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CNN's Presidential Historian, Professor of History at Rice University & New York Times Best-Selling Author

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Douglas Brinkley Biography

Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, a position he has held since 2007. He is a CNN Presidential Historian, a Presidential Historian for the New York Historical Society since 2017, and a seven-time New York Times best-selling author. In addition to these roles, he has also been recognized as a public spokesperson on conservation issues.

A sought-after commentator on U.S. presidential history, Brinkley has written books on Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. He also served as a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic Monthly. His notable works include "The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast," and "Cronkite," which received the Ann M. Sperber Prize in 2013.

Brinkley has published over thirty books, seven of which have become New York Times bestsellers, and six have been selected as New York Times' “Notable Books of the Year." His repertoire also includes several award-winning books. His book "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race" was longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2020, and he has won Grammy Awards for his contributions to jazz and Latin jazz albums, including "Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom" by the Ted Nash Big Band in 2017, and "Fandango At The Wall In New York" by Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in 2023.

He has won numerous awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Award for "The American Heritage History of the United States" and the Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Naval History Prize for "Driven Patriot." Brinkley was awarded the BusinessWeek “Book of the Year Award” for "Wheels for the World" and was also named 2004 “Humanist of the Year” by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. In recognition of his service to conservation efforts, he was awarded the Frances K. Hutchison Medal by the Garden Club of America in 2021. He has received honorary doctorates from numerous institutions, including Hofstra University, Allegheny College, University of Maine, and Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, among others.

Before Rice, Brinkley served as professor of history and director of the Roosevelt Center at Tulane University in New Orleans. From 1994 until 2005, he was the Stephen E. Ambrose Professor of History and Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans. During his tenure there, he wrote two books with the late Professor Ambrose, "Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938" and "The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation: From the Louisiana Purchase to Today." He was also named the inaugural historian in residence at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in the summer of 2021.

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Douglas Brinkley Speaking Topics

  • The American Corporate Story and History of Innovation

    As Brinkley points out in his epic book Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, the history of corporations is often neglected. In this revealing presentation about a man who constantly pushed for improved processes and reduced costs, Brinkley explains how Ford shaped the 20th century. Surrounding Ford was a group of ordinary and extraordinary people who built a great company -• warts and all. Brinkley compares his research about Ford Motor Company to the challenges and opportunities faced today by corporate America

  • The U.S. Military: Historical Perspective and Future Needs

    At a time when the U.S. military is engaged in a campaign that is more demanding than any that our soldiers have faced in a generation, our armed forces are stretched thin, but soldier morale remains high. The ongoing commitment of the armed forces despite the ebbs and flows of politics is an extraordinary testament to leadership and organizational skill. Brinkley’s voluminous work on a far-reaching range of military campaigns makes him ideally suited to share incredible stories of leadership as well as a general assessment of today’s military and its future.

  • The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America

    In a speech based on his groundbreaking epic biography of Theodore Roosevelt, Douglas Brinkley draws on never-before-published materials to examine the life and achievements of our "naturalist president." By setting aside more than 230 million acres of wild America for posterity between 1901 and 1909, Theodore Roosevelt made conservation a universal endeavor. This crusade for the American wilderness was perhaps the greatest U.S. presidential initiative between the Civil War and World War I. As we face the problems of global warming, overpopulation and sustainable land management, Brinkley shows audiences how this imposing leader's stout resolution to protect our environment is an inspiration and a contemporary call to arms for us all.

  • Race Relations in America: The Past, Present and Future

    Brinkley lived through the destruction of Hurricane Katrina with his fellow New Orleans residents. In his book The Great Deluge, he shares a complete account of the harrowing week following the flood. Brinkley’s book about Rosa Parks captures her majestic personal dignity while conveying the power of her legacy. Brinkley shares highlights of these two amazing stories, provides an historical overview and foretells the future of race relations in America.

  • The Evolution of the American Presidency

    Brinkley shares his insights on the history of American presidency based on his voluminous research regarding the Roosevelt, Nixon, Reagan and Carter presidencies. Brinkley frames the current challenges facing President Obama and how his election changed the course of American history.

Douglas Brinkley Videos

  • FDR + Engaging History with Douglas Brinkley
    FDR + Engaging History with Douglas Brinkley
    Douglas Brinkley discusses the importance of engaging with history and making history engaging. What are some of the important lessons history can...
  • Full interview: Douglas Brinkley on Face the Nation
    Full interview: Douglas Brinkley on "Face the Nation"
    Historian Douglas Brinkley joins Margaret Brennan to discuss his new book, "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race."
  • Douglas Brinkley: Historian and Author of American Moonshot
    Douglas Brinkley: Historian and Author of "American Moonshot"
    In this episode of Talks at GS, historian Douglas Brinkley discusses President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to “go to the moon” that inspired a...
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Douglas Brinkley Books

  • Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening
    Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening
  • The Nixon Tapes
    The Nixon Tapes
  • Cronkite
    Cronkite
  • The Reagan Diaries
    The Reagan Diaries
  • Parish Priest
    Parish Priest
  • The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
    The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion

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Douglas Brinkley is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The American Corporate Story and History of Innovation, The U.S. Military: Historical Perspective and Future Needs, The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, Race Relations in America: The Past, Present and Future and The Evolution of the American Presidency. The estimated speaking fee range to book Douglas Brinkley for your event is available upon request. Douglas Brinkley generally travels from TX, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Michael Beschloss, Juan Williams, Anderson Cooper, Michael D. Brown and Jon Stewart. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Douglas Brinkley for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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