Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a professor in the University's Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Professor Suri is the author and editor of eleven books on politics and foreign policy, most recently: Civil War By Other Means: America’s Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy (which we discuss in the interview).
SELECT BOOKS BY JEREMI SURI:
- Civil War by Other Means: https://amzn.to/3F5DXSC
- The Impossible Presidency: https://amzn.to/3RQTRI1
- Liberty’s Surest Guardian: https://amzn.to/3toGe8R
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TIMESTAMPS
01:20 The Civil War never ended
03:05 Formation of the Republican Party
07:50 Causes of the Civil War and the reasons for North winning
14:15 South after the Civil War
19:00 Why Abraham Lincoln is the best president in the US history
20:10 John Wilkes Booth
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