Evan Thomas: 2010 National Book Festival

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Journalist and author Evan Thomas speaks at the 2010 National Book Festival.

Speaker Biography: Evan Thomas has been the assistant managing editor of Newsweek since 1991. He is a frequent guest on Washington-based public affairs television programs such as "Inside Washington." Thomas is the best-selling author of seven works of nonfiction: "Sea of Thunder," "John Paul Jones," "Robert Kennedy," "The Very Best Men," "The Man to See," "The Wise Men" and his latest, "The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst and the Rush to Empire" (Little Brown). He lives in Washington, D.C.

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