Jun 9, 2007

June 4, 2007

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 WATCH:	Presidential Campaign 2008 Watch Paul Boller Jr.on"Skeletons rattle in candidates' closets":"That's kind of surprising. After all, people are living much longer these days. The public has got to get adjusted to this (on McCain's Age) .... I honestly doubt that Americans are ready for a black president or a woman. It's all very complicated for the Democrats right now. I'd hate to have to make a prediction." - Capitol Hill Blue, VA, 5-30-07
BIGGEST STORIES:	Shaul Bakhash: Now Tom Friedman takes up the case of his wife, the imprisoned Iran scholar - NYT, 5-30-07 Md. bank freezes funds of historian Shaul Bakash - WaPo, 5-31-07
HNN STATS THIS WEEK:	Most Popular Article: Philip Zelikow:"Legal Policy for a Twilight War - 5-28-07 Most Popular Blog Entry: Judith Apter Klinghoffer:"ALTRUISTIC REPORTERS" - 5-31-07 Hottest Topic: About the History of Iraq Most Popular Feature: Ferenc M. Szasz:"Quotes About History" All-Time Favorite:"What Is the Difference Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims--and Why Does It Matter?" 9-9-02
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:	06-04-1892 - The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco. 06-04-1896 - Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive. 06-04-1942 - The Battle of Midway, a decisive Allied victory in World War II, began. 06-04-1944 - The U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, leading to the liberation of the city during World War II. 06-04-1989 - People's Army of China opened fire on crowds of prodemocracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, killing thousands. 06-05-1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier gave the first successful balloon flight demonstration. 06-05-1884 - Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words,"I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." 06-05-1933 - The United States went off the gold standard. 06-05-1947 - Sen. George Marshall proposed a plan (Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II. 06-05-1967 - The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began. 06-05-1968 - Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin and died the next day. 06-05-1981 - The Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later become known as AIDS. 06-05-2004 - Former president Ronald Reagan died. 06-06-1934 - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was established to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets. 06-06-1944 - Thousands of Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, France, on D-Day. 06-06-1982 - Israel invaded Lebanon to drive out the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). 06-06-2001 - Vermont Republican Senator James Jeffords left the party to become an independent, handing control of the Senate back to the Democrats. 06-06-2002 - President Bush proposed a new Cabinet department: The Department of Homeland Security. 06-07-1494 - Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries. 06-07-1654 - Louis XIV was crowned king of France. 06-07-1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence. 06-07-1892 - Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision. 06-07-1929 - Vatican City became a sovereign state. 06-07-1948 - President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed. 06-08-0632 - The prophet Muhammad died. 06-08-1845 - Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States, died in Tennessee. 06-08-1861 - Tennessee became the 11th and last state to secede from the Union. 06-08-1968 - James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, assassin, was arrested. 06-08-1982 - President Reagan became the first American president to address a joint session of Britain’s Parliament. 06-08-2001 - Tony Blair and his Labour Party won a second term, overwhelming the opposition at the polls. 06-09-1898 - China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years. 06-09-1973 - Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. 06-10-1801 - The Tripolitan War, between the United States and the Barbary States, began. 06-10-1942 - The entire male population of the Czech village of Lidice was massacred in retaliation for the death of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich. 06-10-1946 - Italy replaced its monarchy with a republic. 06-10-1967 - The Six-Day War between Israel and Syria, Egypt, and Jordan ended. 06-10-1978 - Affirmed won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown. 06-11-1509 - King Henry VIII married his first wife, Katharine of Aragon. 06-11-1770 - Capt. James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef off Australia . 06-11-1919 - Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to capture the Triple Crown. 06-11-1963 - Vivian Malone and James Hood successfully enrolled at the University of Alabama following Gov. George Wallace’s famous"stand in the schoolhouse door." 06-11-1977 - Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crow
IN THE NEWS:	Herbert Norman: More than a victim of McCarthyism Historian John Price writing at the website of Japan Focus (5-26-07) Ryszard Kapuscinski: Polish historian outed as communist spy - Independent (UK), 5-28-07
