Arthur Meier Schlesinger Books

Schlesinger, historian and friend of Bobby Kennedy, has had access for the first time to private papers, letters, and journals which make possible a fresh look at both personal relationships and public events. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award for Biography. "From the Paperback edition.

An explanation of how the nation's past shapes its present and fortells its future.

Transcripts of interviews originally recorded in the mid-1960s for the John F. Kennedy Library.

Noted historian Arthur Schlesinger traces the history of America from the earliest settlers to the latest statements from the White House.

Portraying the United States from the Great War to the Great Depression, The Crisis of the Old Order covers the Jazz Age and the rise and fall of the cult of business. For a season, prosperity seemed permanent, but the illusion came to an end when Wall Street crashed in October 1929. Public trust in the wisdom of business leadership crashed too. With a dramatist's eye for vivid detail and a scholar's respect for accuracy, Schlesinger brings to life the era that gave rise to FDR and his New Deal and changed the public face of the United States forever.

These accounts of the daily lives of Kansas pioneer women are selected from 800 memoirs collected by the author's great-grandmother

"Historical reflections that deftly challenge the political and ideological foundations of President Bush's foreign policy."--Charles A. Kupchan, New York Times In a book that brings a magisterial command of history to the most urgent of contemporary questions, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., explores the war in Iraq, the presidency, and the future of democracy. Describing unilateralism as "the oldest doctrine in American history," Schlesinger nevertheless warns of the dangers posed by the fatal turn in U.S. policy from deterrence and containment to preventive war. He writes powerfully about George W. Bush's expansion of presidential power, reminding us nevertheless of our country's distinguished legacy of patriotism through dissent in wartime. And in a new chapter written especially for the paperback edition, he examines the historical role of religion in American politics as a background for an assessment of Bush's faith-based presidency.

Part of an illustrated series entitled "World Leaders Past and Present" which sets out to introduce the men and women whose ideas and actions have determined the course of history.

Nooit eerder gepubliceerde interviews uit 1964 met de echtgenote van de in 1963 vermoorde Amerikaanse president: over hun privéleven, hun openbare optreden en historische gebeurtenissen tijdens diens presidentschap (1961-1963).

"In 1964, ca parte dintr-un proiect de istorie orala despre viata si cariera lui John F. Kennedy, mama mea a intrat intr-un dialog cu Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. pentru a-si impartasi amintirile si perceptia asupra lucrurilor. Inregistrate la mai putin de patru luni de la moartea sotului ei, aceste conversatii reprezinta un dar facut istoriei... Sper ca tinerele generatii care incep sa afle mai multe despre anii 1960 vor considera aceste rememorari o introducere utila in modul in care se face istoria si vor gasi in ele inspiratia de a oferi ceva acestei tari care ne-a oferit tuturor atat de multe." Caroline Kennedy "In ciuda insistentei ei de a avea o viata privata, Jacqueline Kennedy nu a uitat niciodata ca avea o obligatie fata de posteritate. Stia ca, atunci cand aceasta istorie orala va fi publicata dupa moartea ei, va avea ceea ce se astepta sa fie aproape ultimul cuvant despre viata alaturi de sotul ei. Prin amintirile povestite in aceasta carte, Jacqueline Kennedy a devenit prima sotie a unui presedinte american care sa accepte sa raspunda ore in sir, in fata unui megafon, unor intrebari despre viata ei publica si privata. Acum, dupa ce decenii la rand povestea ei a fost scrisa de altii, puteti sa cititi ce are ea de spus."