Description:
Historian Douglas Brinkley is the author of numerous nonfiction books including three biographies Dean Acheson The Cold War Years (1992),
Driven Patriot: The Life and Times of James Forrestal (1992), and The
Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter’s Journey Beyond the White House
(1998); all chosen as 'Notable Books' by The New York Times. At the
2004 National Book Festival, Mr. Brinkley talks about his most recent book,
Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War (William Morrow, 2004), which is a
New York Times bestseller. He is editor of Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954 (Viking, 2004), as well as director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies, and professor of history at the University of New Orleans.
Speaker(s):
Douglas Brinkley, author; director, Eisenhower Center for American Studies; professor, History, University of New Orleans
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