List of After Words interviews first aired in 2006

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 7, 2006Nicholas BasbanesDavid KipenEvery Book Its Reader: The Power of the Printed Word to Stir the World January 14, 2006James YeeRowan ScarboroughFor God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire January 21, 2006Paul BremerJim HoaglandMy Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope January 28, 2006Fred BarnesPeter BeinartRebel in Chief: Inside the Bold and Controversial Presidency of George W. Bush Presidency of George W. BushFebruary 4, 2006Kate O'BeirneJodi EndaWomen Who Make the World Worse: And How Their Radical Feminist Assault Is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, and Sports February 11, 2006David RieffWesley ClarkAt the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention February 18, 2006James McManusT.R. ReidPhysical: An American Checkup February 25, 2006Bruce BartlettJames PinkertonImposter: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy George W. BushMarch 4, 2006David ViseLamar SmithThe Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time Google, History of GoogleMarch 11, 2006Torie ClarkePamela HessLipstick on a Pig: Winning in the No-Spin Era by Someone Who Knows the Game March 18, 2006Harvey MansfieldNaomi WolfManliness March 25, 2006Kevin PhillipsGrover NorquistAmerican Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century April 1, 2006Michael MandelbaumJacqueline GrapinThe Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World's Government in the 21st Century April 8, 2006Matthew BogdanosAngela M.H. SchusterThieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion for Ancient Civilizations and the Journey to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures April 15, 2006John TaymanEd CaseThe Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai Kalaupapa, HawaiiApril 22, 2006Julia SweigMark FalcoffFriendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century April 29, 2006Joe KleinWalter ShapiroPolitics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized by People Who Think You're Stupid May 6, 2006Juliet EilperinRichard CohenFight Club Politics: How Partisanship Is Poisoning the U.S. House of Representatives May 13, 2006Madeleine AlbrightGeorgie Anne GeyerThe Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs May 20, 2006John KasichGene SperlingStand for Something: The Battle for America's Soul May 27, 2006Richard BrookhiserJohn SplaineWhat Would the Founders Do?: Our Questions, Their Answers June 3, 2006Alvin TofflerNewt GingrichRevolutionary Wealth June 10, 2006Frank SchaefferKristin HendersonAWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service and How It Hurts Our Country June 17, 2006Andrew KohutBrooks JacksonAmerica Against the World: How We Are Different and Why We Are Disliked June 24, 2006Mark SmithNan AronDisrobed: The New Battle Plan to Break the Left's Stranglehold on the Courts July 1, 2006Gordon WoodRichard Norton SmithRevolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different Founding Fathers of the United StatesJuly 8, 2006Nick BryantJoe LeonardThe Bystander: John F. Kennedy and the Struggle for Black EqualityJohn F. Kennedy and civil rights July 15, 2006Peter BeinartMartin SieffThe Good Fight: Why Liberals--and Only Liberals--Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again July 22, 2006Simon SchamaEdna MedfordRough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution July 29, 2006Thomas RicksJeffrey McCauslandFiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq Iraq WarAugust 5, 2006Tom TancredoAnne MulkernIn Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security August 12, 2006Juan WilliamsMichael Eric DysonEnough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure that Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do about It August 20, 2006Thomas Kean and Lee HamiltonMarvin KalbWithout Precedent: The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission 9/11 CommissionAugust 26, 2006Robert BlockJames Lee WittDisaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security Criticism of the government response to Hurricane KatrinaSeptember 2, 2006Rahm EmanuelMichael TackettThe Plan: Big Ideas for America September 9, 2006Lawrence WrightJames ZogbyThe Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 al-QaedaSeptember 16, 2006Joe MathewsRachel SmolkinThe People's Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy Political career of Arnold SchwarzeneggerSeptember 23, 2006Patrick HynesRichard Cizik In Defense of the Religious Right: Why Conservative Christians Are the Lifeblood of the Republican Party and Why That Terrifies the Democrats September 30, 2012George SorosTed HalsteadThe Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror October 7, 2006Lawrence Otis GrahamAdam Clayton Powell IIIThe Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty Blanche BruceOctober 14, 2006John DanforthCharles C. HaynesFaith and Politics: How the 'Moral Values' Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together October 21, 2006Peter StoneCharles LewisHeist: Superlobbyist Jack Abramoff, His Republican Allies, and the Buying of Washington Jack Abramoff, Jack Abramoff scandalsOctober 28, 2006Ray TakeyhRobert Litwak Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic Iran–United States relationsNovember 4, 2006Mark UpdegroveMark PachterSecond Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House November 11, 2006Nicholas LemannHerman BelzRedemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War Reconstruction EraNovember 18, 2006John O'SullivanMartin WalkerThe President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Margaret ThatcherNovember 25, 2006William MiddendorfDavid FrumA Glorious Disaster: Barry Goldwater's Presidential Campaign and the Origins of the Conservative Movement Barry Goldwater presidential campaign, 1964December 3, 2006Karen DeYoungCharles "Casey" BrowerSoldier: The Life of Colin Powell Colin PowellDecember 9, 2006Larry KahanerPeter SingerAK-47: The Weapon that Changed the Face of War AK-47December 16, 2006Ali AbunimahRon KampeasOne Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian ImpasseIsraeli–Palestinian conflictDecember 23, 2006Alex KershawJack PulwersThe Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain Non-British personnel in the RAF during the Battle of Britain, Eagle SquadronsDecember 30, 2006David CannadineLeslie SchweitzerMellon: An American Life Andrew Mellon

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