Jonathan D. Horn

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Jonathan Horn is an author and former White House presidential speechwriter whose Robert E. Lee biography, The Man Who Would Not Be Washington, was a Washington Post bestseller. His second book, Washington's End, examined our first president's tumultuous post-presidential years. Jonathan has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and PBS NewsHour, and his writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times’ "Disunion" series, Politico Magazine, The Daily Beast, New York Post, and other outlets. A graduate of Yale University, he lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife, daughter, and dog.

THE FATE OF THE GENERALS: MacArthur, Wainwright, and the Epic Battle for the Philippines (Scribner, 2025)

THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT BE WASHINGTON: Robert E. Lee's Civil War and His Decision That Changed American History (Scribner, 2015)

WASHINGTON'S END: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle (Scribner, 2020)