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April 12, 2024 72 mins

Allen C. Guelzo is the Senior Research Scholar at the Council of Humanities at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous books about the Civil War and early nineteenth century. He has been the recipient of the Lincoln Prize three times, the Guggenheimm-Lehrman Prize for Military History, and many other honors.

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Allen C. Guelzo is a premier historian and well known for his seventeen books as well as his riveting lectures offered by the The Great Courses. In his new book, "Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy and the American Experiment," Guelzo looks at our greatest president and his thoughts on democracy. (Says George F. Will: "It is altogether fitting and proper that, with this meditation on democracy and its most subtle defender Allen Guelzo again demonstrates that he is today's most profound interpreter of this nation's history and significance." Join us as we discuss not only the past, but what that past has to say about our extremely precarious present.


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