During one random visit to a used bookstore, Professor Patrick Weil stumbled upon the lost psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson -- the first ever full-length psychological study of an American president, co-written by Sigmund Freud. In this episode, Professor Weil discusses his new book and his journey into the mind of America's most complex president.


THE MADMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE: SIGMUND FREUD, AMBASSADOR BULLITT, AND THE LOST PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY OF WOODROW WILSON
https://www.amazon.com/Madman-White-House-Ambassador-Psychobiography/dp/0674291611
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Americans have long cherished their First Amendment right to freedom of speech. During Woodrow Wilson's presidency, however, the government took unprecedented measures to restrict that right and, with the use of propaganda, to manipulate the Ameircan people. In this episode, Professor John Maxwell Hamilton reveals this fascinating moment in American history and explains the dangers of government propaganda.


MANIPULATING THE MASSES: WOODROW WILSON AND THE BIRTH OF AMERICAN PROPAGANDA
https://www.amazon.com/Manipulating-Masses-Woodrow-American-Propaganda/dp/0807170771
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Who do you think was America's most brilliant president? Some might say Thomas Jefferson, while others say Theodore Roosevelt. Author Charles Goodyear has a different answer: James A. Garfield. In this episode, we interview Mr. Goodyear about his new book, President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier.

PRESIDENT GARFIELD: FROM RADICAL TO UNIFIER
https://www.amazon.com/President-Garfield-Radical-CW-Goodyear/dp/1982146915
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Theodore Roosevelt may have been America's first progressive president, but it was a bookish professor from Princeton named Woodrow Wilson who would truly fulfill the hopes of the progressive movement. In this episode, we examine the rise of Woodrow Wilson and his efforts to outdo Roosevelt as the America's greatest reformer.

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Former Vietnam War veteran & "tunnel rat" Nick Sanza discusses his experience overseas, what it's like coming from a long lineage of military service, and what he learned from the tunnels in this interview from the Eyewitness History podcast.

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In foreign policy circles, the "madman theory" asserts that acting irrationally and unpredictably can be a major advantage when dealing with one's adversaries. In recent years, some have pointed to Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as practitioners of the madman theory.
The father of this theory, however, was not Trump or Putin: it was America's 37th president, Richard Nixon. In this episode, we interview Professor Zachary Jacobson, author of On Nixon's Madness, about this controversial theory.

ON NIXON'S MADNESS: AN EMOTIONAL HISTORY
https://www.amazon.com/Nixons-Madness-Emotional-History/dp/1421445530/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1685587446
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On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address. He invoked Scripture and discussed the ongoing Civil War in religious terms -- as divine punishment for the sin of slavery. It was a surprising speech for a man once known as a religious skeptic.
What led Lincoln to deliver such a religious speech? What were Lincoln's religious views? How did they affect his leadership? Joshua Zeitz has just written a new book to answer those questions. It's titled Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation.

LINCOLN'S GOD: HOW FAITH TRANSFORMED A PRESIDENT AND A NATION
https://www.amazon.com/Lincolns-God-Transformed-President-Nation-ebook/dp/B09ZRJFT3T
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The roots of the Second World War in Europe lie within the First World War. The 1919 Treaty of Versailles formally ended the war between Germany and the western Allies, but the geopolitical situation it created was far from stable. Ten years later, the Great Depression made things even worse. In this episode preview from Key Battles of American History (the first in the World War II in Europe series), James and cohost Sean McIver discuss the unsettled state of Europe between 1918 and 1930 and the gradual fracturing of the uneasy peace that it enjoyed.

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Gerald Ford occupies a truly singular place in American history: he is the only chief executive who took office without getting a single vote for either the presidency or vice presidency. When he did become president, he took charge of the nation at one of its lowest points — in the aftermath of Vietnam and Watergate. It fell to Gerald Ford to heal the nation and restore its confidence. In this episode, we interview historian Richard Norton Smith about this unlikeliest of American leaders.

AN ORDINARY MAN: THE SURPRISING LIFE AND HISTORIC PRESIDENCY OF GERALD R. FORD
https://www.amazon.com/Ordinary-Man-Surprising-Historic-Presidency/dp/0062684167/
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