Michael Beschloss
Michael Beschloss | |
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Born | Michael Richard Beschloss November 30, 1955 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Historian |
Education | Williams College (BA) Harvard University (MBA) |
Subject | United States presidency |
Spouse | Afsaneh Mashayekhi |
Children | 2 |
Michael Richard Beschloss[1] (born November 30, 1955)[2] is an American historian specializing in the United States presidency.[3][4][5] He is the author of nine books on the presidency.[3]
Early life
Beschloss was born in Chicago, grew up in Flossmoor, Illinois, and was educated at Eaglebrook School, Phillips Academy (Andover, MA), Williams College and Harvard University.[6] He majored in political science, studying under James MacGregor Burns at Williams,[7] from which he graduated with Highest Honors, and earned an MBA at Harvard Business School, with the original intention of writing history while serving as a foundation executive.[8]
Career
Beschloss has been a frequent commentator on the
Beschloss has appeared on
He started a Twitter account, @BeschlossDC, in October 2012.[13][3] It appears on Time magazine's list of "Best Twitter Feeds of 2013".[14] He also has contributed columns on history under the title HistorySource to The New York Times.[15]
Beschloss is also the editor of Washington by Meg Greenfield (2001) and Essays in Honor of James MacGregor Burns (with Thomas Cronin) (1988).
Awards
Beschloss received a 2005
Michael Beschloss was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honor) by the Governor of Illinois in 2004 in the area of Communications and Education.[17] In October 2022, with a ceremony at the National Archives in Washington DC, Beschloss received the National Archives' annual Records of Achievement Award.
In 2019, Beschloss received The Lincoln Forum's
Personal life
Beschloss is the son of the late Ruth and Morris Beschloss, who was a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany. He has two sons with his
Bibliography
- Kennedy and Roosevelt: The Uneasy Alliance (1980); started as Beschloss's senior honors thesis at Williams College
- Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair (1986)
- Eisenhower: A Centennial Life (1990)
- The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960–1963 (1991)
- The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941–1945 (2002)
- Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789–1989 (2007)
- Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times (2018)
Co-authored Books
- At the Highest Levels: The Inside Story of the End of the Cold War (1993); with Strobe Talbott.
Edited Books
- Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963–1964 (1997)
- Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964–1965 (2001),
Edited transcriptions of Lyndon B. Johnson's conversations, as captured by his taping system, with historical annotation and commentary. A third Johnson volume is forthcoming.
- Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy (2011)
Reception
President Bill Clinton told People in December 1997 that the first audiobook he ever listened to was Taking Charge by Michael Beschloss.[20] In Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack, President George W. Bush is quoted as telling the author Elie Wiesel in February 2003, "I read your views on Auschwitz in Michael Beschloss' book", referring to The Conquerors.[21] Bush also refers to Beschloss' book Presidential Courage in his 2010 memoir Decision Points.[22]
John Frankenheimer's last film, Path to War (HBO, 2002), starring Donald Sutherland and Michael Gambon, was based in part on Beschloss' two books on Lyndon B. Johnson.
References
- ^ "Michael Beschloss". illinoisauthors.org. Illinois Center for the Book/Illinois State Library. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ "Beschloss, Michael R." Library of Congress Name Authority File. Library of Congress. March 12, 2003. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
- ^ a b c Beard, David (25 April 2013). "Historian Michael Beschloss takes to Twitter and offers multimedia tweets" – via washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Michael Beschloss chronicles American 'Presidents of War'". PBS NewsHour. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- S2CID 199353051.
- ^ New York Times, January 28, 1987, and July 25, 1991.
- ^ "James MacGregor Burns with Michael Beschloss". C-SPAN.org.
- ^ C-SPAN, "Booknotes", June 21, 1991.
- ^ a b "Michael Beschloss". msnbc.com. 2006-11-07. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ a b "Michael Beschloss | Speaker Agency, Speaking Fee, Videos". SPEAKING.com Keynote Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ a b c d "Character Above All: MICHAEL R. BESCHLOSS". www.pbs.org.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-09-21. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ @BeschlossDC, Twitter.
- ^ "Not Found - Tech". Archived from the original on 2013-03-30 – via techland.time.com.
- ^ AP, November 20, 2013
- ^ "Michael Beschloss, Class of 1977". Alumni Awards.
- ^ "Laureates by Year - The Lincoln Academy of Illinois". The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
- ^ The Lincoln Forum
- ^ "Supporters, Partners, Board". Resources for Inner City Children. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ People, December 29, 1997.
- ^ Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack (Simon and Schuster, 2004), p. 320
- George W Bush, Decision Points, pp. 121-122.
External links
- Michael Beschloss on Twitter
- Michael Beschloss on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, May 9, 2007
- Michael Beschloss at IMDb
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Booknotes: Interview with Beschloss on The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960–1963, July 14, 1991
- C-SPAN, In Depth: Interview with Beschloss, September 2, 2012