CUNY TV logo

 

This edition: Andrew Meier - Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty





Online media for this episode is not currently available on our website.

Episode Details

Original tape date: February 6, 2023. First aired: July 3, 2023.

Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the acclaimed new book Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty by Andrew Meier. Spanning four generations, Morgenthau offers a panoramic account of one exceptional family across more than 150 years of U.S. and world history. The sweeping portrait reveals their power and influence in the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century-including, of course, that of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The author will be in conversation with Jonathan F. Fanton Director of Roosevelt House Harold Holzer.