List of Booknotes interviews first aired in 1990

Booknotes is an American television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004. The format of the show is a one-hour, one-on-one interview with a non-fiction author. The series was broadcast at 8 p.m. Eastern Time each Sunday night, and was the longest-running author interview program in U.S. broadcast history.

First broadcast(with link totranscript / video) Author Book Subject matterJanuary 7, 1990Sig MickelsonFrom Whistle Stop to Sound BiteMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism; CBS NewsJanuary 14, 1990John BarryThe Ambition and the PowerJim Wright; Newt GingrichJanuary 21, 1990Fitzhugh GreenGeorge Bush: An Intimate PortraitGeorge H. W. BushJanuary 28, 1990Charles FecherThe Diary of H. L. MenckenH. L. MenckenFebruary 4, 1990Jim MannBeijing Jeep: American Business in ChinaJeep Cherokee (XJ); Automobile industry in China; U.S.-China economic relationsFebruary 11, 1990David BurnhamA Law Unto Itself: Power, Politics and the IRSthe Internal Revenue ServiceFebruary 18, 1990Peggy NoonanWhat I Saw at the RevolutionRonald Reagan; Reagan AdministrationFebruary 25, 1990Michael FumentoThe Myth of Heterosexual AIDSAIDSFebruary 27, 1990Hedley DonovanRight Places, Right TimesMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism; Time MagazineMarch 4, 1990Richard BarnetThe Rockets' Red Glare: When America Goes to War—The Presidents and the PeopleMilitary history of the United States; Home front; United States home front during World War IIMarch 11, 1990Frederick KempeDivorcing the Dictator: America's Bungled Affairs with NoriegaManuel Noriega; United States invasion of PanamaMarch 18, 1990David HalevyInside the PLOThe Palestine Liberation OrganizationMarch 25, 1990James AbourezkAdvise and Dissent: Memoirs of South Dakota and the U.S. SenateMemoir/Autobiography; The United States Senate; South DakotaApril 1, 1990Fred GrahamHappy Talk: Confessions of a TV NewsmanMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism; CBS NewsApril 8, 1990Leonard SussmanPower, The Press and The Technology of Freedom History of the World Wide Web; Integrated Services Digital NetworkApril 15, 1990Helmut SchmidtMen and Powers: A Political RetrospectiveMemoir/Autobiography; West GermanyApril 22, 1990Michael BaroneOur Country: The Shaping of America from Roosevelt to ReaganHistory of the United States (1918–1945); History of the United States (1945–1964); History of the United States (1964–1980); History of the United States (1980–1991)April 29, 1990Robert CaroMeans of AscentLyndon JohnsonMay 6, 1990Morley SaferFlashbacks on Returning to VietnamMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism; Aftermath of the Vietnam WarMay 13, 1990Brian Duffy and Steven EmersonThe Fall of Pan Am 103: Inside the Lockerbie InvestigationPan Am Flight 103May 20, 1990Allister SparksThe Mind of South AfricaSouth AfricaMay 27, 1990Bette Bao LordLegacies: A Chinese MosaicMemoir/Autobiography; Tiananmen Square protests of 1989; Television in the People's Republic of ChinaJune 3, 1990Dusko DoderGorbachev: Heretic in the KremlinMikhail GorbachevJune 10, 1990Thomas SowellPreferential Policies: An International PerspectiveAffirmative action; Reverse discriminationJune 17, 1990Judith MillerOne, By One, By One: Facing the HolocaustAftermath of the Holocaust; Holocaust historiography; Holocaust commemorationJune 24, 1990Kevin PhillipsThe Politics of Rich and Poor: Wealth and the Electorate in the Reagan AftermathReaganomicsJuly 1, 1990Chris OgdenMaggie: An Intimate Portrait of a Woman in PowerMargaret ThatcherJuly 8, 1990Denton WatsonLion in the Lobby: Clarence Mitchell Jr.'s Struggle for the Passage of Civil Rights LawsClarence M. Mitchell, Jr.July 15, 1990Caspar WeinbergerFighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the PentagonMemoir/Autobiography; Reagan Administration; U.S. Department of DefenseJuly 22, 1990Teresa OdendahlCharity Begins at Home: Generosity and Self-Interest Among the Philanthropic ElitePhilanthropy in the United StatesJuly 29, 1990Michael ShapiroIn the Shadow of the Sun: A Korean Year of Love and SorrowMemoir/Autobiography; Economy of South KoreaAugust 5, 1990Dan Raviv and Yossi MelmanEvery Spy a PrinceIsraeli Intelligence CommunityAugust 12, 1990Roger KimballTenured RadicalsModern liberalism in the United States; Higher education in the United States; TenureAugust 19, 1990Tad SzulcThen and Now: How the World Has Changed Since WWIIAftermath of World War II; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980sAugust 26, 1990Christopher WrenThe End of the Line: The Failure of Communism in the Soviet Union and ChinaCommunism; The Soviet Union; ChinaSeptember 2, 1990Lee EdwardsMissionary for Freedom: The Life and Times of Walter JuddWalter JuddSeptember 9, 1990Robert DoleHistorical Almanac of the United States SenateHistory of the United States SenateSeptember 16, 1990M.A. FarberOutrage: The Story Behind the Tawana Brawley HoaxTawana Brawley rape allegationsSeptember 23, 1990Jannette DatesSplit Image: African Americans in the Mass MediaRepresentation of African-Americans in mediaOctober 14, 1990Harold StassenEisenhower: Turning the World Toward PeaceDwight D. EisenhowerOctober 21, 1990Tim WeinerBlank Check: The Pentagon's Black BudgetMilitary budget of the United StatesOctober 28, 1990Pat ChoateAgents of Influence: How Japan's Lobbyists in the United States Manipulate America's Political and Economic SystemLobbying in the United States; Japan – United States relationsNovember 4, 1990Paul TaylorSee How They Run: Electing a President in an Age of Mediaocracy1988 United States presidential electionNovember 11, 1990Blaine HardenAfrica: Dispatches From a Fragile ContinentAfricaNovember 18, 1990Jean Edward SmithLucius D. Clay: An American LifeLucius D. ClayNovember 25, 1990Martin MayerThe Greatest Ever Bank Robbery: The Collapse of the Savings and Loan IndustrySavings and loan crisisDecember 2, 1990Cpt. Carol BarkalowIn the Men's HouseMemoir/Autobiography; Women in the military; United States Military AcademyDecember 9, 1990Sally Bedell SmithIn All His GloryWilliam S. PaleyDecember 16, 1990Shen TongAlmost a RevolutionTiananmen Square protests of 1989December 23, 1990John Wallach and Janet WallachArafat: In the Eyes of the BeholderYasser ArafatDecember 30, 1990Garry WillsUnder God: Religion and American PoliticsReligion and politics in the United States

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