Craig Shirley on his book, "Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America."  The book follows Reagan from his failed attempt for the Republican presidential nomination in 1976 through his successful 1980 campaign against the incumbent president, Jimmy Carter.

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Pauline Maier discusses her book, "Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788."  She details the history of the ratification process of the U.S. Constitution, recounting the year-long debates that took place throughout the country following the 1787 Constitutional Convention.

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On September 5, 1877, Native American leader Crazy Horse was killed while in the custody of federal troops.  A year earlier, Crazy Horse led the 1876 victory over General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.  In this program Thomas Powers discusses his book, "The Killing of Crazy Horse."

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On September 5, 1972, at the Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, Palestinian terrorists kidnapped and killed 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team.  Simon Reeve discusses that incident in his book, " One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation 'Wrath of God.'"

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Marthe Cohn talks about her book, "Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany."  She describes her experiences during World War II making many covert trips inside Nazi Germany as a member of the French Army Intelligence Service.

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200 years ago on August 19, 1812, the U.S. Navy frigate USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere.  It was during this key battle of the War of 1812 that the USS Constitution earned her nickname "Old Ironsides."  In this program, retired Army Colonel David Fitz-Enz talks about his book, "Old Ironsides, Eagle of the Sea: The Story of the USS Constitution."  In it the author describes several battles in which the USS Constitution was engaged during the War of 1812.

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Michael Willrich examines the smallpox epidemic in America in the early 1900s.  In his book, "Pox: An American History" the author details the government's initiatives to deter the spread of the disease by requiring mandatory vaccinations and instituting "virus squads" to uphold quarantines.

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John McMillian recounts the underground newspapers of the 1960s and their affect on the political and social movements of their time.  In his book, "Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America" Mr. McMillian describes how the FBI monitored underground newspapers in the 1960s and placed obstacles in the way of their publication.

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Paul Kengor talks about his book, "Dupes: How America's Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century."  The author contends that many people from the liberal left including FDR, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, and actor Humphrey Bogart were exploited by Communist governments.

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Jeff Guinn discusses his book, "The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral - and How it Changed the American West."  The book tells the history of an 1881 gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona that included Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.  Mr. Guinn states that documents confirm that the gunfight did not take place at the O.K. Corral, but near it, and that blame for the gunfight is open to interpretation.

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