Q&A: Robert Caro - Part 1
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Pulitzer prize winning author and historian Robert Caro discusses his newly released biography of Lyndon Johnson entitled "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power." This is his fourth book in the Johnson biographical series and Caro promises a fifth and final book in the future. The period covered in the book is from 1958 until early 1... Read more
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- -: Q&A: Robert Caro - Part 1
May 7, 2012 (almost 12 years ago)Pulitzer prize winning author and historian Robert Caro discusses his newly released biography of Lyndon Johnson entitled "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power." This is his fourth book in the Johnson biographical series and Caro promises a fifth and final book in the future. The per...
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- -: Doing Nothing: Sometimes, the Best Foreign Policy?
July 23, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/12/Frank_Gavin_Five_Ways_to_Use_History_Well Historian Frank Gavin uses Lyndon Johnson's response to the Chinese nuclear program in 1964 as an example of how a policy of doing nothing is sometimes the wisest move. He wonders if a similar tactic with Iran...
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- -: Ted Sorensen: JFK Wouldn't Have Sent Combat Troops to Vietnam
July 28, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/17/Theodore_Sorensen_JFKs_Most_Trusted_Advisor Ted Sorensen, speech writer for President John F. Kennedy, speculates on how the late president would have handled the Vietnam War. "I don't think he would have sent combat troop divisions to South Vietnam, ...
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