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"Historian John Keegan called World War II "the largest single event in human history." More than sixty years after it ended, that war continues to shape our world. Going far beyond accounts of the ...

QUESTION: What are the most surprising things you find in studying the Great Depression? DAVID KENNEDY: One of the most surprising things that I discovered about the Depression was the degree of ...

In 1912, James Bryce, the British ambassador to the United States, proclaimed that the national parks are “America’s best idea.” Others have called the parks “America’s best places.” But if the parks ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: David M. Kennedy is a Director for the Center for Crime Prevention and Control in the John Jay College of Criminal Justice with four videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the ...