Join Sparks of History with noted author, journalist and lecturer James Traub
Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, NYU
Author of:
City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College
The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American World Power
John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit
What was Liberalism?: The Past, Present, and Promise of a Noble Idea.
Mr. Traub discusses his award winning book,
Judah Benjamin, Counselor to the Confederacy, Yale University Press. Jewish Lives Series
'This is, by far, the best and most readable short biography of Benjamin that exists'
- Jonathan Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History
Episode #8 Jefferson Davis and Judah Benjamin
• Jefferson Davis: temperamental, fearful
• Judah Benjamin: calming influence
• Fought in Senate, challenged to a duel
• Found Benjamin to be indispensable
• Benjamin could do the work of 10 men
• Balance Wheel, “Court Jew”
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From Strength to Strength - David Frum - Former Speechwriter for President George W. Bush
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