Presidents at War
October 4, 2004
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. advisor to President Kennedy
Tom Wicker writer, former assoc editor, NY Times
Kevin Phillips political analyst, Nixon staffer
David Gergen professor, public service, Harvard

Former JFK advisor and historian Arthur Schlesinger, journalist Tom Wicker, and veteran political analyst and former Nixon staffer Kevin Phillips explore the varying legacies of our wartime presidents. David Gergen of the Kennedy School of Government, and a former Reagan staffer, moderates.

History | Politics & Public Affairs
Iraq | Military & Warfare
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John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I
Malik Neal
00:50:40
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Fre
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part II
Hill Harper
01:31:12
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Fre
Change Haiti Can Believe In: Part I
Paul Farmer
00:45:19
Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health; actor and activist Matt Damon, who recently visited Haiti to assist victims devastated by hurricanes; Massachusetts State Representative and Haitian-American Linda Dorcena Forry; and Brian Concannon, Jr., director of the Institute for Justice and Democr
Afghanistan's Untold Story and the Road Ahead
Paul Fitzgerald
01:35:50
Najim Azadzoi, Nick Mills, Paul Fitzgerald, and Elizabeth Gould discuss the roots of the current crisis in Afghanistan and how to move toward a better future.
Hired Guns? / For Sale: Motherhood
Michael Sandel
00:55:10
Lecture Nine: "Hired Guns?"
Destabilizing and Re-stabilizing Iraq and Afghanistan
Noah Feldman
00:23:45
Noah Feldman, a former constitutional advisor to the Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority, identifies a radical shift in American foreign policy following the attacks of September 11th, and talks about how we might go about re-stabilizing a destabilized state.
Image of The Imperial Presidency
Author: Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
Publisher: Mariner Books (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 624 pages
Image of A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House
Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Publisher: Mariner Books (2002)
Binding: Paperback, 1120 pages
Image of The Crisis of the Old Order: 1919-1933, The Age of Roosevelt, Volume I
Author: Arthur M. "Schlesinger Jr."
Publisher: Mariner Books (2003)
Binding: Paperback, 576 pages
Image of The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935 (The Age of Roosevelt, Vol. 2)
Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Publisher: Mariner Books (2003)
Binding: Paperback, 688 pages
Image of The Politics of Upheaval: 1935-1936, The Age of Roosevelt, Volume III (Vol 3)
Author: Arthur M. "Schlesinger Jr."
Publisher: Mariner Books (2003)
Binding: Paperback, 768 pages
Image of Robert Kennedy and His Times
Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Publisher: Mariner Books (2002)
Binding: Paperback, 1088 pages
Image of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Author: Tom Wicker
Publisher: Times Books (2002)
Binding: Hardcover, 176 pages
Image of Unto This Hour: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books)
Author: Tom Wicker
Publisher: University of Georgia Press (1997)
Binding: Paperback, 642 pages
Image of Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy
Author: Tom Wicker
Publisher: Harcourt (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 224 pages
Image of Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism
Author: Kevin Phillips
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (2009)
Binding: Paperback, 352 pages
Image of Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich
Author: Kevin Phillips
Publisher: Broadway (2003)
Binding: Paperback, 496 pages
Image of American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush
Author: Kevin Phillips
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 397 pages
Image of Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton
Author: David Gergen
Publisher: (2001)
Binding: Paperback, 384 pages
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