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The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink

Dallas Hall 306 (McCord Auditorium) 3225 University Blvd, Dallas, TX, United States

William Inboden's (University of Texas, Austin) new book The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink gives a masterful account of how Ronald Reagan and his national security team confronted the Soviets, reduced the nuclear threat, won the Cold War, and supported the spread of freedom around the world. With decades of […]

Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture

The Center for Presidential History presents a discussion the new book Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture with speakers Lindsay Chervinsky, Camille Davis, Sharron Conrad, and Matthew Costello.  On November 30, 2018, George H. W. Bush died at age ninety-four. Over the next several weeks, the nation participated in collective mourning. Strident political foes […]

Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power

Dallas Hall 306 (McCord Auditorium) 3225 University Blvd, Dallas, TX, United States

        The SMU Center for Presidential History welcomes Jefferson Cowie (Vanderbilt University) as he speaks on his new book, Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power.  A prize-winning historian chronicles a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans’ freedom to oppress others and their fight against the government that got in their way. American freedom is […]

Ours Was the Shining Future: The Rise and Fall of the American Dream

Dallas Hall 306 (McCord Auditorium) 3225 University Blvd, Dallas, TX, United States

  Join the Center for Presidential History as we hear from The New York Times writer David Leonhardt winner of the Pulitzer Prize, on his book Ours Was the Shining […]

The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era

Dallas Hall 306 (McCord Auditorium) 3225 University Blvd, Dallas, TX, United States

Full Recording of Event Here   The Center for Presidential History welcomes Former CPH Postdoctoral Fellow Cecily Zander (Texas Woman's University) to speak on her recent book The Army under Fire: The […]