Historians/History

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• 12-9-13
  

  What Have We Learned from Pauline Maier?

  by Ray Raphael

  Maier transformed our understanding of the Constitution.

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• 12-6-13
  

  Nelson Mandela Was Truly One of History's Great Men

  by James Mittelman

  A moral force in the world, Nelson Mandela sacrificed dearly for the values of freedom and social justice.

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• 12-6-13
  

  Mandela's Lasting Legacy: An Interview with Judith Byfield

  by David Austin Walsh

  Cornell professor Judith Byfield on Nelson Mandela's passing.

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• 12-2-13
  

  Slim Majority of History PhDs Hold Tenure-Track Jobs

  by David Austin Walsh

  But nearly a quarter of recent PhDs are in non-tenure track/contingent positions.

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• 12-2-13
  

  Andrew Jackson: Symbol of a Southern Age

  by Mark R. Cheathem

  From the Revolution through to the Civil War, the South dominated American political life.

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• SOURCE: National Coalition for History
  11-26-13
  

  Public Interest Declassification Board Seeks Input on Declassification Priorities

  by Lee White

  The PIDB is seeking the input of historians on the declassification process.

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• 11-25-13
  

  The Nazis' Gun Ban Facilitated Kristallnact

  by Stephen Halbrook

  Jewish-owned guns were registered and were easily confiscated in the weeks before the onslaught.

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• 11-25-13
  

  Documenting Historians' Revolutionary Demographic Change

  by Alan M. Kraut and David A. Gerber

  In 1962, the president of the American Historical Association warned about young historians of "lower middle-class or foreign origins." How times have (thankfully) changed.

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• 11-25-13
  

  I Don't Care Who Killed JFK

  by Peter Dreier

  It really doesn't matter who killed the thirty-fifth president.

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• 11-22-13
  

  Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union [INTERVIEW]

  by David Austin Walsh

  Journalist Peter Savodnik discusses his new book, "The Interloper."

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• 11-20-13
  

  Why Didn't Obama Say "Under God" in His Recitation of the Gettysburg Address?

  by John Fea

  Simple: Because "under God" isn't in the version Obama was asked to read.

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• 11-22-13
  

  A New Film Life of President John F. Kennedy [INTERVIEW]

  by Robin Lindley

  Director Susan Bellows on the PBS documentary "JFK."

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• 11-20-13
  

  Would We Still Have Had "The Sixties" If Kennedy Had Lived?

  by James T. Patterson

  Remember, the turmoil of the 1960s stemmed from forces unrelated to JFK's assassination.

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• 11-20-13
  

  Why Lee Harvey Oswald Pulled the Trigger

  by Steven M. Gillon

  The Warren Commission painted him as a disaffected sociopath. But Oswald actually had a political reason to kill JFK: to impress Castro.

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• 11-18-13
  

  Does PBS's "JFK" Whitewash Kennedy's Flaws?

  by Sheldon M. Stern

  The new PBS documentary fails to rise above the imagery crafted by Arthur Schlesinger and Theodore Sorensen in the 1960s.

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• 11-18-13
  

  The Kennedys and Martin Luther King

  by Yohuru Williams

  King and the Kennedys remain important symbols of the power of hope and the promise of a just democracy.

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• 11-11-13
  

  Veterans Day, Ninety-Five Years On

  by Adam Hochschild and Joe Sacco

  The enduring folly of the Battle of the Somme.

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• 11-11-13
  

  Veterans Day in Ireland

  by Jason R. Myers

  For one thing, it's not Veterans Day, it's Remembrance Day. For another, it's not an official holiday, even though some 200,000 Irishman fought in World War I.

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• 11-11-13
  

  History Gets Into Bed with Psychology, and It’s a Happy Match

  by Carol Tavris

  History gives us the data of our march of folly. Cognitive science shows why.

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• 11-11-13
  

  David Dennis on the Nazi Distortion of the Western Tradition [INTERVIEW]

  by Robin Lindley

  The Nazis tried to put their stamp on the entirety of the Western canon.