Douglas Brinkley is Professor of History at Rice University. His latest book, Cronkite, will be published this May. He is currently working on the third volume of his Wilderness Cycle, Silent Spring Revolution.

Articles by Douglas Brinkley

CARSON AND CAMELOT Illustration by Joe Ciardiello
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Rachel Carson and JFK, an Environmental Tag Team
May 8, 2012 — On the 50th anniversary of Silent Spring’s publication, a best-selling historian shows the extent to which John Kennedy and his administration defended Rachel Carson’s controversial work against the chemical industry’s onslaught.

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