The Best Biographies of John F. Kennedy

August 31, 2017

I spent the past 24 weeks reading a dozen biographies of John F. Kennedy totaling just under 8,000 pages: six …

Review of “A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House” by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

July 30, 2017

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s “A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House” was published in 1965 and received a …

March 16, 2017

Rightly or wrongly, John F. Kennedy is the president who I’ve long suspected of being most undeservedly well-ranked by presidential …

September 30, 2016

[Updated] Every student of American history knows that Franklin D. Roosevelt served more terms as President of the United States …

June 10, 2016

Published in 1960, “The Age of Roosevelt: The Politics of Upheaval (1935-1936)” is the last of three volumes in Arthur …

May 23, 2016

Published in 1958, “The Age of Roosevelt: The Coming of the New Deal (1933-1935)” is the second of three volumes …

May 13, 2016

“The Age of Roosevelt: The Crisis of the Old Order (1919-1933)” is the first in Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.’s three-volume series …

February 12, 2016

Not since Abraham Lincoln have I been this excited about the next president on my journey through the best presidential …