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    Rancho Mirage Writers Festival: Doug Brinkley, Sally Bedell Smith, Jon Meacham, Nigel Hamilton

    Biographers Douglas Brinkley, Jon Meacham, Sally Bedell Smith, and Nigel Hamilton talked about their craft and shared stories about the people they have written about. This event was part of…

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    War and Peace

    Historian Nigel Hamilton discussed the last of his three-volume biography of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, War and Peace: FDR’s Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943-194…

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    Winston Churchill and U.S. Presidents

    Historians discussed former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s relationship with U.S. presidents during his tenure. “Churchill and the Presidents” was a panel at the Churchill Cen…

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    Commander in Chief

    Nigel Hamilton talked about his book Commander in Chief: FDR’s Battle with Churchill, 1943, in which he examines the strained relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British…

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    Roosevelt and Churchill in Wartime

    Nigel Hamilton and Allen Packwood talked about the World War II leadership styles of President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The Roosevelt House Public Pol…

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    Roosevelt's Role in Preparing for D-Day

    Nigel Hamilton talked about President Roosevelt’s role in preparing the allied forces for the D-Day invasion of Normandy. He argued that Roosevelt, by pushing for earlier military operations…

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    The Mantle of Command

    Nigel Hamilton, talked about his book, The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942, in which he recalls President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s military command during World War II and his many d…

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    After Words with Nigel Hamilton

    Biographer Nigel Hamilton profiles the 12 U.S. presidents elected since World War II. He details the personalities and motivations of the men, and the achievements and failures of their admi…

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    American Caesars

    Biographer Nigel Hamilton profiles the twelve American presidents since World War II. Using the Roman historical text, The Twelve Caesars, as his model, the author recalls each president’s p…

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    Biography: A Brief History

    Biographer Nigel Hamilton talked about his book Biography: A Brief History, published by Harvard University Press. He described the historical evolution of the biography from the written wor…

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