A Harper Perennial Political Classic, The Making of the President 1960 is the groundbreaking national bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the 1960 presidential campaign and the election of John F. Kennedy. 

New York Times bestselling author 

From the Salem witch trials to modern-day debates, American Panic explores the history of political hysteria in the US, revealing the underlying factors that fuel our nation's tendency to overreact in the face of change.

A stunning trilogy from a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning historian

This complete series chronicles the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history with depth and narrative panache, beginning in the year 1787 and ending in 1988.

“Encyclopedic, fast-paced, wise.” —Newsday

In this memoir, an author who worked behind the scenes in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations offers a thrilling account of the breathtaking victories and heartbreaking disappointments of a critical decade.