Gordon Wood

The Changing Same of U.S. History

by David Waldstreicher

Historians have returned to the question of whether the Constitution is the problem or the solution with renewed vigor and high stakes. Those accusing ideological rivals of "doing politics, not history" are not innocent of the same charge. 

The Historians are (Still) Fighting

by Willam Hogeland

Inside the recent Massachusetts Historical Society dustup between Gordon Wood and Woody Holton over the significance of slavery to the American Revolution, and what it means for the public perception of history. 

Gordon Wood Reviews Mary Beth Norton's ‘1774’ for the Wall Street Journal

by Gordon S. Wood

What shocked colonists like George Washington into war? Britain’s imperious actions in Boston.

Gordon Wood Interviewed on the New York Times’ 1619 Project

“When the Declaration says that all men are created equal, that is no myth”

Gordon Wood says his 15 minutes of fame came with “Good Will Hunting” (Interview)

by Scott Porch

His latest work is a collection of significant Revolutionary War pamphlets put out by the Library of America.

Social media storm over claims made by Gordon Wood

by John Fea

In an article in the conservative Weekly Standard he lionized Bernard Bailyn.

What Gordon Wood thinks of Bernard Bailyn

"Although Bernard Bailyn is one of the most distinguished historians in the Western world, he is not as well known as he should be."