History with David Rubenstein

Season 5 Preview

Produced by the New York Historical Society, "History with David Rubenstein" explores American history in half-hour conversations with distinguished authors and scholars who tell the country’s diverse stories, and explain why the past matters, how it informs the present, and what it portends for the future.

Season 5 Preview

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    Jeffrey Frank

    S5 E10 - 26m 40s

    After serving for three months as vice president, Harry S. Truman, at age 60, suddenly inherited the White House. How did Truman, a seemingly unprepared provincial, become the steadfast leader who, in the rush of events, helped shape the postwar world?

  • Fredrik Logevall: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fredrik Logevall

    S5 E9 - 26m 40s

    John F. Kennedy was one of the most iconic political figures of the 20th century, a man known universally by his initials. From his college days to the end in Dallas, he was fascinated by the nature of political courage and its relationship to democratic governance. How should we understand JFK and his role in US and world politics?

  • Candice Millard: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Candice Millard

    S5 E8 - 26m 40s

    Candice Millard, in conversation with David M. Rubenstein, offers an extraordinary account of President Garfield’s momentous, if brief, presidential career, and the legacy left not only by his work but by his death.

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