He said the country has been run under a false utopian view over the last ten years. Deregulation of banks and airlines are examples of failed p... | 1991-02-24T00:00:00 | 0812214013 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/16808-1 |
64214-1 | David Maraniss | First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton | David Maraniss talked about his book, "First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton," published by Simon and Schuster, which won the Pulitzer Prize. It focuses on the early life of Bill Clinton and how he rose from an anonymous background in a small southern town to become president of the United States. He also tal... | 1995-05-07T00:00:00 | 0684818906 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/64214-1 |
10122-1 | Clifford Stoll | The Cuckoo's Egg | Clifford Stoll enthusiastically discussed his discovery and tracking of a West German computer spy who "broke" into his institution's computer network to access other networks throughout the U.S. In "The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage," Stoll details the story involving Markus Hess,... | 1989-12-03T00:00:00 | 0743411463 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/10122-1 |
44051-1 | George Shultz | Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State | George Shultz spoke about his book, "Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State," which was published by Touchstone Books. He presented a personal account of his tenure as secretary of state, from 1982 to 1989, under President Ronald Reagan. In Turmoil and Triumph, he recounts President Reagan's foreign policy... | 1993-06-27T00:00:00 | 0684193256 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/44051-1 |
80114-1 | Christopher Buckley | Wry Martinis | Mr. Buckley talked about his new book, “Wry Martinis,” published by Random House. It is a collection of essays on various topics previously published in the New Yorker and elsewhere. Mr. Buckley also discussed his writing career, which included two years as a speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush. | 1997-05-04T00:00:00 | 0060977426 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/80114-1 |
123553-1 | Bill Gertz | Betrayal: How the Clinton Administration Undermined American Security | Bill Gertz, who covers national security for the Washington Times, lays out a chilling argument against Bill Clinton's foreign policy in Betrayal. In his view, Clinton's "naive" strategies of "appeasement" with China and Russia have resulted in a betrayal of American interests, leaving "the United States weaker militar... | 1999-05-30T00:00:00 | 0895261960 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/123553-1 |
158396-1 | Harry Stein | How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy | A former Left-identified novelist/journalist charts his transition from liberal to conservative in this unjaundiced political memoir. Looking back over decades, Stein recalls his growing bewilderment with and estrangement from the counterculture, and shares the liberating joy and comfortableness of his new position on ... | 2000-08-20T00:00:00 | 038533396X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/158396-1 |
170043-1 | Diana Preston | Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy | On May 7, 1915, toward the end of a routine crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, RMS Lusitania pride of the Cunard Line and one of the greatest ocean liners afloat became the target of a terrifying new weapon and a casualty of a terrible new kind of war. Sunk by a torpedo fired from the German submarine U-20, ... | 2002-06-23T00:00:00 | 0802713750 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/170043-1 |
179699-1 | Antony Beevor | The Mystery Of Olga Chekhova | —from the publisher's website In 1920, young Olga Chekhova, the beautiful niece of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, fled Moscow for Berlin—taking only a smuggled diamond ring. Olga quickly won both celebrity as an actress and prominence in the ranks of Germany’s Nazi party, eventually becoming Hitler’s favorite actres... | 2004-10-24T00:00:00 | 0670033405 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/179699-1 |
60409-1 | John Kenneth Galbraith | A Journey Through Economic Time | Professor Galbraith talked about his lifelong interest in economics and discussed his recent book. A Journey Through Economic Time describes the evolution of his own economic thought over his long academic career. He says he has learned a good deal, including that economic theory is not constant but must change with ch... | 1994-11-13T00:00:00 | 0395741750 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/60409-1 |
53348-1 | Willard Sterne Randall | Thomas Jefferson: A Life | Professor Willard Randall discussed his book, "Thomas Jefferson: A Life," published by Henry Holt and Company. In the 700-page book, the emphasis is on Jefferson's years in France as ambassador from the U.S., because there is less documentation of that period of his life. Professor Randall described much of Jefferson's... | 1993-12-26T00:00:00 | 0805015779 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/53348-1 |
71644-1 | Seymour Martin Lipset | American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword | Professor Lipset discussed his book, "American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword," published by W.W. Norton and Company. He talked about the differences between the United States and other nations in positive ways, such as freedom and social equality, and in negative ways, such as crime and racism. | 1996-06-23T00:00:00 | 0393316149 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/71644-1 |
124611-1 | Michael Korda | Another Life: A Memoir of Other People | In his remarkable new memoir, at once frank, audacious, canny, and revealing, Michael Korda, the author of Charmed Lives and Queenie , does for the world of books what Moss Hart did for the theater in Act One, and succeeds triumphantly in making publishing seem as exciting (and as full of great characters) as the stage... | 1999-07-11T00:00:00 | 0679456597 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/124611-1 |
