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The Wartime Service and Postwar Activism of One Latino Veteran
Ricardo Romo
For Veteran's Day, a historian shares photos, and the history, of his father's wartime experiences. Like many of his compatriots, Henry Romo was reluctant to discuss those experiences, but drew on them to work for equal citizenship at home.
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Doug Mastriano's Political Mad Libs
Judith Giesberg and Paul Steege
"Ultimately, if American political movements decide to mimic Nazis, we should take them at their word."
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Understanding the Political Power of Nixon's "Silent Majority"
George Case
Nixon's comment, arguably a throwaway line at the time, has become prophetic as the public across the political spectrum fears they are being manipulated and deceived.
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The Schlesinger Diaries—A Gift to Historians that Keeps Giving
Rafael Medoff
The late historian's diaries highlight discrepancies between Schlesinger's public defenses of Franklin Roosevelt and his private knowledge of FDR's attitudes toward Jews and positions on the Holocaust.
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Eying Return to Power, Conservatism Learns to Love the Administrative State
Jim Sleeper
Some conservatives are turning away from the idea of a government small enough to drown in a bathtub to the idea of one large enough to enforce economic, cultural and sexual orthodoxy in line with their vision of the common good. Will the midterms be their coming out party?
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From Torch to Tunis to El Alamein: Events 80 Years Ago Made the Modern Middle East
Robert Satloff
80 years ago Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, opened a second front against Nazi Germany. Today, it has proven equally important for establishing models for America's relationship to the Middle East.
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Lindsey Fitzharris on the Pioneering Facial Reconstruction Surgeon Who Remade the Faces of Great War Veterans
James Thornton Harris
As one battlefield nurse wrote home, “the science of healing stood baffled before the science of destroying.” Dr. Harold Gillies let the effort to catch up, arguably the only lasting "victory" of the Great War.
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The Roundup Top Ten for November 4, 2022
The top opinion writing by historians and about history from around the web this week.
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How US Latinos Resurrected the Day of the Dead
Ricardo Romo
American Latinos have transformed the day from a private ritiual of communion with ancestors to a public affirmation of heritage.
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The Salem Trials Challenge Us to Resist Moral Panic and Suspicion
Anna K. Danziger Halperin
The Salem Witch Trials have been a perennial subject of fascination. A new exhibition challenges us to think about the potent mix of moral panic and social suspicion that drove accusations in Salem as a caution for ourselves today.
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Matthew Delmont on his Epic History of Black Americans' Experience of World War II
Robin Lindley
"Black activists in the Black press recognized what a tremendous danger Nazism and that racial ideology posed to the world because they saw the commonalities between how Jews were being treate...
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The Long Road to Redress in Ireland
Mark Holan
James Smith, a scholar and advocate for the victims of Ireland's social service institutions including mother and child homes, reformatories, and the notorious Magdalen Laundries, warns that the government's attempts at compensation stifle openness and transparency.
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Professor Kevin M. Kruse on "Suburban Secession"
Skipped History with Ben Tumin
As the Atlanta suburbs shape up to be the critical battleground of Georgia's senate race, Skipped History catches up with Kevin Kruse to talk about the history of suburban politics and how Ame...
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Between January 6 and Ukraine, Macho Men Threaten Democracy
Walter G. Moss
"It would be simplistic to blame the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Putin’s misguided machismo, but it certainly is a factor."
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The US Response to the Holocaust Was Part of a Longer Pattern of Appeasing Fascism
Roger Peace
The Roosevelt administration's refusal to accept large numbers of Jewish refugees was of a piece with a pattern of diplomatic and economic solicitousness toward Nazi Germany.
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Are the Dems in for a 2010-Style Shellacking?
Cary Heinz
The Tea Party wave in the 2010 midterms was an extreme example of the generally poor showing for the president's party in the midterms; will 2022 follow suit?
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The Roundup Top Ten for October 28, 2022
The top opinion writing by historians and about history from around the web this week.
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Is the Recovery Act Driving Inflation?
Robert Brent Toplin
Inflation is a global problem, not an American one.
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Catch these Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass Docs While You Can
Walter G. Moss
Readers have a short time to watch two informative documentaries on American freedom fighters Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.
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Isaac Sears and the Roots of America in New York
Sam Roberts
The career of merchant and patriot Isaac Sears highlights the underappreciated role of New York City in the movement for American independence.
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Originalism is Doomed to Failure. Will it Destroy Democracy First?
Richard Striner
Textualism as a theory of judicial interpretation arose as a semantic game among academics, but has been put to brutal use by the Federalist Society to undermine the democracy that most 21st century Americans enjoy.
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After 50 Years, the Truth About the Vietnam Peace Agreement Remains Elusive
Arnold Isaacs
In October 1972, Henry Kissinger declared "peace is at hand" in Vietnam. Why, then, did the United States continue bombing North Vietnam? Official deception still colors American foreign policy and military strategy today.
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The Roundup Top Ten for October 21, 2022
The top opinion writing by historians and about history from around the web this week.
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