The General Vs. The President
October 31, 2016This hour, we’ll talk with H.W. Brands, chair of the history department at UT-Austin, about his new book “The General vs. The President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War.”
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Reviewing Reagan
June 3, 2015Ronald Reagan guided the U.S. through the last days of the Cold War and ushered in a new breed of conservatism that still reverberates today. We’ll take inventory of his legacy this hour with biographer H.W. Brands.
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The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr
May 9, 2012Who was the real Aaron Burr?
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A Tragedy of the Gilded Age
June 7, 2011Hour 2: Why was a notorious Gilded Age financier murdered in the lobby of the Grand Central Hotel in 1872? We’ll find out this hour with H.W. Brands, the Dickson Allen Anderson Professor of History at the University of Texas in Austin and author of the new book “The Murder of Jim Fisk for the […]
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From the Archives: The Triumph of Capitalism
January 4, 2011How did the United States transform itself from a largely agrarian economy to a powerhouse on the world stage and how did it happen so fast? We’ll spend this hour with H.W. Brands, the Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas in Austin and author of the new book “American […]
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The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
October 27, 2010How did the United States transform itself from a largely agrarian economy to a powerhouse on the world stage and how did it happen so fast? We’ll spend this hour with H.W. Brands, the Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas in Austin and author of the new book “American […]
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The United States Since 1945
June 16, 2010What can be learned about ourselves and our country from examining the relatively recent past? We’ll ponder the changes, advancements and declines of the last 75 years this hour with University of Texas historian H.W. Brands. His new book is “American Dreams: The United States Since 1945” (The Penguin Press, 2010).
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The First Hundred Days – FDR and Obama
April 28, 2009Much is made of a president’s first hundred days in office. How does President Obama’s first hundred days compare to presidents of previous generations? We’ll spend this hour with H.W. Brands, the Dickson, Allen, Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas in Austin.
