List of Booknotes interviews first aired in 2000

Booknotes is an American television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb, which 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
January 2, 2000 and January 9, 2000Thomas KeneallyThe Great Shame and the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking WorldIrish diaspora; Irish migration to Great Britain; Irish Canadians; Irish Americans; Irish Australians; History of Ireland (1801–1923); Great Famine (Ireland)
January 16, 2000William Least Heat-MoonRiver-Horse: A Voyage Across AmericaTravel literature; The United States of America
January 23, 2000Isaac SternMy First 79 YearsMemoir/Autobiography; Classical music; Violins
January 30, 2000Robert NovakCompleting the Revolution: A Vision for Victory in 2000Conservatism in the United States; United States elections, 2000; 2000 United States presidential election; United States House of Representatives elections, 2000; United States Senate elections, 2000; United States gubernatorial elections, 2000
February 6, 2000Arthur HermanJoseph McCarthy: Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated SenatorJoseph McCarthy
February 13, 2000Arianna HuffingtonHow to Overthrow the GovernmentPolitics of the United States
February 22, 2000Cornel WestThe Cornel West ReaderEssays; African American studies
February 27, 2000Gina KolataFlu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It1918 flu pandemic
March 5, 2000David Haward BainEmpire Express: Building the First Transcontinental RailroadFirst Transcontinental Railroad
March 12, 2000Howard ZinnA People's History of the United States, 1492-PresentU.S. History; Populism
March 19, 2000Loung UngFirst They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia RemembersMemoir/Autobiography; Khmer Rouge rule of Cambodia
March 26, 2000John DowerEmbracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War IIOccupation of Japan
April 2, 2000Philip ShortMao: A LifeMao Zedong
April 9, 2000Tavis SmileyDoing What's Right: How to Fight for What You Believe In - And Make a DifferenceEssays
April 16, 2000Allen GuelzoAbraham Lincoln: Redeemer PresidentAbraham Lincoln
April 23, 2000Walter MosleyWorkin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of HistoryPolitics of the United States; Economics of the United States
April 30, 2000Ward ConnerlyCreating Equal: My Fight Against Race PreferencesMemoir/Autobiography; Affirmative action
May 7, 2000David WiseCassidy's Run: The Street Spy War Over Nerve GasHistory of Soviet and Russian espionage in the United States; Counterintelligence
May 14, 2000Stephanie GutmannThe Kinder, Gentler Military: Can America's Gender-Neutral Fighting Force Still Win Wars?Women in the military; Military history of the United States
May 21, 2000James PerryA Bohemian Brigade: The Civil War Correspondents - Mostly Rough, Sometimes ReadyHistory of journalism; The American Civil War
May 28, 2000David CrosbyStand and Be Counted: Making Music, Making HistoryMemoir/Autobiography; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; The Byrds
June 4, 2000Zachary KarabellThe Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 ElectionHarry S. Truman; 1948 United States presidential election
June 11, 2000Dan BaumCitizen Coors: An American DynastyCategory:Coors family; Coors Brewing Company
June 18, 2000Joyce ApplebyInheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of AmericansHistory of the United States (1789–1849); Timeline of United States history (1790–1819)
June 25, 2000Francis WheenKarl Marx: A LifeKarl Marx
July 9, 2000James BradleyFlags of Our FathersRaising the Flag on Iwo Jima
July 16, 2000Brooks SimpsonUlysses S. Grant: Triumph Over AdversityUlysses S. Grant
July 23, 2000Elizabeth TaylorAmerican Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. DaleyRichard J. Daley
July 30, 2000David BrooksBobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got ThereYuppies; American upper class; Meritocracy
August 6, 2000H. Paul JeffersAn Honest President: The Life & Presidencies of Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland
August 13, 2000Jane AlexanderCommand Performance: An Actress in the Theater of PoliticsMemoir/Autobiography; National Endowment for the Arts
August 20, 2000Harry SteinHow I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right-Wing ConspiracyMemoir/Autobiography; American Left; Conservatism in America
August 27, 2000Ted GupThe Book of Honor: Covert Lives & Classified Deaths at the CIAThe Central Intelligence Agency
September 3, 2000Harold BloomHow to Read and WhyLiterature
September 10, 2000Lerone BennettForced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White DreamAbraham Lincoln
September 17, 2000Alan MurrayThe Wealth of Choices: How the New Economy Puts Power in Your Hand & Money in Your PocketThe New Economy
September 22, 2000Karen ArmstrongIslam: A Short HistoryIslam
September 24, 2000Michael PaternitiDriving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's BrainAlbert Einstein's brain
October 1, 2000Nina EastonGang of Five: Leaders at the Center of the Conservative CrusadeBill Kristol; Ralph Reed; Clint Bolick; Grover Norquist; David McIntosh
October 8, 2000Diane RavitchLeft Back: A Century of Failed School ReformsEducation reform
October 15, 2000Rick BraggSomebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick BraggJournalism
November 5, 2000Bonnie AngeloFirst Mothers
November 12, 2000William DuikerHo Chi Minh: A LifeHo Chi Minh
November 19, 2000Maya LinBoundariesMemoir/Autobiography; Architecture; Public art; Vietnam Veterans Memorial
November 26, 2000Murray SperberBeer & CircusCollege athletics
December 10, 2000Frank RichGhost Light: A MemoirMemoir/Autobiography; Broadway theatre
December 17, 2000Harvey MansfieldAlexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in AmericaAlexis de Tocqueville
December 24, 2000Robert PutnamBowling AloneSocial capital; Civil society
December 31, 2000Peter HitchensThe Abolition of Britain: From Winston Churchill to Princess DianaPolitical history of the United Kingdom (1945–present)

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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