During his last 18 months in office, Eisenhower flew to Asia, Europe, and Latin America and deployed his war hero's popularity to… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
The original thing that fascinated me most was why we expect leaders, and especially presidents, at times to destroy themselves - and… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Historians often find important decisions few knew were important at the time. — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Historians sometimes view presidents very differently from the way the public did at the time. Sometimes they don't. — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
A lot of it was, you know, you look for moments where, for instance, we were dependent on Abraham Lincoln making sure… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Too few presidents have steeped themselves not just in Lincoln's words but his deeds, which is why Obama's acquaintance with the great… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Even if you have presidents like FDR dealing with someone like Stalin, with whom he didn't exactly all the time disagree... He… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Reagan's defense buildup and SDI, so ridiculed at the time, pressed Gorbachev, while his economy was collapsing, to make arms deals and… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Under the system that we now have to nominate presidential candidates, for instance, I would prefer that we have a system that is closer… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Mrs. Johnson was one of our most important First Ladies. Quietly but firmly, she advised LBJ on rhetoric, strategy, and personal relations and helped… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
As you look back in history, we [the United States] have done wonderful things, the Marshal Plan is the most obvious. After World War… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
You really do live through someone's life when you hear him six hours a day. — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Whether history will view Ronald Reagan as a great president depends, more than anything else, on one question: how much credit does he deserve… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
From the beginning of the presidential nominating conventions in the 1830's really through the 1950's, you had conventions that actually did real business. — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
So if 1960 had occurred under the old convention system, Kennedy would have had a very hard time getting the Democratic nomination because he… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
During his last 18 months in office, Eisenhower flew to Asia, Europe, and Latin America and deployed his war hero's popularity to seek new… — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized. — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
Anyone who writes anything on any subject is standing on the shoulders of 900 people who've come before you. — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
To people who remember JFK's assassination, JFK Jr. will probably always be that boy saluting his father's coffin. — Michael Beschloss Copy Share Image
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