Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, Jr.

(born 1917), U.S. historian and author, born in Columbus, Ohio; presidential special assistant and speech writer 1961-64; professor of humanities City University of 1966 ('The Age of Jackson', 1946; Pulitzer prize, 1966 ('The Age for history; 'The Age of Roosevelt', 3 vols.; 'A Thousand Days', 1965 National Book Award and 1966 Pulitzer prize for biography; 'The Imperial Presidency'; 'Robert F. Kennedy and His Times').

  • An excerpt from The Vital Center and another from The Politics of Hope.
  • See this for Schlesinger on the Bay of Pigs invasion.


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