Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkleyis an American author, professor of history at Rice University and a fellow at the James Baker Institute for Public Policy. Brinkley is the history commentator for CNN News and a contributing editor to the magazines Vanity Fair and American Heritage. A public spokesperson on conservation issues, Brinkley serves as an editor at Audubon Magazine. He joined the faculty of Rice University as a professor of history in 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth14 December 1960
CountryUnited States of America
One of the things I learned in editing 'The Reagan Diaries' is to never say what Reagan would do, because he surprised people.
The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.
I witnessed him rescuing up to 40 people. He was up to his waist in toxic muck.
The answer to New Orleans's levee woes is painfully obvious: money and willpower.
Theodore Roosevelt had been enthralled with the idea of Texas since 1883, when he arrived in the Dakota Territory to ranch cattle.
For Dylan, it seems, life is always the next gig. Changing pace and location are essential to his survival as an artist.
George McGovern said Hunter's coverage of the 1972 election was the least factually accurate but the most truthful portrait of the campaign. But I don't give Frey the free pass on this one. I'm old-fashioned. I like to know if something's a novel or fiction.
There is no real way to categorize McLean's 'American Pie' for its hybrid of modern poetry and folk ballad, beer-hall chant and high-art rock.
When terrorists blew up the Marine barracks in Lebanon, Reagan was frustrated and furious, as Bush was after 9/11. But he didn't stick us in a war in the Middle East with no exit.
Usually, one day in a century rises above the others as an accepted turning point or historic milestone. It becomes the climactic day, or 'the day,' of that century.
Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said, No.
Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history,.
John Kerry wants to be the hero in his own drama. He likes King Arthur and the Round Table. He likes the young swashbuckling Churchill, and he loved the early antics of Theodore Roosevelt.
If you're a Kennedy and you go to Italy or you go to Argentina, you're treated as royalty. And in the United States, we're endlessly fascinated by the family.