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Douglas Brinkley discusses America's 250th anniversary and his works on significant historical events.

Bestselling author and historian Douglas Brinkley joins David M. Rubenstein in the Capitol's Kennedy Caucus Room to discuss America's 250th anniversary and his books about Walter Cronkite, the space race, Hurricane Katrina and D-Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host: David M. Rubenstein

Guest: Douglas Brinkley

Topics covered

• American history
• D-Day
• space race
• Hurricane Katrina
• Walter Cronkite
• Douglas Brinkley

Keywords

• Douglas Brinkley
• David M. Rubenstein
• American history
• D-Day
• space race
• Hurricane Katrina
• Walter Cronkite

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Walter Cronkite

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