List of Booknotes interviews first aired in 1991

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 6, 1991Ben WattenbergThe First Universal NationMemoir/Autobiography; The United States of AmericaJanuary 13, 1991Daniel RoosThe Machine That Changed the WorldThe Automobile; Alfred P. Sloan; General Motors; The Ford Motor Company; ToyotaJanuary 27, 1991Daniel YerginThe Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and PowerThe Petroleum industryFebruary 3, 1991Carl RowanBreaking BarriersMemoir/Autobiography; Race in the United StatesFebruary 10, 1991Father Theodore HesburghGod, Country, Notre DameMemoir/Autobiography; The University of Notre DameFebruary 17, 1991Ronald BrownsteinThe Power and the Glitter: The Hollywood–Washington ConnectionCinema of the United States; Motion Picture Association of America; Lobbying in the United StatesFebruary 24, 1991Robert KuttnerThe End of Laissez-FaireRonald Reagan; History of the United States (1980–1991)March 3, 1991Haynes JohnsonSleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan YearsRonald Reagan; History of the United States (1980–1991)March 10, 1991Georgie Anne GeyerGuerrilla PrinceFidel CastroMarch 17, 1991Leonard GoldensonBeating the OddsAmerican Broadcasting CompanyMarch 24, 1991Richard BrookhiserThe Way of the WASP: How It Made America and How It Can Save It... So to SpeakWhite Anglo-Saxon ProtestantsMarch 31, 1991Dayton DuncanGrass Roots: One Year in the Life of the New Hampshire Presidential PrimaryNew Hampshire primary; Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1988; Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1988April 7, 1991Tom WickerOne of Us: Richard Nixon and the American DreamRichard NixonApril 14, 1991William Strauss and Neil HoweGenerations: The History of America's Future, 1584–2069Strauss–Howe generational theoryApril 21, 1991Robert ShoganThe Riddle of PowerLeadership; Powers of the president of the United States; Harry Truman; Dwight Eisenhower; John F. Kennedy Lyndon Johnson; Richard Nixon; Gerald Ford; Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; George H. W. BushApril 28, 1991Caroline Kennedy and Ellen AldermanIn Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in ActionUnited States Bill of RightsMay 5, 1991Nick LemannThe Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How it Changed AmericaSecond Great Migration (African American)May 12 and May 19, 1991Lou CannonPresident Reagan: A Role of a LifetimeRonald ReaganMay 24, 1991Lewis Puller Jr.Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis Puller, Jr.Memoir/Autobiography; Chesty Puller; United States Marine Corps; The Vietnam WarMay 26, 1991Robert ReichThe Work of NationsGlobalization; CapitalismJune 2, 1991Robert KaiserWhy Gorbachev Happened: His Triumphs and His FailureMikhail GorbachevJune 9, 1991George Friedman and Merideth LeBardThe Coming War with JapanJapan – United States relationsJune 16, 1991Dixy Lee RayTrashing the Planet: How Science Can Help with Problems Like Acid Rain and Nuclear Waste and Depletion of the OzoneEnvironmental skepticismJune 23, 1991Bob WoodwardThe CommandersThe Joint Chiefs of Staff; The Pentagon; United States invasion of Panama; The Gulf WarJune 30, 1991Roger GittinesConsequences: John G. Tower, A Personal and Political MemoirJohn TowerJuly 7, 1991Donald RitchiePress GalleryHistory of American newspapersJuly 14, 1991Michael BeschlossThe Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960–1963John F. Kennedy; Nikita Khrushchev; The Cold WarJuly 21, 1991Alan EhrenhaltThe United States of Ambition: Politicians, Power and the Pursuit of OfficePolitics of the United StatesJuly 28, 1991Clark CliffordCounsel to the President: A MemoirMemoir/AutobiographyAugust 4, 1991Elaine SciolinoThe Outlaw State: Saddam Hussein's Quest for Power and the Gulf CrisisSaddam Hussein; IraqAugust 11, 1991Len Colodny and Robert GettlinSilent Coup: The Removal of a PresidentResignation of Richard Nixon; John Dean; Alexander HaigAugust 18, 1991Liz TrottaFighting for Air: In the Trenches with Television NewsUnited States television newsAugust 25, 1991E.J. Dionne JrWhy Americans Hate PoliticsPolitics of the United StatesSeptember 1, 1991Andrew Cockburn and Leslie CockburnDangerous LiaisonsIsraeli Intelligence CommunitySeptember 8, 1991Liva BakerThe Justice from Beacon HillOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.September 15, 1991Reuven FrankOut of Thin Air: The Brief Wonderful Life of Network NewsUnited States television news; NBC NewsSeptember 22, 1991Robert DallekLone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times 1908–1960Lyndon JohnsonSeptember 29, 1991Stephen CarterReflections of an Affirmative Action BabyAffirmative ActionOctober 6, 1991Ken AulettaThree Blind Mice: How the TV Networks Lost Their WayUnited States television newsOctober 20, 1991Anthony LewisMake No Law: The Sullivan Case and the First AmendmentNew York Times Co. v. Sullivan; First Amendment to the United States ConstitutionOctober 27, 1991Don OberdorferThe Turn: From the Cold War to a New Era, The United States and the Soviet Union 1983–1990Soviet Union – United States relationsNovember 3, 1991Larry SabatoFeeding Frenzy: How Attack Journalism has Transformed American PoliticsPolitics of the United StatesNovember 10, 1991Tina RosenbergChildren of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin AmericaLatin AmericaNovember 17, 1991Suzanne GarmentScandal: The Culture of Mistrust in American PoliticsPolitics of the United StatesNovember 24, 1991James StewartDen of ThievesInsider tradingDecember 1, 1991Gary SickOctober Surprise: America's Hostages in Iran and the Election of Ronald ReaganOctober surprise conspiracy theoryDecember 8, 1991James RestonDeadline: A MemoirMemoir/Autobiography; The New York TimesDecember 15, 1991Thomas Byrne Edsall and Mary EdsallChain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American PoliticsPolitics of the United StatesDecember 22, 1991Martin GilbertChurchill: A LifeWinston ChurchillDecember 29, 1991Jimmy BreslinDamon Runyon: A LifeDamon Runyon

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