James Traub and Peter Drummey on The Presidents
Historians and contributors to C-SPAN’s The Presidents book discussed the strengths and weaknesses of all the U.S.'s previous chief executives.
1,098 viewsHistorians and contributors to C-SPAN’s The Presidents book discussed the strengths and weaknesses of all the U.S.'s previous chief executives.
1,098 viewsJames Traub, author of John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit, and historian and columnist Robert Kagan debated the question, “Was John Quincy Adams a realist?”
630 viewsJames Traub talked about his book, John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit. Mr. Traub described the former president’s relationships with his parents, wife, and children; the extensive diary Pres…
1,952 viewsPanelists talked about the implications of the war on terrorism on America’s standing in the world and the credibility of the exportation of American ideals. They talked about the origin and…
257 viewsMr. Traub discussed his book, Too Good To Be True. The book focused on the scandals that surrounded a defense contracting firm, Wedtech. Wedtech began as a small hardware company that grew i…
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