Edwin Grosvenor

1 month ago | americanheritage.com | Joseph Connor |Edwin Grosvenor |Elizabeth R. Varon |Fergus Bordewich

As April 1865 neared, an exhausted Abraham Lincoln met with his two top generals, Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, to discuss the end of the Civil War, which finally seemed to be within reach. Nevertheless, the president—“having seen enough of the horrors of war”—remained deeply conflicted.

2 months ago | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Daniel Yergin |Kai Bird |Jonathan Alter

Editor's Note: Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of S&P Global, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, described by Business Week as hailed as “the best history of oil ever written.” More recently, he published The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations. The presidency of Jimmy Carter was both shaped and bracketed by energy. Even before he took office, Carter made clear that he intended “energy” to be a linchpin of his administration.

2 months ago | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Brook Manville |Josiah Ober |Richard N. Haass

Editor’s Note: After a distinguished career in academia (Northwestern University) and business (McKinsey & C.), Brook Manville researches and writes about the history of democracy and the future of free societies. He and Stanford Political Science professor Josiah Ober recently published a thoughtful book of ideas on how to renew our democracy, The Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives. Like many observers, they have grown concerned about the state of civic education, but also offer solutions.

2 months ago | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Elisabeth Griffith |Dan Rather |Ronald Collins

Editor's Note: Elisabeth Griffith is the author of two acclaimed books on women's history, Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality: 1920–2020 and In Her Own Right: the Life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She has a PhD in history, and publishes a blog at Pink Threads on Substack. On November 14, 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd into a school emptied of other students.

2 months ago | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Todd Belt |Paul M. Sparrow |Michael Wolraich

What does history tell us about presidents who have tried to push the limits of the system? Editor’s Note: Todd Belt is a professor of political science at George Washington University and director of the Political Management program. He is the co-author of four books including The Post-Heroic Presidency: Leveraged Leadership in an Age of Limits. For the past 25 years, I have taught courses on the U.S. presidency, emphasizing a fundamental principle: the president is not a king.