152230-1 | James Glassman | Dow 36,000 | Contrarian . . . controversial . . . compelling . . . practical This book will liberate investors from conventional wisdom and change the way everyone thinks about stocks and investing. What's the message investors have been getting from media pundits and so-called market experts? "Stocks are in the stratosphere. . . T... | 1999-10-03T00:00:00 | 0812931459 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/152230-1 |
71142-1 | Stanley Crouch | The All-American Skin Game, or the Decoy of Race | Mr. Crouch talked about his recent book, The All-American Skins Game, or, The Decoy of Race, the Long and the Short of It, 1990-1994, published by Pantheon. The essays are about human life and American democracy, race in U.S. culture, current cinema, feminism, and music. He uses jazz as a metaphor for maintaining democ... | 1996-05-12T00:00:00 | 0679442022 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/71142-1 |
91435-1 | Alan Schom | Napoleon Bonaparte | Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most powerful and dominating historical figures of all time, the greatest of all French heroes, and to this day, an endlessly fascinating subject. While thousands of books have been written on him, no comprehensive, one volume biography exists. American-born French scholar Alan Schom ha... | 1997-10-26T00:00:00 | 0060172142 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/91435-1 |
21629-1 | Stephen Carter | Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby | Mr. Carter attended Stanford University and Yale University Law School. He discussed the problem of whites opposed to affirmative action being labelled racist, and blacks opposed to affirmative action being seen as "traitors." He said he wrote the book to promote the benefits of affirmative action and to get rid of the... | 1991-09-29T00:00:00 | 0465068693 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/21629-1 |
64553-1 | Yuri Shvets | Washington Station: My Life as a KGB Spy in America | Mr. Shvets talked about his recently published book, Washington Station, published by Simon and Schuster. It is based on his experiences as a K.G.B. agent in Washington, D.C. from 1980 to 1990. He believes that intelligence was one of the most inefficient aspects of the Cold War, and that the money and resources expend... | 1995-06-18T00:00:00 | 0788166786 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/64553-1 |
21064-1 | Liva Baker | The Justice from Beacon Hill | Liva Baker, author of two previous books on the Supreme Court, discussed her book, “The Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell Holmes.” At the beginning of the interview, Ms. Baker explained why she wrote the book: "He was Mount Everest for a legal historian---he was there, he had to be done." S... | 1991-09-08T00:00:00 | 0060166290 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/21064-1 |
102936-1 | David Aikman | Great Souls: Six Who Changed the Century | For more than two decades David Aikman watched world history unfold before his eyes. From his unique position as senior foreign correspondent for Time Magazine, Aikman was assigned to stories that only an elite group of journalists were privileged to cover. As a Christian believer, he brought an added dimension to his ... | 1998-05-03T00:00:00 | 0849909651 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/102936-1 |
8609-1 | Porter McKeever | Adlai Stevenson: His Life and Legacy | Porter McKeever, publicity director of volunteers for presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 election, talked about his personal experiences in his book, "Adlai Stevenson: His Life and Legacy." Among the topics discussed was the progressive nature of Mr. Stevenson. McKeever noted that while many of Stevenso... | 1989-08-06T00:00:00 | 0688066615 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/8609-1 |
173871-1 | Stephen Schwartz | The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa’ud from Tradition to Terror | —from the publisher's website In this informed, compelling exploration of Moslem beliefs and of the sectarian conflicts within the community, a Jewish historian paints a sympathetic portrait of mainstream Islam and exposes the centuries-old roots of Osama bin Laden’s extremism. The difficult, protracted war against ter... | 2003-02-02T00:00:00 | 0385506929 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/173871-1 |
181143-1 | Michael Dobbs | Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America | —from the publisher's website Shortly after America’s entry into World War II, Adolf Hitler ordered an extensive sabotage campaign against the United States to disrupt the production of tanks and airplanes and blow up bridges and railroads. Eight German saboteurs were dispatched across the Atlantic by U-boat, one team ... | 2004-03-28T00:00:00 | 0375414703 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/181143-1 |
182109-1 | Amy Goodman | The Exception to the Rulers | —from the publisher's website In The Exception to the Rulers , award-winning journalist Amy Goodman, with the aid of her brother David, exposes the lies, corruption, and crimes of the power elite -- an elite that is bolstered by large media conglomerates. Her goal is "to go where the silence is, to give voice to the si... | 2004-06-06T00:00:00 | 1401301312 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/182109-1 |
162903-1 | Dick Gregory | Callus on My Soul: A Memoir | A comedian, actor, civil rights activity and nutrition guru, Gregory is renowned for his biting satire. Now, more than 30 years after his bestselling book Nigger, Gregory has put his provocative life story down on paper, recounting his unique experience and discussing a host of other luminaries—from Rosa Parks to Hugh ... | 2001-03-04T00:00:00 | 1563525542 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/162903-1 |
160224-1 | William Duiker | Ho Chi Minh: A Life | This biography of Marxist revolutionary and political leader Ho Chi Minh chronicles his peasant background, his education—which included formative years in Paris—and his role as leader of the liberation movement to unify his people as a nation. In 1954, Ho became President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The res... | 2000-11-12T00:00:00 | 0786863870 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/160224-1 |
