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 5, 1992Charles HamiltonAdam Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American DilemmaAdam Clayton Powell Jr.January 12, 1992August HeckscherWoodrow Wilson: A BiographyWoodrow WilsonJanuary 26, 1992Frederick DownsNo Longer Enemies, Not Yet Friends: An American Soldier Returns to VietnamThe Vietnam WarFebruary 2, 1992Robert CwiklikHouse Rules: A Freshman Congressman's Initiation to the Backslapping, Backpedaling, and Backstabbing Ways of WashingtonPeter Hoagland; The U.S. House of RepresentativesFebruary 9, 1992Francis FukuyamaThe End of History and the Last ManLiberal democracy; Sociocultural evolutionFebruary 16, 1992Al GoreEarth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human SpiritEcology; Global WarmingFebruary 23, 1992 and March 1, 1992Richard NixonSeize the Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower WorldForeign Policy of the United States March 8, 1992Robert MassieDreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great WarHMS Dreadnought; Origins of World War IMarch 22, 1992Linda ChavezOut of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic AssimilationHistory of Hispanic and Latino AmericansMarch 29, 1992Nan RobertsonThe Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and the New York TimesThe New York TimesApril 12, 1992Orlando PattersonFreedom in the Making of Western CulturePolitical freedomApril 19, 1992Paul HollanderAnti-Americanism: Critiques at Home and Abroad, 1965-1990Anti-AmericanismApril 26, 1992Tinsley YarbroughJohn Marshall Harlan: Great Dissenter of the Warren CourtJohn Marshall Harlan IIMay 3, 1992Earl Black and Merle BlackThe Vital South: How Presidents Are ElectedSouthern strategyMay 5, 1992Robert ReminiHenry Clay: Statesman for the UnionHenry ClayMay 10, 1992David MooreThe Superpollsters: How They Measure and Manipulate Public Opinion in America:Category:Opinion polling in the United StatesMay 17, 1992Robert BartleyThe Seven Fat Years and How to Do It Again:Category:1980s in economic historyMay 31, 1992Lester ThurowHead to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe and AmericaEconomy of Europe; Economy of Japan; Economy of the United States; Japan–United States relationsJune 7, 1992R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.The Conservative Crack-UpConservatism in the United StatesJune 14, 1992William Lee MillerThe Business of May Next: James Madison and the FoundingJames MadisonJune 21, 1992John JackleyHill Rat: Blowing the Lid Off CongressThe U.S. House of RepresentativesJune 28, 1992David SavageTurning Right: The Making of the Rehnquist Supreme CourtThe Rehnquist Court; List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Rehnquist CourtJuly 5, 1992William RehnquistGrand Inquests: The Historic Impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew JohnsonFederal impeachment in the United States; Samuel Chase; Impeachment of Andrew JohnsonJuly 12, 1992Jeffrey BellPopulism and Elitism: Politics in the Age of EqualityPopulism and ElitismJuly 19, 1992David McCulloughTrumanHarry TrumanJuly 26, 1992Richard Ben CramerWhat It Takes: The Way to the White House1988 United States presidential electionAugust 2, 1992Gilbert FiteRichard B. Russell, Jr.: Senator from GeorgiaRichard Russell Jr.August 9, 1992Robert Donovan and Ray SchererUnsilent Revolution: Television News and American LifeTelevision news in the United StatesAugust 16, 1992Martin AndersonImpostors in the TempleHigher education in the United StatesAugust 23, 1992Mickey KausThe End of EqualitySocial equalityAugust 30, 1992Neil PostmanTechnopoly: The Surrender of Culture to TechnologyTechnology and societySeptember 6, 1992Terry EastlandEnergy in the Executive: The Case for a Strong PresidencyPresident of the United StatesSeptember 13, 1992James BillingtonRussia Transformed: Breakthrough to HopeRussiaSeptember 20, 1992Sen. Paul SimonAdvice and Consent: Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork and the Intriguing History of the Supreme Court's Nomination BattlesClarence Thomas; Robert BorkSeptember 27, 1992Walter IsaacsonKissinger: A BiographyHenry KissingerOctober 18, 1992George WillRestoration: Congress, Term Limits and the Recovery of Deliberative DemocracyThe U.S. Congress; Term limits in the United StatesOctober 25, 1992Susan FaludiBacklash: The Undeclared War Against American WomenFeminism in the United StatesNovember 8, 1992Barbara Hinkley and Paul BraceFollow the Leader: Opinion Polls and the Modern Presidents:Category:Opinion polling in the United StatesNovember 15, 1992Derrick BellFaces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of RacismRacism in the United StatesNovember 22, 1992Gen. Norman SchwarzkopfIt Doesn't Take a HeroMemoir/Autobiography; United States Army; Gulf WarNovember 29, 1992Charles SykesA Nation of Victims: The Decay of the American CharacterVictim playingDecember 6, 1992Daniel BoorstinThe CreatorsCultural history; Creativity; History of the concept of creativityDecember 13, 1992Brian KellyAdventures in Porkland: How Washington Wastes Your Money and Why They Won't StopPork barrelDecember 20, 1992Eric AltermanSound and Fury: The Washington Punditocracy and the Collapse of American PoliticsPolitical journalism; PunditsDecember 27, 1992Michael MedvedHollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional ValuesCinema of the United States; Popular culture; Traditional values
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