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Geoffrey Perret
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<h2 id="education">Education</h2> <p>After serving in the <a href="/facts/US_Army/WACWBEK9">US Army</a> for three years, Perret studied at <a href="/facts/Long_Beach_City_College/cSxFdmCN">Long Beach City College</a> and then obtained his undergraduate degree <i><a href="/facts/Summa_cum_laude/BqMYAlgN">summa cum laude</a></i> from the <a href="/facts/University_of_Southern_California/N0v9R5gs">University of Southern California</a> in 1967. He was also elected to <a href="/facts/Phi_Beta_Kappa/5TkV3tLw">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. He obtained his postgraduate degree from <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a> in 1969 and then studied law at the University of California at Berkeley.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="selected-publications">Selected publications</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Title</th><th>Year</th><th>ISBN</th><th>Publisher</th><th>Subject matter</th><th>Interviews, presentations, and reviews</th><th>Comments</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/America_in_the_Twenties.html?id=0tp2AAAAMAAJ">America in the Twenties: A History</a></i></td><td>1982</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780671251079</td><td><a href="/facts/Simon_and_Schuster/pESq8Dxl">Simon and Schuster</a></td><td></td><td><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/12/books/books-of-the-times-077006.html"><i>New York Times</i> review</a> by <a href="/facts/Michiko_Kakutani/vwnj1ybP">Michiko Kakutani</a>, August 12, 1982</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Days_of_Sadness_Years_of_Triumph.html?id=3hKY9Ze5tEEC">Days of Sadness, Years of Triumph: The American People, 1939-1945</a></i></td><td>1985</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780299103941</td><td><a href="/facts/University_of_Wisconsin_Press/Mq2AawzW">University of Wisconsin Press</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Country_Made_by_War.html?id=Mrh1AAAAMAAJ">A Country Made by War: From the Revolution to Vietnam: the Story of America's Rise to Power</a></i></td><td>1989</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780394553986</td><td><a href="/facts/Random_House/NcR9r1F1">Random House</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/There_s_a_War_to_be_Won.html?id=PulmAAAAMAAJ">There's a War to Be Won: The United States Army in World War II</a></i></td><td>1991</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780394578316</td><td>Random House</td><td><a href="/facts/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II/BXusA2C4">Military history of the United States during World War II</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Winged_Victory.html?id=dwQMAQAAMAAJ">Winged Victory: The Army Air Forces in World War II</a></i></td><td>1993</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780679404644</td><td>Random House</td><td><a href="/facts/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II/BXusA2C4">Military history of the United States during World War II</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Old_Soldiers_Never_Die.html?id=6gV3AAAAMAAJ">Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur</a></i></td><td>1996</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780679428824</td><td>Random House</td><td><a href="/facts/Douglas_MacArthur/roDnxxbj">Douglas MacArthur</a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Ulysses_S_Grant.html?id=yOn2z5mc9B8C">Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President</a></i></td><td>1997</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780679447665</td><td>Random House</td><td><a href="/facts/Ulysses_S._Grant/htCzhMtb">Ulysses S. Grant</a></td><td><a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?91723-1/ulysses-s-grant-soldier-president"><i>Booknotes</i> interview with Perret on <i>Ulysses S. Grant</i>, October 12, 1997</a>, <a href="/facts/C-SPAN/MdgMU5eM">C-SPAN</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Eisenhower.html?id=_WoOAQAAMAAJ">Eisenhower</a></i></td><td>1999</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780375500466</td><td>Random House</td><td><a href="/facts/Dwight_Eisenhower/a21WXe8r">Dwight Eisenhower</a></td><td><a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?153278-1/eisenhower">Presentation by Perret on <i>Eisenhower</i>, November 1, 1999</a>, <a href="/facts/C-SPAN/MdgMU5eM">C-SPAN</a><a href="http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/dwight-david-ike-eisenhower/">Webcast Panel</a> on U.S. General <a href="/facts/Dwight_D._Eisenhower/a21WXe8r">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> with <a href="/facts/Carlo_D%27Este/HtEaqNnn">Carlo D'Este</a> at the <a href="/facts/Pritzker_Military_Museum_%26_Library/ctAIpSjF">Pritzker Military Museum & Library</a> on October 23, 2003</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Jack.html?id=UcqcG1M6QSIC">Jack: A Life Like No Other</a></i></td><td>2001</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780375503634</td><td>Random House</td><td><a href="/facts/John_F._Kennedy/1cdDaswg">John F. Kennedy</a></td><td><a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?167878-1/jack-life-other">Presentation by Perret on <i>Jack: A Life Like No Other</i>, December 7, 2001</a>, <a href="/facts/C-SPAN/MdgMU5eM">C-SPAN</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Lincoln_s_War.html?id=y9x2AAAAMAAJ">Lincoln's War: The Untold Story of America's Greatest President As Commander in Chief</a></i></td><td>2004</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780375507380</td><td>Random House</td><td><a href="/facts/Presidency_of_Abraham_Lincoln/LUJvk1rY">Presidency of Abraham Lincoln</a></td><td><a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?182245-1/lincolns-war">Presentation by Perret on <i>Lincoln's War</i>, June 2, 2004</a>, <a href="/facts/C-SPAN/MdgMU5eM">C-SPAN</a><a href="http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/geoffrey-perret-lincolns-war/">Webcast Interview</a> on <i>Lincoln's War: The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief</i> at the <a href="/facts/Pritzker_Military_Museum_%26_Library/ctAIpSjF">Pritzker Military Museum & Library</a> on June 2, 2004</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Commander_in_Chief.html?id=9_GI8MvguBAC">Commander in Chief: How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America's Future</a></i></td><td>2007</td><td><a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780374102173</td><td><a href="/facts/Farrar,_Straus_and_Giroux/cRpKdNUE">Farrar, Straus and Giroux</a></td><td></td><td><a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?197570-1/commander-chief">Presentation by Perret on <i>Commander in Chief</i>, April 16, 2007</a>, <a href="/facts/C-SPAN/MdgMU5eM">C-SPAN</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=23683">Geoffrey Perret</a> Author biography from <a href="/facts/Random_House/NcR9r1F1">Random House</a></li> <li><a href="https://campaigningforhistory.blogs.nytimes.com/author/geoffrey-perret/">"Campaigning for History"</a> Archived <i>New York Times</i> articles related to the <a href="/facts/2008_U.S._Presidential_Election/GEIXYxXu">2008 U.S. Presidential Election</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/geoffrey-perret.html"><i>Publishers Weekly</i> reviews of books by Perret</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?51108">Appearances</a> on <a href="/facts/C-SPAN/MdgMU5eM">C-SPAN</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1049160/">Geoffrey Perret</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower". Pritzker Military Museum & Library. <a href="http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/dwight-david-ike-eisenhower/" target="_blank">http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/dwight-david-ike-eisenhower/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>