161310-1 | Bernard Weisberger | America Afire | America Afire is the powerful story of the election of 1800, arguably the most important election in America's history and certainly one of the most hotly disputed. American self-government was still an endangered experiment seventeen years after the War of Independence had been won. As 1800 dawned, the sacrifices and ... | 2001-02-25T00:00:00 | 038097763X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/161310-1 |
25755-1 | Tinsley Yarbrough | John Marshall Harlan: Great Dissenter of the Warren Court | Tinsley Yarbrough discussed his book, "John Marshall Harlan: Great Dissenter of the Warren Court." The book is a biography of former Justice Marshall and his impact on the Warren Court. | 1992-04-26T00:00:00 | 0195060903 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/25755-1 |
71097-1 | Jean Baker | The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family | Professor Jean Baker discussed her book, “The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family,” published by W.W. Norton and Company. In the book, she traced the family history of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III, former U.S. senator from Illinois. Ms. Baker described the family's Scottish-Irish roots, and detailed the lives an... | 1996-04-07T00:00:00 | 0393038742 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/71097-1 |
55387-1 | Clare Brandt | The Man in the Mirror: A Life of Benedict Arnold | Clare Brandt discussed her recent book The Man in the Mirror: A Life of Benedict Arnold, published by Random House, which examines Benedict Arnold's life and role in the American Revolution. She was intrigued by the reason for Arnold's actions as a traitor during this era. She said that the libraries where she conducte... | 1994-03-20T00:00:00 | 0679401067 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/55387-1 |
6735-1 | Judy Shelton | The Coming Soviet Crash | Judy Shelton, author of "The Coming Soviet Crash," analyzed the condition of the Soviet economy. Due to its emphasis on military spending, the Soviets have neglected all other areas of their economic development and thus face a crisis. This crisis is so grave, Shelton said, that the collapse of the Soviet system is imm... | 1989-04-09T00:00:00 | 002928581X | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/6735-1 |
11527-1 | David Halevy | Inside the PLO | Mr. Halevy talked about the book he co-authored with Neil Livingstone, Inside the PLO, published by William Morrow. He discussed the background of Yasir Arafat. He referred to Arafat choosing a political strategy after military and terrorist strategies were ineffective. Halevy described his own background in Israel, in... | 1990-03-18T00:00:00 | 0688093353 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/11527-1 |
66079-1 | John Hockenberry | Moving Violations: A Memoir: | Journalist Hockenberry was paralyzed in an auto accident at age 19. His book, Moving Violations: A Memoir - War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence, is an exploration of his career and of his adventures in discovering the meaning of life in a wheel chair. The book is published by Hyperion. | 1995-07-30T00:00:00 | 0786881623 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/66079-1 |
87257-1 | LeAlan Jones | Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago | Teenagers LeAlan Jones And Lloyd Newman, Tell Story Of Chicago's Ida B. Wells Housing Project. NPR Radio Documentaries Ghetto Life 101 and Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse With Producer David Isay, Served As Basis For Book. "LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman have told us a story that should tear at our hearts. They sp... | 1997-08-03T00:00:00 | 0613084993 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/87257-1 |
157968-1 | Harold Bloom | How to Read and Why | "Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom commences this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has transformed college students into lifelong readers with hi... | 2000-09-03T00:00:00 | 0684859068 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/157968-1 |
15508-1 | Garry Wills | Under God: Religion and American Politics | Garry Wills discussed his book, "Under God: Religion and American Politics," published by Simon and Schuster. He explained why no non-Christian has ever been elected to the office of president. He labeled religion as an important determinant to voters during election time, in particular with the Kennedy election of the... | 1990-12-30T00:00:00 | 0671747460 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/15508-1 |
39360-1 | Nadine Cohodas | Strom Thurmond & the Politics of Southern Change | Ms. Cohodas discussed her book, Strom Thurmond and the Politics of Southern Change, published by Simon and Schuster, including her reasons for writing it. The book focuses on Senator Thurmond's career as a politician and describes the evolution of his political ideology and the civil rights struggle from a white perspe... | 1993-04-04T00:00:00 | 0865544468 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/39360-1 |
96281-1 | Sally Quinn | The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining | Sally Quinn talked about her book, "The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining," published by Simon and Schuster. She talked about what makes a good guest at a dinner party and her ideas and conceptions of what makes a good hostess. Ms. Quinn writes a column for the Style section of the Washington Post. | 1997-12-28T00:00:00 | 0684811448 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/96281-1 |
103023-1 | Patrick Buchanan | The Great Betrayal | Pat Buchanan has seen firsthand the devastating effects of America's slavish devotion to global free trade. As a Republican candidate for president in 1992 and 1996, he met plenty of American workers who had been sacrificed to the Global Economy, and saw towns and regions abandoned by the industries that once supported... | 1998-05-17T00:00:00 | 0316115185 | https://booknotes.c-span.org/Watch/103023-1 |
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