Esteemed presidential historian and best-selling author Robert Dallek shares lessons from his most recent book “How Did We Get Here?: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump,” putting modern presidencies in perspective ahead of the consequential 2020 presidential election.
Robert Dallek is one of our country’s leading presidential historians. His many books include groundbreaking works on Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. Dallek discusses his latest book, “How Did We Get Here?: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump,” which charts how the triumphs and failures of our modern presidents paved the way for our current president, who, Dallek writes, “presents a new challenge to our system of government.”