Joshua M. Zeitz

Who is Joshua M. Zeitz?

Joshua Michael Zeitz is an American historian and political professional from New Jersey. He is the author of several books on American political and social history and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, The New Republic, The Atlantic, Dissent, and American Heritage. Zeitz appeared as a commentator on two PBS documentaries – Boomer Century, and Ken Burns' Prohibition — and has commented on public policy matters on CNBC and CNN International. He has held faculty positions at Harvard, Cambridge and Princeton and is the author of the forthcoming Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image.