Historians

WATCH: Award-Winning Presidential Historian On What Makes An Exceptional President

Posted 09.24.2011

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Fareed Zakaria talked to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough about what makes a great president. McCullough should know. The famed h...

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An Interview With a Young Historian

David Helfenbein | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Helfenbein

An interview with a current law school student who was a history major in college. Part of an ongoing series of young professionals in different fields.

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'Band Of Brothers' Author Stephen Ambrose Accused Of Fabricating Material For Eisenhower Biography

The Guardian | Paul Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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His book Band of Brothers - which chronicled the exploits of one company of US airborne troops in second world war Europe - was turned into a highly p...

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Michael Tomasky's Despairing Take on American History

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Tomasky's notion that anything that happened before today cannot be adequately invoked to derive lessons or guidance negates the very idea of looking to history for inspiration, hope, and direction.

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Glenn Beck: "Historian" for a Troubled America

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Beck's shtick is a backhanded nod to the relevance of history as a discipline and to historians not only as educators, but also as the keepers of the nation's myths.

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Going to Philadelphia... With Shanghai on My Mind

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Wasserstrom

The upcoming World's Fair, while largely ignored in the West, has been attracting enormous attention in China. There, it's being pitched as a sequel not just to the World's Fairs of old but also to the 2008 Games.

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Presidents' Day History: The Must-Reads Of Presidential Biographies (PHOTOS, POLL)

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kenneth C. Davis

Here is a short list of some of my favorite Presidential biographies -- all what I call "must reads."

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Remembering Howard Zinn

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.17.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Howard had the most developed sense of irony of anyone I've ever seen or read -- a quality that made him my all-time favorite historian. I know that I am not alone in saying that he is the reason I became one.

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"The Marne 1914": A Bold New Account (PHOTOS)

Holger H. Herwig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Holger H. Herwig

I wanted to write about the Battle of the Marne because I regard it as the most decisive land battle since the Allies defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. I regard its impact to have been spectacular.

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The Importance of Place in the American Story

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kate Kelly

Being on the Gettysburg Battlefield, I understood service and sacrifice to one's country in a way that I have never understood it before.

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Historians Battle Wal-Mart Over Key Civil War Site

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOCUST GROVE, Va. — Wal-Mart wants to build a Supercenter within a cannonshot of where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant first fought, a propos...

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Historians See Little Chance For McCain Victory

Politico | DAVID PAUL KUHN | Posted 05.25.2011

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One week into the general election, the polls show a dead heat. But many presidential scholars doubt that John McCain stands much of a chance, if any....

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