Michael Beschloss: What makes a great US president?

What makes a president great? Presidential historian and best-selling author Michael Beschloss sat down for a virtual talk on that topic with Donald Hall, the University’s Robert L. and Mary Sproull Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences & Engineering.

Beschloss is the fifth speaker in the Difficult Conversations as a Catalyst for Change series. Beschloss will discuss “What Makes a Great US President,” originally streamed over Zoom on March 8th.

Beschloss is the author of 10 books, most recently the New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller Presidents of War. He is a frequent guest on television, serves as NBC News’ presidential historian, and is a regular contributor to the PBS NewsHour and the New York Times. “Michael Beschloss knows more about America’s presidents than perhaps anyone on earth,” the Charlotte Observer says. Newsweek calls him “the nation’s leading presidential historian.”

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