Best-Selling Author and Historian
If anyone knows the American President, it is Michael Beschloss. The widely praised author of nine books, he has been called "the nation's leading Presidential historian" by Newsweek. Beschloss uses history to help us understand our own time, and find perspective and nuance in current events. He speaks with eloquence about not only the presidency, but about the men who sat in the Oval Office in times of tumult and change. His history lessons come alive with humanity and enthusiasm, and his lectures are riveting windows into the mind of the most powerful official in the world. By looking at Presidents past, Beschloss helps predict the future of presidential politics and the impact of elections. In presentations filled with anecdotes, humor, and stories almost too good to be true, Beschloss gives context to the crucial events of our time.
Resurrecting the West Wing. Beschloss' latest book, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989, has been lauded as an absorbing and inspiring saga detailing the crucial moments in American history when courageous Presidents influenced the future of the country. It was a New York Times and Washington Post best seller. With surprising new sources and a dazzling command of history and human character, Beschloss brings to life these flawed, complex men, their wives, their families, their friends, and their foes. Never have we had a more intimate, behind-the-scenes view of Presidents coping with the supreme dilemmas of leading the free world and their own lives.
Other books include a highly praised trilogy on President Lyndon Johnson's newly released secret tapes, Taking Charge and Reaching for Glory, hailed as incomparable portraits of a President at work. The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963, won the Ambassador Book Prize and was cited by the New Yorker as the "definitive" history of John Kennedy and the Cold War. The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 was a New York Times best seller.
Beschloss is the NBC News Presidential Historian appearing regularly on Meet the Press, the Today show, NBC Nightly News , and MSNBC. He is a contributor to The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS. In September 2005, Beschloss was awarded an Emmy for creating the Discovery Channel series Decisions that Shook the World.
A presidential scholar, decorated and dedicated. Beschloss has served as a historian on the staff of the Smithsonian Institution, was appointed a senior associate member at Oxford University in England, and was elected a senior fellow of the Annenberg Foundation. He is the recipient of the Order of Lincoln and the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award. In addition, he is a trustee of the White House Historical Association, the National Archives Foundation, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, and the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs.
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Leadership, from the Boardroom to the Oval Office. Drawing on his years studying leadership at the Harvard Business School and as a presidential historian, Beschloss, customizing his presentation for each audience, picks the most brilliant successes and the most lethal mistakes made in business and politics--and shows what they can teach us.
Presidential Courage. What makes a great U.S. president? Michael Beschloss believes the answer is "presidential courage": the willingness to take a political risk that might end a president's career-and the wisdom to do that for reasons that later Americans will admire. In a presentation based on his book Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989, Beschloss describes crucial times when courageous presidents took such risks and overcame obstacles to dramatically change the future of the United States. From George Washington to Ronald Reagan, the presidents Beschloss focuses on addressed some of the most paramount, abiding issues in American history-war and peace, human rights, and the proper balance between government and business. A natural storyteller, Beschloss details the outstanding traits of these presidents, and then compares them to the current crop of presidential candidates, for in insightful glance into America?s political future. He also uses what he has discovered about presidential courage to provide leadership lessons for all of us.
Great Presidents, Past and Present. As a master in his field, Beschloss brings us inspiring, humorous and tragic never-before-told stories of American presidents--from George Washington to George W. Bush--as they struggle with war, peace and domestic crisis. He puts President Obama in historical perspective and assesses his potential place in the history of the American presidency. He reveals the qualities that have made great presidents in history and shows how to find leaders who have them now--in politics, business and civic life.
The Washington, D.C. You're Not Hearing About. From his talks with presidents, Supreme Court justices, diplomats and members of Congress and his quarter-century in the capital, Beschloss reveals the hidden side of important personalities and behind-the-scenes developments that may soon have a major impact on your life.
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