by David Rubenstein, 2019, Simon & Shuster, New York

This book is a collection of edited transcripts of conversations that the author, David Rubenstein, had with some well-known American historians. The conversations were held at the Library of Congress beginning in 2013 in the evenings and members of Congress were invited to attend.

The book is somewhat disappointing. It seems that due to the extensive editing of the original transcripts, there is little follow up to Rubenstein’s questions, and most of his questions were stock questions he asked of each author. The observations of the various authors didn’t seem to provide me with a great deal of new information or insight. This is unfortunate given the status of these authors and what they have contributed to our knowledge of these key historical figures. I suspect the original events were much more interesting and enlightening.