Arthur Ross Book Award: "These Truths-A History of the United States"

Presider Gideon Rose celebrates the winners of this year’s Arthur Ross Book Award: Jill Lepore, Andrew Roberts, and Max Hastings. Gold medalist Jill Lepore discusses why the United States needs a national history.
Gold Medal: Jill Lepore for These Truths: A History of the United States
Silver Medal: Andrew Roberts for Churchill: Walking With Destiny
Bronze Medal: Max Hastings for Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
Speaker
Jill Lepore
David Woods Kemper ‘41 Professor of American History, Harvard University; Staff Writer, New Yorker; Author, These Truths: A History of the United States; 2019 Arthur Ross Book Award Gold Medalist
Presider
Gideon Rose
Peter G. Peterson Chair and Editor, Foreign Affairs; Chair, Arthur Ross Book Award Jury
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