James Traub and Peter Drummey on The Presidents
Historians and contributors to C-SPAN’s The Presidents book discussed the strengths and weaknesses of all the U.S.'s previous chief executives.
1,095 viewsHistorians and contributors to C-SPAN’s The Presidents book discussed the strengths and weaknesses of all the U.S.'s previous chief executives.
1,095 viewsJames Traub, author of John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit, and historian and columnist Robert Kagan debated the question, “Was John Quincy Adams a realist?”
625 viewsJames Traub talked about his book, John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit. Mr. Traub described the former president’s relationships with his parents, wife, and children; the extensive diary Pres…
1,945 viewsJames Traub talked about his book John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit, in which he remembers the life of America’s sixth president. The son of Founding Father and President John Adams, John Q…
1,297 viewsJames Traub talked about the Obama administration’s policies on foreign affairs, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the administration’s handi…
294 viewsJames Traub talked about his November 29, 2009, New York Times Magazine cover story, “After Cheney: Joe Biden Could Be the Second Most Powerful Vice President in History.” The story examines…
164 viewsPanelists talked about the implications of the war on terrorism on America’s standing in the world and the credibility of the exportation of American ideals. They talked about the origin and…
257 viewsJames Traub talked about his book The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He discussed Kofi Annan’s successes a…
70 viewsMr. Traub talked about his book The Devil’s Playground: A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square, published by Random House. The book chronicled the history of the New York City land…
185 viewsMr. Traub talked via video link from New York City about the results of U.S. involvement in various peacekeeping missions, and how lessons learned may apply to activities in Afghanistan and …
86 viewsMr. Traub discussed his book, Too Good To Be True. The book focused on the scandals that surrounded a defense contracting firm, Wedtech. Wedtech began as a small hardware company that grew i…
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