For the Ages: A History Podcast
History
Michael Beschloss, one of the most prominent presidential historians in the country, joins David M. Rubenstein for an intimate conversation on his life, career, and his 2018 book, Presidents of War, which is the culmination of 10 years of research. The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the sole power to declare war, however throughout history presidents have waged conflicts across the globe–both with and without formal Congressional approval. In this conversation, Beschloss traces presidential leadership and executive power in times of conflict from the founding to the 21st century, including the actions Lincoln took during the Civil War and Lyndon B. Johnson’s approach to the Vietnam War.
Recorded on April 17, 2019.
JFK and the Promise of Democracy
LatinoLand: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President
In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626–1863
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
Hitler’s American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany’s March to Global War
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon, Part Two
Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon, Part One
Creating a Confederate Kentucky: The Lost Cause and Civil War Memory in a Border State
Mourning the Presidents
The Age of Lincoln
Coolidge
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World, Part Two
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World, Part One
John Quincy Adams: His Presidency and Final Years
John Quincy Adams: Early Life and the Road to the Presidency
Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty
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