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American University Professor David Vine talked about the nearly constant engagement in wars by the United States since its founding. This virtual event was hosted by Politics and Prose…

Lawrence O’Donnell talked about his book Playing with Fire, in which he recalls the turmoil of the 1968 presidential election.

Johanna Neuman talked about her book, Gilded Suffragists, about the women of New York’s social elite who joined the suffrage movement in the early 20th century. She spoke with Judy…

Angela Dodson talked about her book Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box, in which she recounts the national suffrage movement and profiles many…

John Lawrence, former chief of staff to Representative Nancy Pelosi, recalled the 1974 congressional elections, which followed the Watergate scandal, and ushered in many new office holders, dubbed the…

Laurence Leamer talked about his book The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan, in which he reports on the raced-based killing of a 19-year old black man by two members of the…

Elaine Showalter talked about her book, The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography, about the life of suffragist and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe, whose accomplishments included writing…

Julian Zelizer talked about his book, The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for The Great Society, about the importance of Congress to President Johnson’s initiatives…

Rachel Shelden talked about her book Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War, in which she reports on the collegial political atmosphere in Washington…

Ezra Greenspan talked about his book, William Wells Brown: An African American Life, about the life of William Wells Brown, a former slave who penned some of the earliest African American…

Hampton Sides talked about his book, In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, in which he recounts the U.S. naval expedition to the North Pole in 1879. The…

Tim Grove talked about his book, A Grizzly in the Mail and Other Adventures in American History, in which he recalls his tour of American history sites and the historical objects that he…

Mark Stein talked about his book, American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us and Why, in which he examines the history of political panic in the United States by looking at twelve episodes…

Robert Merry examines how U.S. presidents are ranked in the eyes of historians and the populace. The author places the president’s in groupings to better understand their places in history, from “Leaders of…

Jeff Greenfield explores three moments in U.S. history; the near assassination of President-Elect Kennedy by a 73-year-old suicide bomber in December 1960, the assassination of Robert…

David Howard follows the travels of one of the original fourteen copies of the Bill of Rights. The document was stolen by a unknown Union infantryman from the North Carolina state house near the end of…

Evan Thomas, assistant managing editor of Newsweek, recounts the lead-up to the Spanish-American War and profiles three men who he asserts were eager to go to war: Teddy Roosevelt, Henry Cabot…

George Herring talked about From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776. In the book he explores America’s expansion from thirteen colonies to fifty states and the global…

Professor Michael Gardner discussed his biography, Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Character and Political Risks, published by Southern Illinois University Press. The book focuses on the thirty-third…

A video blog featuring clips of a book talk given by George Herring at the Politics and Prose Bookstore was shown. George Herring is the author of From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign…