Articles By Kenneth C. Davis and Media Appearances
By Kenneth C. Davis
Social Education (January-February 2023), “Why Books Matter: Books are Weapons in the War of Ideas” Social Education (National Council for the Social Studies) — Strongman : The Rise of Dictators and the Fall of Democracy October 2020 Social Education (National Council for the Social Studies) — The American Contradiction: Conceived in Liberty, Born in Shackles (March/April 2020) Social Education (National Council for the Social Studies) — “Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport,” September 2019 Smithsonian.com Philadelphia Threw a World War I Parade That Gave Thousands of Onlookers the Flu -September 21, 2018
Smithsonian.com — The History of American Impeachment -June 12, 2017
New York Times — Juneteenth is for Everyone” – June 19, 2015
New York Times — How the Civil War Created Thanksgiving – November 25, 2014
Smithsonian.com — Eight Lessons for the Presidential Debates – October 3, 2012
The Washington Post — Why do we have a President anyway? – September 7, 2012
Smithsonian.com — The Top 10 Political Conventions That Mattered the Most –August 2012,updated 2020
CNN.com – The blood and sweat behind Labor Day – September 2, 2011
Smithsonian.com – Juneteenth: Our Other Independence Day – June 16, 2011
CNN.com – Palin and the Truth About Paul Revere – June 9, 2011
CNN.com – Why US is Not a Christian Nation – July 4, 2011
New York Times – Schools of Hard Knocks – December 25, 2010
Smithsonian Magazine – America’s True History of Religious Tolerance – October 2010
All Things Considered – Anti-Immigrant Rage Is Older Than The Nation Itself – May 25, 2010
The New York Times – A French Connection – November 25, 2008
Smithsonian Magazine — The First “Teflon” Hero: What July 4th, 1754 reveals about George Washington’s survival skills — July 2008
The New York Times – The Founding Immigrants – July 3, 2007
The Rutland Herald — Don’t Know Much About the Nuremberg Trials — November 9, 2005
The New York Times – Jefferson, Madison, Newdow? – March 26, 2004
New York Times– Ethnic Cleansing Didn’t Start in Bosnia — September 3, 1995
Selected Media Interview with Kenneth C. Davis
•”On the Power of Reading: CBS Mornings Interviews Kenneth C. Davis”
•Kansas Public Radio Podcast “Conversations”: The World in Books: 52 Works of Great Short Nonfiction
•ABC News Interview: VIDEO
•PBS Newshour Classroom: “Strongman Author Kenneth C. Davis on how democracies fall and teaching the Capitol Insurrection”
•CBS This Morning (May 2014): “On the Origins of Memorial Day”
•Appearance on “Tony Guida’s New York” @cunytv to talk about Strongman
•Interview: “Book Q and As with Deborah Kalb”
•Interview with Karen Hunter about how a Strongman uses youth groups to grow a cult of personality.
•Vic Pasquantonio, QandA with author Kenneth C. Davis on slavery, “America’s great contradiction,” PBS Newshour Extra (July 30, 2020)
•Lisa Mullins, “Historian Draws Parallels Between the 1918 Spanish Flu and Today’s Coronavirus Pandemic,” WBUR Boston Public Radio
•Vic Pasquantonio, “Have Americans forgotten the history of this deadly flu?” PBS Newshour (November 1, 62018)
•”Q&A with Kenneth C. Davis,” Sally Lodge, Publishers Weekly (May 15, 2018)
•”Don’t Know Much About the American Presidents: Kenneth C. Davis reveals strange facts about America’s leaders” Christian Science Monitor (October 24, 2012)
