Alan Brinkley

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• SOURCE: Politico
  12/29/19
  

  Alan Brinkley: The Historian Who Illuminated the Present Day

  by Nicholas Lemann

  His historical research and writing was substantially about American politics and government in modern times.

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• 6/23/19
  

  The Perfect Mentor: Alan Brinkley

  by Yanek Mieczkowski

  Beyond his impeccable scholarship and insightful lectures, Alan Brinkley was a mentor to dozens of doctoral students. In that role, he was perfect, providing profound lessons that will last through many careers, and likely, many lifetimes. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/17/2019
  

  Alan Brinkley, Leading Historian of 20th-Century America, Dies at 70

  Mr. Brinkley’s work spanned the full spectrum of the last century’s seminal events and influential characters, including the Great Depression and World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  5-8-13
  

  Alan Brinkley: Fighting the Gun World

  Now, almost five months after the killing of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Connecticut, riveted the nation, Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is talking about trying to resurrect his bill on gun background checks that was defeated in the Senate last month.