Author Discussion on Government
Authors David Goldfield, The Gifted Generation, and Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains, talked about the good and bad aspects of American democracy. They spoke at the Virginia Festival of th…
519 viewsAuthors David Goldfield, The Gifted Generation, and Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains, talked about the good and bad aspects of American democracy. They spoke at the Virginia Festival of th…
519 viewsRepresentatives from a variety of museums and history and public policy centers discussed the importance of these institutions and their methods for educating and offering information to the…
263 viewsHistorians talked about American motivations for entering World War I, how the country mobilized for war, and government restrictions on free speech and the press in response to protests.
531 viewsJoanne Freeman and Brian Balogh talked about the history of political parties and partisanship from the founding era to the 21st century.
1,422 viewsAndy Card, Jeffrey Engel, and others talked about Mr. Engel’s book, When the World Seemed New: George H.W. Bush and the End of the Cold War. They spoke about President Bush’s foreign policy …
801 viewsPresidential scholars and others talked about the intersection between popular and scholarly history, including the narrative approach of authors David McCullough and Doris Kearns Goodwin, a…
606 viewsScholars talked about presidents and the economy, including whether a president’s policies can unilaterally affect the economy, and whether their programs continue to reverberate after they …
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