Julia E. Sweig

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Julia Sweig is an American writer and scholar. She is the author of the New York Times Best Seller Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight, which portrays Lady Bird's influence and power in the formidable political partnership at the center of the Johnson presidency. [1] [2] Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight was longlisted for the 2022 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. [3] Sweig is also the executive producer, writer, and host of In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson, an eight-episode audio documentary produced with ABC News and Best Case Studios. [4] She is the author of several books and is currently a non-resident senior research fellow at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas-Austin. [5]

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Sweig is a recognized expert and scholar of US-Latin American relations and, in addition to her books, author of numerous short and long form essays on American foreign policy, especially Cuba. [6] [7] She wrote a column on American politics for three years in Folha , Brazil's largest daily newspaper. [8] Previously she served as the Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and also led the Aspen Institute's congressional seminar on Latin America. [9]

Education

Sweig holds a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an M.A. and PhD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia Sweig: 9780812995909 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  2. ↑ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  3. ↑ "Announcing the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists". PEN America. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  4. ↑ "Audio diaries reveal Lady Bird Johnson's unseen influence in husband's administration". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  5. ↑ "Sweig, Julia". LBJ School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  6. ↑ Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Third Edition, New to this ed.). Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 2016-06-22. ISBN   978-0-19-062037-0.
  7. ↑ "Inside the Cuban Revolution — Julia E. Sweig". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  8. ↑ "Colunista: Julia Sweig | Folha". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  9. ↑ "Julia E. Sweig". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  10. ↑ "Sweig, Julia". LBJ School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  11. ↑ Reviews of Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know:
  12. ↑ Reviews of Friendly Fire:
  13. ↑ Reviews of Inside the Cuban Revolution:
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