Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007) was a historian, author, and political adviser who served as Special Assistant to President John Kennedy from 1961 to 1963.

Schlesinger won the 1946 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Age of Jackson. In 1966, Schlesinger won another Pulitzer Prize for A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. He was honored with a National Humanities Medal and a Four Freedoms Award before his death in 2007.

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Movie Classic, September 2001 | Vol. 52, No. 6

National Turning Point, May/June 1998 | Vol. 49, No. 3

Schlesinger’s Syllabus, February/March 1998 | Vol. 49, No. 1

The thirteen books you must read to understand America

The Man of the Century, May/June 1994 | Vol. 45, No. 3

Of all the Allied leaders, argues FDR's biographer, only Roosevelt saw clearly the shape of the new world they were fighting to create.

Lincoln Fiction & Fact, December 1987 | Vol. 38, No. 8

A new novel about Lincoln examines questions about civil liberties in wartime, staff loyalties and disloyalties, and especially, Lincoln’s priorities

Averell Remembers His Father, June/july 1982 | Vol. 33, No. 4

History And The Imagination, April/May 1982 | Vol. 33, No. 3

Ragtime and Reds

FDR Discusses the Uses of Political Scandal, February/March 1982 | Vol. 33, No. 2

History And The Imagination, October/november 1981 | Vol. 32, No. 6

History And The Imagination, June/July 1981 | Vol. 32, No. 4

History And The Imagination, December 1981 | Vol. 33, No. 1

America: Experiment or Destiny?, June 1977 | Vol. 28, No. 4

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