Join us as author and Boston Globe columnist Michael A. Cohen talks about the compelling drama of the 1968 election. American Maelstrom presents a gripping story of powerful personalities including President Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, George Wallace and Richard Nixon, among others.

American Maelstrom captures the full drama of this watershed election, establishing 1968 as the hinge between the decline of political liberalism, the ascendancy of conservative populism, and the rise of anti-government attitudes that continue to dominate the nation’s political discourse.

Michael A. Cohen is a regular contributor for the Boston Globe on national politics and foreign affairs. He is a fellow at the Century Foundation, a lecturer at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and has written for dozens of news outlets, including a column for the Guardian and Foreign Policy. He previously worked as a speechwriter at the US State Department. He is the author of Live From the Campaign Trail, which looks at presidential campaign speechwriting.

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