Julia_E._Sweig Knowpia

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]

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 edit

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]

Books edit

Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight (Random House, 2021) ISBN 9780812995909 [1]
Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2009; 2nd ed., 2012)^[11]
Friendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century (PublicAffairs, 2006) ISBN 1-58648-300-5^[12]
Andes 2020: A New Strategy for the Challenges of Colombia and the Region, A Center for Preventive Action Report (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2004) ISBN 0-87609-340-3
Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground (Harvard University Press, 2002) ISBN 0-674-01612-2^[13]
U.S.-Cuban Relations in the 21st Century, A Follow-On Chairman's Report, Report of an Independent Task Force (Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2001) ISBN 0-87609-276-8

References edit

^ "Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight by Julia Sweig: 9780812995909 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
^ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
^ "Announcing the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists". PEN America. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
^ "Audio diaries reveal Lady Bird Johnson's unseen influence in husband's administration". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
^ "Sweig, Julia". LBJ School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
^ 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.
^ "Inside the Cuban Revolution — Julia E. Sweig". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
^ "Colunista: Julia Sweig | Folha". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
^ "Julia E. Sweig". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
^ "Sweig, Julia". LBJ School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
^
Reviews of Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know:
- Domínguez, Jorge I. (March–April 2010), Foreign Affairs, 89 (2): 165–166, JSTOR 20699886{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Stubbs, Jean (2011), New West Indian Guide, 85 (1–2): 79–84, doi:10.1163/13822373-90002437, JSTOR 41850624{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Yaffe, Helen (January 2011), International Affairs, 87 (1): 249–250, JSTOR 20869654{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Hull, Christopher (May 2011), Journal of Latin American Studies, 43 (2): 405–407, doi:10.1017/S0022216X11000332, JSTOR 23030651, S2CID 145437371{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Dunne, Michael (January 2013), "'Ending the hegemonic presumption'? Recent writings on US—Cuban relations", International Affairs, 89 (1): 159–173, doi:10.1111/1468-2346.12010, JSTOR 23479339
- Kruijt, Dirk (October 2015), "The Cuban and Other Revolutions", European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 99 (99): 133–142, doi:10.18352/erlacs.10109, JSTOR 43673496
^
Reviews of Friendly Fire:
- Gordon, Philip (May–June 2006), Foreign Affairs, 85 (3): 161, doi:10.2307/20031998, JSTOR 20031998{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- McAdams, Tony (November 2006), "Is Anti-Americanism Bad for Business?", Academy of Management Perspectives, 20 (4): 120–123, doi:10.5465/amp.2006.23270315, JSTOR 4166278
- Haglund, David G. (Spring 2007), International Journal, 62 (2): 425–431, doi:10.1177/002070200706200215, JSTOR 40204279, S2CID 142072988{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
^
Reviews of Inside the Cuban Revolution:
- Purcell, Susan Kaufman (May–June 2002), Foreign Affairs, 81 (3): 171–172, doi:10.2307/20033205, JSTOR 20033205{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Domínguez, Jorge I. (Fall 2002), The Wilson Quarterly, 26 (4): 120–121, JSTOR 40260681{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Pérez-Stable, Marifeli (2004), Cuban Studies, 35: 162–164, JSTOR 24487966{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Lear, John (April 2004), The Americas, 60 (4): 667–668, doi:10.1353/tam.2004.0060, JSTOR 4144516, S2CID 145498002{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Martínez-Fernández, Luis (Summer 2004), The Historian, 66 (2): 373–375, JSTOR 24452820{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- de la Cova, Antonio Rafael (Winter 2004), The Florida Historical Quarterly, 82 (3): 406–408, JSTOR 30149547{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Macaulay, Neill (July 2005), The Journal of Military History, 69 (3): 887, doi:10.1353/jmh.2005.0170, JSTOR 3397163, S2CID 162280735{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

External links edit

JuliaSweig.com
Interview: On Friendly Fire, April 27, 2006 Council on Foreign Relations
"Improving the World's View of America", April 6, 2006 Talk of the Nation NPR
"Anti-U.S. Trend Among South American Leaders", December 20, 2005 Day to Day NPR
"Viva el Llano!", August 21, 2002 The Brian Lehrer Show WNYC
Video of conversation with Sweig on Bloggingheads.tv
Council Fellow Julia Sweig Debunks the Mythology Surrounding the Birth of the Cuban Revolution
A Reform Moment in Cuba? by Julia E. Sweig, Council on Foreign Relations, July 8, 2010
Appearances on C-SPAN

