2 Quotes & Sayings By David Gentleman

David Gentleman is a writer, consultant, and editor. He is the author of The Age of the Crisis in American Politics: From the Great Depression to Iraq, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and selected as a Notable Book by The Washington Post. Gentleman is also the author of The Democratic Brain: The Role of Emotion in Political Life from Aristotle to Barack Obama, which won the History Behind the Headlines Award from the History Channel and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His other books include The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and in Politics; How to Think About Politics: Marx, Keynes, and Morality; and How Presidents Think: Leadership in an Age of Limits Read more

He is currently working on two books about American politics: The Human Animal: Essays on Politics, Culture, and Human Nature, which will be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2013; and Politics from Below: How Ordinary People Make Democracy Work. Gentleman is a graduate of Princeton University with a degree in history.