David M. Rubenstein, "The American Story"

David M. Rubenstein discusses, "The American Story", at Politics and Prose.

In his Peer-to-Peer Conversations for The David Rubenstein Show on PBS, Rubenstein, a philanthropist and financier, has engaged with top figures in the business world to explore the question of what makes a good leader. Extending the discussion to American historians, his book is a collection of dynamic exchanges with preeminent writers and scholars. Covering the pivotal events and people from the founding to the late 20th century, the collection features Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King, Robert Caro on LBJ, Ron Chernow on Hamilton, Doris Kearns Goodwin on Lincoln, David McCullough on Adams, as well as a special conversation with Chief Justice John Roberts and a foreword by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

Rubenstein is in conversation with David Gregory, CNN political analyst and former moderator of Meet the Press.

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