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is a distinguished professor at the graduate center, author the cultural biography, winner of the bancroft prize. his other books include the american renaissance, john brown abolitionist and mightier than the store. uncle tom's cabin and the battles for america. our regular for the review books, new york times book review and "wall street journa journal". david will be in conversation with james, one of the leading historians of the 19th century america. james is pioneering works include the ruling race, 1982. slavery and freedom and interpretation. the radical and republican, frederick douglas abraham lincoln and the triumph of antislavery policy. his latest book, freedom national, the destruction of slavery of the united states, 1861 to 1865. they will have conversations for about 40 minutes, 45 minutes and then take questions ten or 15 minutes. please click on the question box below and type in your question. jim will be sure to get to as many of you as you can. will try to this program about one hour, 7:00 p.m. eastern time. thanks to the foundation for funding all the events. i'll tu

didn't have formal training as historian and he wrote several books which won the pulitzer prize, the bancroft prize and virtually every other prize available. as kennan once said he had not won the nobel prize, but that might be coming the following year. never did come. okay. so here is kennan as the writer, writing at home in his house in princeton. the kennan diary is valuable because it tells us about five important things. first, it illuminates the personal and intellectual life of the famous policy strategist. second, it reflects on recurring problems in american foreign policy. third, the diary extending from 1916 to 2004 and kennan of course lived from 1904 to 2005. lived to be 101. the diary runs 88 years and it instructs us on the changes in american society over those 88 years. fourth, kennan wrestled thoughtfully with basic human issues such as the boundaries of love, responsibility and one's relationship to god. finally in kennan's recording of his physical, psychological and intellectual decline near the end of his 101-year life, we vicariously experience the cruel process of dy

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as well as the bancroft prize. in 2001, he was awarded the frederick douglass book prize. edna green medford specializes in 19th century african-american history, the jacksonian era, civil war and reconstruction. she is a member of several advisory boards, among them the study for african american life in history, the lincoln forum, the abraham lincoln association, the abraham lincoln institute, the ulysses s. grant association and the scholars advisory group of president lincoln's cottage. dr. medford is the author and editor of several books. harold holzer, our moderator this morning is jonathan simpson director of the public policy institute and hunter college. he previously served as chairman of the abraham lincoln bicentennial foundation and cochair at the lincoln bicentennial commission, appointed by president bill clinton. he is the author of numerous books. his most recent, "monument man, the life and art of daniel chester french." he served as chief historian through 2009 and 2010 in new york. his honors include the national humanities medal, presented to him in 2