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Nicholas Sarantakes on Nixon and Sports
Nicholas Evan Sartantakes, Professor of History at the Naval War College, will discuss President Nixon’s intertwined, and relatively unknown, relationship with the spectacle of American sports.
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Meet Admiral James Stavridis, Former Supreme Allied Commander
Admiral James Stavridis, United States Navy, Retired, offers an intimate, human account of the lessons of leadership and character contained in the lives and careers of history’s most significant naval commanders.
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Season's Greetings from the White House
Join Mary Evans Seeley as she documents nearly a century of presidential Christmases. Her new book, tells the stories of Christmas at the White House from Calvin Coolidge through Donald J. Trump.
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History Happy Hour: George Marshall, Defender of the Republic featuring David Roll
Join us for the next History Happy Hour featuring author David Roll, whose recent book tells the story of America's most distinguished soldier-statesman.
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Veterans Day Tribute: WWII Soldier Photographers from the U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo Collection at the National Archives
Panelists discuss and highlight the images taken by soldier-photographers during World War II.
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Give Me Liberty: A History of America's Exceptional Idea
Richard Brookhiser looks at 13 documents that helped to make America what it is.
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Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
Mo Rocca's new book proposes obituaries that famous people deserved but didn't get.
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Left for Dead at Nijmegen: The True Story of an American Paratrooper in World War II
American paratrooper Gene Metcalfe was left for dead after jumping into German-held territory in World War II, but Marcus Nannini tells his story of survival.
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Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West
H.W. Brands chronicles the development of the western states of the United States form its early settlers forward to the modern day.
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First: Sandra Day O’Connor
Award-winning author Evan Thomas and his wife Oscie Thomas, an attorney and frequent collaborator on his books, discuss his new book First: Sandra Day O’Connor. Barbara Perry moderates.