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
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.
One of the things I learned in editing 'The Reagan Diaries' is to never say what Reagan would do, because he surprised people.
Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American.
The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan , D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion.
If Reagan had intelligence information that showed that the upheaval in Egypt is actually Democratic in spirit, then he would have, I believe, turned his back on Mubarak, even though there's a long friendship between the United States and Egypt.
Reagan never cottoned to dictators. He was pure in this notion in a true belief that democracy was the best solution in the world because it spoke to people's hopes and dreams and aspirations, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of speech.
Overcoming an illness can be a badge of honor.
John Kerry only went to prep schools because he had an aunt who had the money to pay for his way into those prep schools.
John Kerry had his back against the wall, and in January turned his campaign completely around.
John Kerry had a very vivid imagination as a young person. I mean, he actually did go and take his bicycle from Norway to go camp in Sherwood Forest to be around the ghost of Robin Hood.
You live your life as a biography and you have chapters and how you handle yourself in time of adversity and crises defines you.
My wife and kids were born in New Orleans,
The answer to New Orleans's levee woes is painfully obvious: money and willpower.
I witnessed him rescuing up to 40 people. He was up to his waist in toxic muck.