Brinkley, Douglas

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BRINKLEY, Douglas

BRINKLEY, Douglas. American, b. 1960. Genres: History, Documentaries/Reportage. Career: Historian and educator. Hofstra University, New College, Hempstead, NY, associate professor of history and teaching fellow, 1989-94; University of Louisiana, associate professor; University of New Orleans, professor of history, 1994-, director of Eisenhower Center for American Studies, 1994-. Contributor to National Public Radio; consultant to television documentary projects. Publications: NONFICTION: Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years, 1953-1971, 1992; (with T. Hoopes) Driven Patriot: The Life and Times of James Forrestal, 1992; The Majic Bus: An American Odyssey, 1993; (with T. Hoopes) FDR and the Creation of the United Nations, 1997; (with S.E. Ambrose) Rise to Globalism, 8th ed., 1997; The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey beyond the White House, 1998; American Heritage History of the United States, 1998; Rosa Parks, 2000; (with S.E. Ambrose) The Mississippi and the Making of a Nation, 2002; Wheels of the World, 2003. EDITOR: (with C. Hackett) Jean Monnet: The Path to European Unity, 1991; Dean Acheson and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1993; (with N.A. Naylor and J.A. Gable) Theodore Roosevelt: Many-Sided American, 1993; (with D.R. Facey-Crowther) The Atlantic Charter, 1994; (with R. Griffiths) John F. Kennedy and Europe, 1999; (with S.E. Ambrose, A. Nevins, and H.S. Commager) Witness to America, 1999; (with P. Limerick) The Bernard DeVoto Reader, 2001; (advisory) The Penguin Encyclopedia of American History, 2003; (gen. ed.) The New York Times Living History, World War II: The Axis Assault, 1939-1942, 2003. Author of introductions to books by: J. Carter, T. Dreiser, C.T. Rowan. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Eisenhower Center for American Studies, 923 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130, U.S.A.