Robert Dallek Audio & Video

The 20th-century American Presidency is something of a mystery. Some Presidents performed exceptionally well in office, displaying strong leadership and winning the respect of the American people as well as the rest of the world.

The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century

In the thirty-fourth in a series on American presidents, scholars discussed the life and career of John F. Kennedy. Among the issues they addressed were his childhood, his Navy career, his early political career, his positions on civil rights and foreign policy, and his assassination.

In a striking reinterpretation of the postwar years, historian Robert Dallek examines what drove leaders around the globe—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Mao, de Gaulle, and Truman—to rely on traditional power politics, and points out the lessons we can draw from their mistakes.

In this epic joint biography, a distinguished historian chronicles the lives and times of two unlikely leaders whose partnership dominated the world stage and changed the course of history.

Robert Dallek discusses Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power at Politics and Prose Bookstore.

Robert Dallek discusses his new book Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power.

Robert Dallek talked about the political career and the Presidential tenure of Harry Truman. He is the author of Harry S. Truman: The 33rd President, 1945-1953, part of The American Presidents Series (Times Books; September 2, 2008).

American historian Robert Dallek joins Katherine Lanpher to discuss his talent for illuminating the lives of the Presidents in works like Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power.

In this first lecture in a series touching on how the U.S. Presidency changed during the 20th century, noted historian Robert Dalek begins with his take on Theodore Roosevelt.