Jack El-HaiHow my article and book became a podcastTwenty-seven years ago, I started researching one of the nation’s oldest active missing-child cases, a mystery that began less than four…Aug 16Aug 16
Jack El-Hai1948: An American Psychiatrist Recommends Mental Evaluations of Political Office SeekersAs I wrote in my book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, Douglas M. Kelley, M.D., had learned plenty about destructive heads of state by the…Jul 11Jul 11
Jack El-HaiTips on giving history talksI’ve given many public talks about history — usually on topics connected to the subjects of my books. Speaking about history is an…Apr 18Apr 18
Jack El-HaiThey’re trying to make me into a novelist!I’ll have a new book coming out a year from now. Titled Face in the Mirror: A Surgeon, a Patient, and a Second Chance at Life, it tells the…Feb 29Feb 29
Jack El-HaiTransporting audiences to times pastA few years ago I spent an afternoon in Paris with a wonderful French TV crew at work on a documentary about the Nazi leader Hermann…Feb 152Feb 152
Jack El-HaiThe past offers no legal protections for history writersI sometimes joke that I like writing about history because dead people can’t sue for defamation and libel. But apparently, as public…Feb 8Feb 8