Julia Sweig is an American writer and scholar. She is the author of the

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''Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight,'' which portrays

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’s influence and power in the formidable political partnership at the center of the

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presidency. ''Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight'' was longlisted for the 2022 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography. Sweig is also the executive producer, writer, and host of ''In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson'', an eight-episode audio documentary produced with

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and Best Case Studios. 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

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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. She wrote a column on American politics for three years in '' Folha'', Brazil's largest daily newspaper. Previously she served as the Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies at the

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and also led the

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's congressional seminar on Latin America.

Education

Sweig holds a B.A. from the

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and an M.A. and PhD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Books

*''Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight'' (Random House, 2021)

*''Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know'' (Oxford University Press, 2009; 2nd ed., 2012) *''Friendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century'' (PublicAffairs, 2006) *''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) *''Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground'' (Harvard University Press, 2002) Reviews of ''Inside the Cuban Revolution'': * * * * * * * *''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)

References

External links

JuliaSweig.com

April 27, 2006 ''Council on Foreign Relations''
"Improving the World's View of America"
April 6, 2006 ''Talk of the Nation''

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"Anti-U.S. Trend Among South American Leaders"
December 20, 2005 ''Day to Day''

"Viva el Llano!"
August 21, 2002 ''The Brian Lehrer Show''

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Video of conversation with Sweig
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Council Fellow Julia Sweig Debunks the Mythology Surrounding the Birth of the Cuban Revolution
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