Counting the last three Presidents among his fans, Jay Winik is best known for the internationally bestselling April 1865: The Month That Saved America. Already a classic among historical narratives, it later became an award-winning and widely watched History Channel documentary. He is also the author of popular and critically lauded The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, as well as a raft of articles, essays, and history reviews. 1944 offers a measured study of how the ailing but determined President faced impossible moral choices and shaped a pivotal year of war and uncertainty. 

Meelya Gordon Memorial Lecture