Steven M Gillon: 5 books
Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours to Live
Oswald, Kennedy, and the Conspiracy that Will Not Die
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
What did Lee Harvey Oswald do in the 48 hours after he shot President John F. Kennedy? This riveting companion to the upcoming History Channel documentary follows Oswald in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, searching for the answers to the questions that have troubled America for a half century:...
The Pact
Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Most Americans saw President Bill Clinton and Speaker Newt Gingrich as staunch foes--"the polar extremes of Pennsylvania Avenue." But as Steven Gillon reveals in The Pact, these powerful adversaries formed a secret alliance in 1997, a pact that would have rocked the political landscape,...
Pearl Harbor
FDR Leads the Nation Into War
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy.” History would prove him correct; the events of that day-when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor-ended the Great Depression, changed the course of FDR's presidency, and swept America into World War II. In Pearl...
Separate and Unequal
The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
From a New York Times bestselling author, the definitive history of the Kerner Commission, whose report on urban unrest reshaped American debates about race and inequality
In Separate and Unequal, New York Times bestselling historian Steven M. Gillon offers a revelatory new history of the National...
The Kennedy Assassination--24 Hours After
Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Riding in an open-topped convertible through Dallas on November 22, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson heard a sudden explosive sound at 12:30 PM. The Secret Service sped him away to safety, but not until 1:20 PM did he learn that John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. Sworn in next to a bloodstained Jackie...