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Professor Brinkley talked about his book, The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, published by William Morrow. He talked about his experiences in Ne…

A panel of writers and a photographer who wrote about Hurricane Katrina from a variety of angles discussed their experiences and their books. After their presentations they responded to audi…

Douglas Brinkley talked about the state of recovery and reconstruction efforts in New Orleans, the re-election of Mayor Nagin, and his book The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans,…

The panel “In the Wake of Destruction” discussed the many books chronicling Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath from quickly constructed coffee-table tomes, to in-depth dissertations on the …

Douglas Brinkley talked about the book he co-wrote with Julie Fenster, Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism, published by William Morrow. The book profiles the li…

Mr. Brinkley, via video feed from Houston (TX), discussed Hurricane Katrina in a historical context by looking at disasters that other presidents have had to deal with and recover from. He a…

Following opening remarks by President Ford, former officials talked about the long-term impacts of the Vietnam War and the war’s impact on U.S. foreign policy. Among the issues addressed we…