List of After Words interviews first aired in 2005

After Words is an American television series on the C-SPAN2 network’s weekend programming schedule known as Book TV. The program is an hour-long talk show, each week featuring an interview with the author of a new nonfiction book. The program has no regular host. Instead, each author is paired with a guest host who is familiar with the author or the subject matter of their book.

First air date(Links to video)Interviewee(s)Interviewer(s)BookTopic of interview / CommentsJanuary 2, 2005Newt GingrichNorman OrnsteinWinning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America January 9, 2005Howard FrielKen AdelmanThe Record of the Paper: How the 'New York Times' Misreports U.S. Foreign Policy The New York TimesJanuary 16, 2005Helen PrejeanVictoria ToensingThe Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions Wrongful executionJanuary 23, 2005Craig ShirleyJoseph TrippiReagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All Republican Party presidential primaries, 1976, Ronald ReaganJanuary 30, 2005Melissa Boyle MahleDana PriestDenial and Deception: An Insider's View of the CIA From Iran Contra to 9/11 The Central Intelligence AgencyFebruary 6, 2005Essie Mae Washington-WilliamsHarold Ford, Jr.Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond Strom ThurmondFebruary 13, 2005Natan SharanskyTom GjeltenThe Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror February 20, 2005Doug WeadHarold GullanThe Raising of a President: The Mothers and Fathers of our Nation's Leaders February 27, 2005William HagueMartin TurnerWilliam Pitt the Younger William Pitt the YoungerMarch 6, 2005Donald RitchieJohn DickersonReporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps March 13, 2005Tom FentonRoger MuddBad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All March 20, 2005Ari FleischerKaren HoslerTaking Heat: The President, the Press, and My Years in the White House March 27, 2005Jim WallisRandy TateGod's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It April 3, 2005Roy MooreBill PressSo Help Me God: The Ten Commandments, Judicial Tyranny, and the Battle for Religious Freedom Glassroth v. MooreApril 10, 2005Ernestine BradleyHadassah LiebermanThe Way Home: A German Childhood, an American Life April 17, 2005Bob DoleRick AtkinsonOne Soldier's Story: A Memoir April 24, 2005Jorge RamosLinda ChavezDying to Cross: The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History May 1, 2005Linda GreenhouseTim O'BrienBecoming Justice Blackmun: Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey Harry BlackmunMay 8, 2005Byron YorkClarence PageThe Vast Left Wing Conspiracy: The Untold Story of How Democratic Operatives, Eccentric Billionaires, Liberal Activists, and Assorted Celebrities Tried to Bring Down a President--and Why They'll Try Even Harder Next Time May 15, 2005Michael Eric DysonDebra DickersonIs Bill Cosby Right: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? May 22, 2005Ronald RadoshJack ValentiRed Star Over Hollywood: The Film Colony's Long Romance with the Left May 29, 2005Jack CoughlinTony CapaccioShooter: The Autobiography of the Top-Ranked Marine Sniper June 5, 2005Zell MillerJohn AndersonA Deficit of Decency June 12, 2005Patricia O'TooleTom DaschleWhen Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House Theodore RooseveltJune 19, 2005Neil BaldwinJoseph BottumThe American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country from the Puritans to the Cold War June 26, 2005David RothkopfJames BamfordRunning the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power United States National Security CouncilJuly 3, 2005Robert W. MerryHarlan UllmanSands of Empire: Missionary Zeal, American Foreign Policy, and the Hazards of Global Ambition July 10, 2005Bob WoodwardJames MannThe Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat Mark Felt, Deep ThroatJuly 17, 2005Victor NavaskyDavid FrumA Matter of Opinion July 24, 2005Asra NomaniAkbar AhmedStanding Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam July 31, 2005Rick SantorumKirk VictorIt Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good August 7, 2005Kenneth WalshSusan EisenhowerFrom Mount Vernon to Crawford: A History of the Presidents and Their Retreats August 14, 2005Harvey KayeMichael NovakThomas Paine and the Promise of America Thomas PaineAugust 21, 2005Ralph PetersAnatol LievenNew Glory: Expanding America's Global Supremacy August 28, 2005Sheldon HackneyJanet Langhart CohenMagnolias Without Moonlight: The American South from Regional Confederacy to National Integration History of the Southern United States, Politics of the Southern United StatesSeptember 3, 2005Charles PetersThomas FlemingFive Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing 'We Want Willkie!' Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World 1940 Republican National ConventionSeptember 10, 2005Barbara EhrenreichStephen MooreBait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream September 17, 2005Steve ForbesAlice RivlinFlat Tax Revolution: Using a Postcard to Abolish the IRS Flat taxSeptember 24, 2005Tony BlankleyBarbara SlavinThe West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? October 1, 2005Andrea MitchellRobert LichterTalking Back: ...to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels October 8, 2005Chris WhittleJay MathewsCrash Course: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education October 15, 2005Bing WestMark MazzettiNo True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah Second Battle of FallujahOctober 22, 2005Mary Frances BerryJuan WilliamsMy Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations Callie HouseOctober 29, 2005Thomas P.M. BarnettTom FeeneyBlueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating November 6, 2005Jimmy CarterBrian WilliamsOur Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis November 12, 2005Bill RichardsonChuck ToddBetween Worlds: The Making of an American Life November 19, 2005Nathaniel FickAndrew CarrollOne Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer United States Marine CorpsNovember 26, 2005Bruce ChadwickEdward LengelThe First American Army: The Untold Story of George Washington and the Men Behind America's First Fight for Freedom George WashingtonDecember 3, 2005Mary MapesBrent BozellTruth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power Killian documents controversyDecember 10, 2005Haynes JohnsonJoseph diGenovaThe Age of Anxiety: McCarthyism to Terrorism December 17th, 2005John LinderDavid WesselThe FairTax BookFairTaxDecember 24, 2005George WeigelJon MeachamGod's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVIDecember 31, 2005Janis KarpinskiDouglas MacgregorOne Woman's Army: The Commanding General of Abu Ghraib Tells Her Story Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse

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