Rick Atkinson: Perspective and History

About this episode

Rick Atkinson discusses the interplay of perspective and history with host Andrew Kaufmann.

Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer prize-winning historian and author of The Revolution Trilogy and The Liberation Trilogy, sat down with Strategerist host Andrew Kaufmann to reflect on the idea of perspective and history; how to make judgment calls with 250-year-old material; and how to approach the cliff hanger when the story has already been told many times before.

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Kaufmann

Guest: Rick Atkinson

Topics covered

• history
• perspective
• judgment calls
• storytelling
• historical analysis

Keywords

• Rick Atkinson
• history
• perspective
• The Revolution Trilogy
• The Liberation Trilogy
• judgment calls
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Revolution Trilogy, The Liberation Trilogy

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