List of Booknotes interviews first aired in 1995

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 1, 1995Doris Kearns GoodwinNo Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt -- The Home Front in World War IIFranklin D. Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt; United States home front during World War IIJanuary 8, 1995Robert WrightThe Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are -- The New Science of Evolutionary PsychologyEvolutionary PsychologyJanuary 15, 1995Anthony Cave BrownTreason in the Blood: H. St. John Philby, Kim Philby, and the Spy Case of the CenturySt. John Philby; Kim Philby; The Cambridge FiveJanuary 22, 1995Marvin OlaskyThe Tragedy of American CompassionCriticism of The war on povertyJanuary 29, 1995Steven WaldmanThe Bill: How the Adventures of Clinton's National Service Bill Reveal What Is Corrupt, Comic, Cynical, and Noble about WashingtonCorporation for National and Community ServiceFebruary 5, 1995M. Stanton EvansThe Theme is Freedom: Religion, Politics, and the American TraditionPolitical freedom; Economic freedomFebruary 12, 1995Philip HowardThe Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating AmericaIndividual and group rightsFebruary 19, 1995Jimmy CarterAlways a Reckoning and Other PoemsPoetryFebruary 26, 1995Alan RyanIntroduction to Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville; Democracy in AmericaMarch 5, 1995Lynn SherrFailure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own WordsSusan B. AnthonyMarch 12, 1995Donald KaganOn the Origins of WarWarMarch 19, 1995Neil BaldwinEdison: Inventing the CenturyThomas EdisonMarch 26, 1995James LoewenLies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got WrongTextbooks; EurocentrismApril 2, 1995Gertrude HimmelfarbThe De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern ValuesVictorian moralityApril 9, 1995Stanley GreenbergMiddle Class Dreams: The Politics and Power of the New American MajorityAmerican middle classApril 16, 1995Alvin Toffler and Heidi TofflerCreating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third WaveThe Third Wave (Toffler book); Post-industrial societyApril 23, 1995(Pt. 1 and Pt. 2)Robert McNamaraIn Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of VietnamThe Vietnam WarApril 30, 1995Michael KlareRogue States and Nuclear Outlaws: America's Search for a New Foreign PolicyForeign Policy of the United StatesMay 7, 1995David MaranissFirst in His Class: A Biography of Bill ClintonBill ClintonMay 14, 1995Tim Penny and Major GarrettCommon CentsPolitics of the United States; Federal government of the United StatesMay 21, 1995Linn WashingtonBlack Judges on Justice:Category:African-American judges; Robert N. C. Nix, Jr.May 28, 1995John NivenSalmon P. Chase: A BiographySalmon P. ChaseJune 4, 1995Hanan AshrawiThis Side of PeaceMemoir/Autobiography; Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflictJune 11, 1995Peter BrimelowAlien Nation: Common Sense About America's Immigration DisasterImmigration to the United StatesJune 18, 1995Yuri ShvetsWashington Station: My Life as a KGB Spy in AmericaThe KGB; History of Soviet and Russian espionage in the United StatesJune 25, 1995Norman MailerOswald's Tale: An American MysteryLee Harvey OswaldJuly 2, 1995Ari HoogenboomRutherford B. Hayes: Warrior & PresidentRutherford B. HayesJuly 9, 1995DeWayne WickhamWoodholme: A Black Man's Story of Growing Up AloneMemoir/Autobiography; African AmericansJuly 16, 1995Armstrong WilliamsBeyond Blame: How We Can Succeed by Breaking the Dependency BarrierBlame; Affirmative action in the United StatesJuly 23, 1995Newt GingrichTo Renew AmericaUnited States history; Conservatism in the United StatesJuly 30, 1995John HockenberryMoving Violations: A Memoir—War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of IndependenceMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism; Physical disabilityAugust 6, 1995Marc FisherAfter the Wall: Germany, The Germans, and the Burdens of HistoryGermany; The Berlin WallAugust 13, 1995Robert D. Richardson, Jr.Emerson: The Mind on FireRalph Waldo EmersonAugust 20, 1995Cartha "Deke" DeLoachHoover's FBI: The Inside Story by Hoover's Trusted LieutenantJ. Edgar Hoover; The Federal Bureau of InvestigationAugust 27, 1995Robert TimbergThe Nightingale's SongJohn McCain; Bud McFarlane; Oliver North; John Poindexter; Jim Webb; The U.S. Naval Academy; The Vietnam War; The Iran-Contra AffairSeptember 3, 1995Robert LeckieOkinawa: The Last Battle of World War IIThe Battle of OkinawaSeptember 10, 1995Emory ThomasRobert E. Lee: A BiographyRobert E. LeeSeptember 17, 1995Elsa WalshDivided Lives: The Public and Private Struggles of Three Accomplished WomenMeredith Vieira; Rachael Worby; Alison EstabrookSeptember 24, 1995Irving KristolNeoconservatism: The Autobiography of an IdeaNeoconservatismOctober 1, 1995Andrew SullivanVirtually Normal: An Argument About HomosexualityHomosexualityOctober 8, 1995Susan EisenhowerBreaking Free: A Memoir of LoveMemoir/Autobiography; Roald SagdeevOctober 15, 1995Nicholas BasbanesA Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for BooksBibliomania; BibliophiliaOctober 22, 1995David FromkinIn The Time of Americans: The Generation that Changed America's Role in the WorldHistory of U.S. foreign policy; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Harry Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower; George Marshall; Douglas MacArthurOctober 29, 1995Ben BradleeA Good Life: Newspapering and Other AdventuresThe Washington PostNovember 5, 1995Marlin FitzwaterCall the Briefing! Bush and Reagan, Sam and Helen: A Decade with Presidents and the PressMemoir/Autobiography; White House Press Secretary; Presidency of Ronald Reagan; :Category:Presidency of George H. W. BushNovember 12, 1995Pierre SalingerP.S., A MemoirMemoir/Autobiography; White House Press Secretary; Kennedy AdministrationNovember 19, 1995bell hooksKilling Rage: Ending RacismRacism in the United StatesNovember 26, 1995Sanford UngarFresh Blood: The New American ImmigrantsImmigration to the United StatesDecember 3, 1995James BakerThe Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War and Peace, 1989-1992Memoir/Autobiography; United States Secretary of State; George H. W. BushDecember 10, 1995David BrinkleyA MemoirMemoir/Autobiography; JournalismDecember 17, 1995Evan ThomasThe Very Best Men: Four Who Dared—The Early Years of the CIAThe Central Intelligence AgencyDecember 24, 1995David Herbert DonaldLincolnAbraham LincolnDecember 31, 1995Charles KuraltCharles Kuralt's AmericaThe United States of America; CBS News Sunday Morning

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