Godfrey Hodgson was director of the Reuters' Foundation Programme at Oxford University, and before that the Observer's correspondent in the United States and foreign editor of the Independent. He reported the presidential elections of 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976 for various British and American media, and was co-author (with Lewis Chester and Bruce Page) of the best-selling account of the 1968 campaign, An American Melodrama (Viking Press, 1969). Among his other books are The World Turned Right Side Up: a history of the conservative ascendancy in America (Houghton Mifflin, 1996); The Gentleman from New York: Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (Houghton Mifflin, 2000); and More Equal Than Others: America from Nixon to the new century (Princeton University Press, 2006).

Recent articles

A presidency born in hope of change is stuck. A year since Obama’s election, an anniversary assessment from Godfrey Hodgson.

(This article was first published on 30 October 2009)

The Nobel peace prize is intended to encourage the United States president to consolidate the great intentions of his first year in office. But it may do him more harm than good, says Godfrey Hodgson.

(This article was first published on 12 October 2009)

The American president’s attitude towards international allies, partners and adversaries reveals the limits of his political leadership, says Godfrey Hodgson.

Senator Edward Kennedy's death closes an era in American politics. Can Barack Obama, by realising the hopes of a progressive presidency, shape a new one? Godfrey Hodgson looks back and thinks forward.

The powerful opposition to Barack Obama’s healthcare-reform plan reveals how crucial features of the American political system operate, says Godfrey Hodgson.

(This article was first published on 10 August 2009)