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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…

Alonzo Hamby talked about his book Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the American Century, in which he looks at the personal and political life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He …

In the thirty-second in a series on American presidents, scholars discussed the life and career of Harry S. Truman. Among the issues addressed were his rise to office after the death of Fran…

The speakers talked about the relationship between President Truman and Congress. They focused on the challenges that he faced in having his policy initiatives legislated, specifically the b…

From Ashland University in Ashland, OH, Alonzo Hamby discussed his book For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s, published by the Free Press. In h…

The three co-editors discussed how they used presidential papers to produce the book, Reagan, In His Own Hand: The Writings of Ronald Reagan That Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for America…

The participants talked about three recent biographies of President Truman by David McCullough, Alonzo Hamby, and Robert Ferrell. Four historians reviewed the books and two of the biographer…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Former members of Congress and foreign policy scholars discussed the balance between U.S. foreign policy demands and domestic policy needs in a forum held in the U.S. Capitol. Issues brought…