[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:
Domínguez, Jorge I. (March–April 2010), Foreign Affairs, 89 (2): 165–166, JSTOR 20699886{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Stubbs, Jean (2011), New West Indian Guide, 85 (1–2): 79–84, doi:10.1163/13822373-90002437, JSTOR 41850624{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Yaffe, Helen (January 2011), International Affairs, 87 (1): 249–250, JSTOR 20869654{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Hull, Christopher (May 2011), Journal of Latin American Studies, 43 (2): 405–407, doi:10.1017/S0022216X11000332, JSTOR 23030651, S2CID 145437371{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Dunne, Michael (January 2013), "'Ending the hegemonic presumption'? Recent writings on US—Cuban relations", International Affairs, 89 (1): 159–173, doi:10.1111/1468-2346.12010, JSTOR 23479339

Kruijt, Dirk (October 2015), "The Cuban and Other Revolutions", European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 99 (99): 133–142, doi:10.18352/erlacs.10109, JSTOR 43673496

[12] Domínguez, Jorge I. (March–April 2010), Foreign Affairs, 89 (2): 165–166, JSTOR 20699886{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[13] Stubbs, Jean (2011), New West Indian Guide, 85 (1–2): 79–84, doi:10.1163/13822373-90002437, JSTOR 41850624{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[14] Yaffe, Helen (January 2011), International Affairs, 87 (1): 249–250, JSTOR 20869654{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[15] Hull, Christopher (May 2011), Journal of Latin American Studies, 43 (2): 405–407, doi:10.1017/S0022216X11000332, JSTOR 23030651, S2CID 145437371{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[16] Dunne, Michael (January 2013), "'Ending the hegemonic presumption'? Recent writings on US—Cuban relations", International Affairs, 89 (1): 159–173, doi:10.1111/1468-2346.12010, JSTOR 23479339

[17] Kruijt, Dirk (October 2015), "The Cuban and Other Revolutions", European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 99 (99): 133–142, doi:10.18352/erlacs.10109, JSTOR 43673496

[12] Reviews of Friendly Fire:
Gordon, Philip (May–June 2006), Foreign Affairs, 85 (3): 161, doi:10.2307/20031998, JSTOR 20031998{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

McAdams, Tony (November 2006), "Is Anti-Americanism Bad for Business?", Academy of Management Perspectives, 20 (4): 120–123, doi:10.5465/amp.2006.23270315, JSTOR 4166278

Haglund, David G. (Spring 2007), International Journal, 62 (2): 425–431, doi:10.1177/002070200706200215, JSTOR 40204279, S2CID 142072988{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[19] Gordon, Philip (May–June 2006), Foreign Affairs, 85 (3): 161, doi:10.2307/20031998, JSTOR 20031998{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[20] McAdams, Tony (November 2006), "Is Anti-Americanism Bad for Business?", Academy of Management Perspectives, 20 (4): 120–123, doi:10.5465/amp.2006.23270315, JSTOR 4166278

[21] Haglund, David G. (Spring 2007), International Journal, 62 (2): 425–431, doi:10.1177/002070200706200215, JSTOR 40204279, S2CID 142072988{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[13] Reviews of Inside the Cuban Revolution:
Purcell, Susan Kaufman (May–June 2002), Foreign Affairs, 81 (3): 171–172, doi:10.2307/20033205, JSTOR 20033205{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Domínguez, Jorge I. (Fall 2002), The Wilson Quarterly, 26 (4): 120–121, JSTOR 40260681{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Pérez-Stable, Marifeli (2004), Cuban Studies, 35: 162–164, JSTOR 24487966{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Lear, John (April 2004), The Americas, 60 (4): 667–668, doi:10.1353/tam.2004.0060, JSTOR 4144516, S2CID 145498002{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Martínez-Fernández, Luis (Summer 2004), The Historian, 66 (2): 373–375, JSTOR 24452820{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

de la Cova, Antonio Rafael (Winter 2004), The Florida Historical Quarterly, 82 (3): 406–408, JSTOR 30149547{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Macaulay, Neill (July 2005), The Journal of Military History, 69 (3): 887, doi:10.1353/jmh.2005.0170, JSTOR 3397163, S2CID 162280735{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[23] Purcell, Susan Kaufman (May–June 2002), Foreign Affairs, 81 (3): 171–172, doi:10.2307/20033205, JSTOR 20033205{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[24] Domínguez, Jorge I. (Fall 2002), The Wilson Quarterly, 26 (4): 120–121, JSTOR 40260681{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[25] Pérez-Stable, Marifeli (2004), Cuban Studies, 35: 162–164, JSTOR 24487966{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[26] Lear, John (April 2004), The Americas, 60 (4): 667–668, doi:10.1353/tam.2004.0060, JSTOR 4144516, S2CID 145498002{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[27] Martínez-Fernández, Luis (Summer 2004), The Historian, 66 (2): 373–375, JSTOR 24452820{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[28] Cova, Antonio Rafael (Winter 2004), The Florida Historical Quarterly, 82 (3): 406–408, JSTOR 30149547{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[29] Macaulay, Neill (July 2005), The Journal of Military History, 69 (3): 887, doi:10.1353/jmh.2005.0170, JSTOR 3397163, S2CID 162280735{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

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