In a series of fascinating interviews today's best and brightest historians weigh in on the crucial moments in American history. <I>American Heritage® Great Minds of American History</I> takes you there imbuing the past with an immediacy that goes well beyond the scope of formal histories. Roger Mudd's highly knowledgable questions illuminate five truly first-rate minds:<br><br><B><I>World War II and the Post-War Era</I></B><br><B>Stephen Ambrose</B> biographer of Eisenhower and Nixon bestselling author of <I>Citizen Soldiers</I> and <I>Undaunted Courage</I> and adviser to Spielberg's <I>Saving Private Ryan</I> offers his expert insight into war and its aftermath.<br><I><B>The American Revolution</B></I><br><B>Gordon Wood</B> Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <I>The Radicalism of the American Revolution</I> and renowned expert on the colonial era brings to life the birth of the first modern democracy.<br><B><I>America's Forgotten Era: 1865-1914</I></B><br><B>David McCullough</B> acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <I>Truman</I> offers his stunning perspective on the dawn of The American Century.<br><B><I>The American West</I></B><br><B>Richard White</B> MacArthur Genius Award winner and author of groundbreaking books on the American West offers his challenging views on the winning and the losing of the West.<br><B><I>The Civil War</I></B><br><B>James McPherson</B> Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <I>Battle Cry Of Freedom</I> and one of the foremost experts on the Civil War offers his compelling insight into our nation's darkest and bloodiest hour.