Just 43 Republicans Joining with Democrats Could End Donald Trump's Presidency.
By Ronald L. Feinman
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Male Historians Have Long Dominated Public Debates. Is Charlottesville a Turning Point?
Rick Shenkman
Since the awful events in Cville, women historians have written many of the pieces published in the mainstream media.
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Ross Douthat’s Ridiculous Comparison of Trump to JFK
Sheldon M. Stern
JFK was a serious person who abhorred war and studied history. One cannot say the same about Donald Trump.
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The Other Mistake Southern Heritage Defenders Make
Wallace Hettle
They’re not just wrong to overlook the fact that slavery was the cause of the war, they’re wrong about this, too.
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America Was Never White
Joe Krulder
The alt-right’s rhetoric of Heritage is pure myth, a fabrication of a false past, creating memory where none existed.
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Historian: For North Korea, Acquiring Nukes Was a Rational Decision
Erik Moshe
An interview with Cheehyung Harrison Kim.
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What It Means to Censure a President
Rick Shenkman
We've censured presidents before. No one remembers this. If you want to make history, impeach a president. Censures don’t seem to mean much.
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There’s No Comparison Between Donald Trump and John F. Kennedy
Sheldon M. Stern
Niall Ferguson claims that there is. It’s bogus.
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Why Does Donald Trump Keep Flirting With Disaster?
James David Robenalt
It’s hopelessly naïve to believe he will change.
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We Shouldn’t Let the Racists Own the Vikings
Linnea Hartsuyker
Why I wrote a novel about the Vikings and what I learned about them.
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One Obama Legacy Trump Isn’t Overturning Is Michelle’s White House Garden
Suzy Evans
Melania’s decided to keep it.
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What I’m Reading: An Interview with Catherine Merridale
Erik Moshe
Her worst teacher? The one who would hit her over the head with a hard textbook because she asked a lot of questions. “Insolent puppy,” he would snarl.
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Review of "The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Life of Houston’s Iconic Astrodome" By Robert C. Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack
Ron Briley
An interesting academic book about the social issues raised by the construction of a major baseball stadium.
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Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville: What Historians Are Saying on Social Media
HNN Staff
Tweets and retweets from historians on both the left and the right.
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Trump Got the Pershing Story Backwards
William Lambers
The general didn’t kill his Muslim prisoners. He talked them into peace.
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We Found a Historian Who's Defending Trump's Comments on Charlottesville
HNN Staff
His name is Larry Schweikart, professor of history at the University of Dayton and the author of " A Patriot's History of the United States." These are some of his tweets and retweets this week.
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The Right Words
Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards
Trump was failing a basic obligation of leadership. He did not pay tribute to virtue.
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Jeffersonian Democracy after Charlottesville
Matthew Crow
We should think long and hard before we let enemies of the Republic claim one of its creators as their own.
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There Shouldn’t Be any Statues Honoring Robert E. Lee Anywhere
Ed Simon
To remove Confederate memorials is not to white-wash history, far from it. It’s to finally remove the stain which concealed for too many Americans the reasons for why that hideous war was fought.
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What Does it Mean to Carry the Swastika Flag?
Richard E. Frankel
Those who marched under the Nazi banner and those who opposed them are not equal.
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Dr. Strangelove Is Horrifyingly Relevant Again
Robert Brent Toplin
The movie reminds audiences that in the nuclear age humanity is in jeopardy when bellicose leaders promote confrontation.
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No, Mr. President. This Is Not an Issue with “Many Sides”
Ed Simon
Once again Donald Trump caters to the white racists who helped elect him.
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Donald Trump Has Put the U.S. into a Precarious Position
John Prados
His fire and fury language is egging North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toward the abyss, in service of a goal that cannot be achieved by force, creating a situation which may not be exited except through force.
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Forget Those Comparisons with the Cuban Missile Crisis
Sheldon M. Stern
This time, the top military figures in the administration may be forced to try to short-circuit an impulsive over-reaction by their commander-in-chief rather than the other way around.
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How Accurate Is “Dunkirk”?
Robert Huddleston
The motion picture is an excellent opening chapter to the Second World War.
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Think “Dunkirk” Is Epic? Check Out the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin’s Treptower Park.
Peter Cole
It just might be the most impressive and important war memorial Americans never have heard of.
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The Deep South and the Rest of Us
There's No There There
The Deep South has changed but segregation and discrimination remain throughout the nation.
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What Jared Kushner Could Learn from a Man He’s Probably Never Heard of
Bruce W. Dearstyne
The man is Andrew Jackson’s nephew. Like Kushner, he served as a presidential advisor.
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Why We Really Should Be Concerned About HBO’s New Series “Confederate”
James Thornton Harris
What Herbert Marcuse would make of the show.
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The Historian as Activist: Josh Marshall, Founder of TalkingPointsMemo.com
Erik Moshe
How he turned a passion for history into a full-time job as a crusading journalist.
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Why Was the Quebec Flag Flown at the Statehouse in Connecticut?
Patrick Lacroix
It’s no riddle. The French in Canada migrated in huge numbers to New England and now Canada’s an economic powerhouse.
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Review of Jeffrey Moran's "The Scopes Trial: A Brief History with Documents"
Bernard von Bothmer
Has America really changed that much since the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial?
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The Vietnam War that Never Goes Away
Bruce Chadwick
A review of the hit revival, Miss Saigon." It holds up well.
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What People Are Talking About
Links to important discussions about topics in the news this week.
News
- Toronto Holocaust historian uncovers brilliant ploy that spared lives of Jews
- Max Boot says what we need to do in Afghanistan is what no one wants to admit and that's nation-building
- Niall Ferguson chastises Trump’s comments on Cville but says the left’s open to criticism, too
- Male Historians Have Long Dominated Public Debates. Is Charlottesville a Turning Point?
- Kevin Levin says he’s changed his mind about Confederate statues
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