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Doris Kearns Goodwin on Leadership in Turbulent Times

October 23, 2018

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin unveils her new book, Leadership In Turbulent Times - a culmination of five decades of acclaimed study in presidential history, comparing the leadership styles of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.

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