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| Born | November 30, 1955 Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | historian |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | non-fiction |
Michael Beschloss (born November 30, 1955) is an American historian. A specialist in the United States presidency, he is the author of nine books.
Beschloss was born in Chicago, grew up in Flossmoor, Illinois and was educated at Eaglebrook School, Andover, Williams College and Harvard University. He majored in political science, working under James MacGregor Burns at Williams, from which he was graduated with Highest Honors, and earned an MBA at Harvard Business School, with the original intention of writing history while serving as a foundation executive. He has served as a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, a Senior Associate Member at St. Antony's College (University of Oxford), a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard University Russian Research Center and a Senior Fellow of the Annenberg Foundation.
Beschloss is a regular commentator on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and is the NBC News Presidential Historian. He is a trustee of the White House Historical Association and the National Archives Foundation and he also sits on the boards of the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. He was formerly a trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (Monticello), the Urban Institute and the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. He also sits on the advisory board to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and is a former member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.
He received an Emmy in 2005 for the Discovery Channel's "Decisions That Shook the World." He has also received the State of Illinois's Order of Lincoln, the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award, the Ambassador Book Prize and the New York State Archives History Award. He has received honorary doctorates from Lafayette College, Williams College, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Saint Peter's College and Governors State University.
Beschloss is married to Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss, who is President and CEO of The Rock Creek Group, a Washington, DC, hedge fund, and former treasurer and chief investment officer of the World Bank, as well as a current trustee of the Ford Foundation and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Bibliography
- Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How they Changed America, 1789-1989 (2007) was a New York Times bestseller for several months and was a #1 Washington Post bestseller.
- The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 (2002) was a New York Times bestseller for several months.
- Taking Charge (1997) and Reaching for Glory (2001), edited transcripts of Lyndon Johnson's conversations, as captured by his taping system, with notes and commentary. A third Johnson volume is forthcoming.
- Kennedy and Roosevelt: The Uneasy Alliance (1980); started as a Senior Honors Thesis at Williams College.
- The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963 (1991)
- At the Highest Levels: The Inside Story of the End of the Cold War (1993); with Strobe Talbott.
- Eisenhower: A Centennial Life (1990)
- Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair (1986)
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