List of Booknotes interviews first aired in 1989

Booknotes is an American television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb. It originally aired from 1989 to 2004.[1] The format of the show is a one-hour, one-on-one interview with a non-fiction author.[2] The series was broadcast at 8 p.m. Eastern Time each Sunday night,[3] and was the longest-running author interview program in U.S. broadcast history.

First broadcast
(with link to
transcript / video)		AuthorBookSubject matter
April 2, 1989Zbigniew BrzezinskiThe Grand Failure: The Birth and Death of Communism in the 20th CenturyCommunism
April 9, 1989Judy SheltonThe Coming Soviet Crash: Gorbachev's Desperate Pursuit of Credit in Western Financial MarketsThe Economy of the Soviet Union
April 16, 1989Bruce OudesFrom: The President—Richard Nixon's Secret FilesRichard Nixon
April 23, 1989Susan MoellerShooting War: Photography and the American Experience of CombatWar photography
April 30, 1989Henry BrandonSpecial Relationships: A Foreign Correspondent's MemoirsMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism
May 7, 1989Col. David HackworthAbout Face: The Odyssey of an American WarriorMemoir/Autobiography; The Vietnam War
May 14, 1989James FallowsMore Like Us: Making America Great AgainJapan – United States relations; Economy of Japan
May 21, 1989Gregory FossedalThe Democratic Imperative: Exporting the American RevolutionDemocracy promotion
May 28, 1989Stanley KarnowIn Our Image: America's Empire in the PhilippinesPhilippine–American War
June 4, 1989James MacGregor BurnsThe Crosswinds of FreedomHistory of the United States (1918–1945); History of the United States (1945–1964); History of the United States (1964–1980); History of the United States (1980–1991)
June 11, 1989Robert ChristopherCrashing the Gates: The De-WASPing of America's Power EliteWhite Anglo-Saxon Protestants; Elitism
June 18, 1989Sen. Robert ByrdThe Senate: 1789-1989History of the United States Senate
June 25, 1989Elizabeth ColtonThe Jackson Phenomenon: The Man, The Power, The MessageJesse Jackson
July 2, 1989Nathaniel BrandenJudgment Day: My Years with Ayn RandAyn Rand
July 9, 1989Roger KennedyOrders From France: The Americans and the French in a Revolutionary World (1780–1820)The French Revolution; The U.S. Constitution; France – United States relations
July 14, 1989Simon SchamaCitizens: A Chronicle of the French RevolutionThe French Revolution
July 16, 1989George WilsonMud Soldiers: Life Inside the New American ArmyThe United States Army; Category:United States Army education
July 23, 1989Jeanne SimonCodename: Scarlett—Life on the Campaign Trail by the Wife of a Presidential CandidateSenator Paul Simon; Democratic Party (United States) presidential primaries, 1988
July 30, 1989Michael KaufmanMad Dreams, Saving Graces: Poland—A Nation in ConspiracyPoland; History of Poland (1945–1989)
August 6, 1989Porter McKeeverAdlai Stevenson: His Life and LegacyAdlai Stevenson
August 13, 1989Bob Schieffer and Gary Paul GatesThe Acting PresidentRonald Reagan
August 20, 1989Bruce MurrayJourney Into Space: The First Thirty Years of Space ExplorationSpace exploration; NASA; Space advocacy
August 27, 1989Jack Germond and Jules WitcoverWhose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars? The Trivial Pursuit of the Presidency 19881988 United States presidential election
September 3, 1989Walter LaqueurThe Long Road to Freedom: Russia and GlasnostGlasnost
September 10, 1989Thomas FriedmanFrom Beirut to JerusalemJournalism; Middle East
September 17, 1989Gen. Ariel SharonWarrior: An AutobiographyMemoir/Autobiography; History of the Israel Defense Forces
September 24, 1989George GilderMicrocosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and TechnologyQuantum mechanics; Microtechnology
October 1, 1989Mort RosenblumBack Home: A Foreign Correspondent Rediscovers AmericaMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism
October 8, 1989Barbara EhrenreichFear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle ClassAmerican middle class
October 15, 1989Harrison SalisburyTiananmen Diary: Thirteen Days in JuneThe Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
October 22, 1989Kenneth AdelmanThe Great Universal Embrace, Arms Summitry—A Skeptic's AccountArms Control and Disarmament Agency; Geneva Summit (1985); Reykjavík Summit; Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
October 29, 1989Rev. Ralph David AbernathyAnd the Walls Came Tumbling DownMemoir/Autobiography; Civil Rights Movement
November 5, 1989Vassily AksyonovSay CheeseSay Cheese is one of the only novels ever featured on Booknotes.
November 12, 1989Felix RodriguezShadow WarriorMemoir/Autobiography; The Central Intelligence Agency
November 19, 1989Robin WrightIn the Name of God: The Khomeini DecadeThe Ayatollah Khomeini
November 26, 1989Peter HennessyWhitehallHer Majesty's Government; Whitehall
December 3, 1989Clifford StollThe Cuckoo's EggSecurity cracking; Markus Hess
December 10, 1989Arthur GraceChoose Me: Portraits of a Presidential RacePhotojournalism; 1988 United States presidential election
December 17, 1989James Reston, Jr.The Lone Star: The Life of John ConnallyJohn Connally
December 24, 1989Richard RhodesFarm: A Year in the Life of an American FarmerAgriculture in the United States; Family farms
December 31, 1989William D. LutzDoublespeakDoublespeak

References
  1. "'Booknotes' Afterword". The Boston Globe. 19 August 2004.
  2. Ellen Emry Heltzel (17 August 1997). "Books On TV, and a Host Who Listens". The Sunday Oregonian.
  3. Frank J. Prial (4 December 2004). "After Many Million Pages, 'Booknotes' Ends Its Run". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
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