REVIEWED AND FIRST CHAPTERS:	JONATHAN EIG: A League of His Own Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season - NYT, 6-3-07 JONATHAN EIG: Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season, First Chapter - NYT, 6-3-07 Alan Wolfe on Michael Beschloss: Of Myths and Men A historian shines a spotlight on moments of presidential greatness PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989 - WaPo, 6-3-07 Jack Beatty: The Rise of the Plutocrats AGE OF BETRAYAL The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900 - WaPo, 6-3-07 Glenn C. Altschuler on Michael Beschloss: Presidential courage: This wasn't it PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989 - Baltimore Sun, 6-3-07 Gil Troy on Tom Segev: A fresh look at the six day war Israeli writer criticizes his country's pre-emptive strike 1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East - Montreal Gazette, Canada.com, 6-2-07 Michael Beschloss: Books: Nine U.S. presidents who finessed unpopular decisions PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989 - Buffalo News, NY, 5-27-07 David Dorado Romo: The Nazis learned about Zyklon B from the US treatment of Mexicans - http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk, 6-1-07 Simon Sebag Montefiore: 'I used to be the most shambolic person...' - Telegraph (UK), 5-30-07 Douglas Brinkley: Reagan was a pragmatic conservative, says historian - Houston Chronicle, 5-28-07 Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen: An Assault on Hawaii. On Grammar Too. PEARL HARBOR A Novel of December 8th - NYT, 5-24-07 Walter Issacson: New book on Einstein praised - Eric Alterman at his blog, Altercation (click on SOURCE for embedded links), 5-29-07 Larry Berman: His book on Vietnamese spy criticized by conservative website Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter & Vietnamese Communist Agent (Smithsonian Books) - Lloyd Billingsley at FrontpageMag.com, 5-29-07
OP-ED:	Henry Kissinger: The Lessons of Vietnam - LAT, 5-31-07 Philip Zelikow: Legal Policy for a Twilight War - HNN, 5-28-07 Philip Zelikow: Calls CIA"enhanced interrogation" methods immoral - Marty Lederman (blog), 5-30-07 Clea Lutz Bunch: Surviving the Middle East - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 5-29-07 Andrew J. Bacevich:"I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty." - WaPo, 5-27-07
PROFILED:	Emily Cockayne: Exploring the Enlightenment's seamy underside, a historian brings to life the sights, sounds, and especially the smells of 18th-century Britain - Boston Globe, 5-27-07 Alexandra M. Lord: Became a public historian because she couldn't get an academic job? No way. - Alexandra M. Lord at the website of the Chronicle of Higher Ed, 5-30-07
INTERVIEWED:	Shaul Bakhash: Interviewed on PBS about his wife's ordeal - NewsHour (PBS), 5-28-07 Doris Kearns Goodwin: Would life be different if JFK was alive for his 90th birthday? - HNN Staff, 5-29-07
FEATURE:	Walter Laqueur: He's still pessimistic about Europe - Gerard Baker in the WSJ, 5-31-07 Tom Childers: Historian says many in the Greatest Generation came home broken - http://www.philly.com, 5-28-07
QUOTED:	Donald and Frederick Kagan: Cited by Maureen Dowd in NYT column - Maureen Dowd in the NYT, 5-30-07
SPOTTED & SPEAKING EVENTS CALENDAR:	June 12, 2007: National History Center to Host History Education Summit on June 12, 2007, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. beginning at 10:00 a.m. - Lee White at the website of the National Coalition for History (NCH), 5-31-07 June 13, 2007: David McCullough: Overflow crowd expected at Truman Library appearance -- 4:30 p.m. on the front steps of the library, 500 W. U.S. 24 in Independence - http://www.kansascity.com, 5-28-07 June 27, 2007: John Hope Franklin: Historian to speak at Ole Miss civil rights forum - Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, 5-22-07 June 27-29, 2007: Summit on civil rights to be held at Ole Miss Three-day event to feature speakers, panels and workshops Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS, 5-27-07 August 25, 2007:James McPherson: Featured at daylong colloquium in Andover, Massachusetts on August 25th - AHA Blog, 5-28-07
HONORED, AWARDED, AND APPOINTMENTS:	Eli Rubin: Historian receives fellowship to conduct research in Germany - WMU News, MI, 5-31-07 Thomas Matteo: 4th Staten Island historian - Staten Island Advance, 5-30-07 Maureen Ogle: Wins Hustler Mag's book of the month - Maureen Ogle at the website of Historically Speaking (March/April), 3-1-07 Jesus de la Teja: Appointed first official state historian of Texas - http://www.news8austin.com, 5-29-07
ON TV:	C-Span2, Book TV : After Words: After Words: Michael Beschloss, author of"Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789 - 1989" interviewed by Alexis Simendinger Sunday, June 4 at 6:00 and 9:00pm C-Span2, BookTV History Channel:"History Rocks: The 70's :Part 1" Sunday, June 3, @ 5pm ET/PT History Channel:"History Rocks: The 70's :Part 2" Sunday, June 3, @ 6pm ET/PT History Channel:"Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed" Sunday, June 3, @ 8pm ET/PT History Channel:"The Universe :Secrets of the Sun" Sunday, June 3, @ 10pm ET/PT History Channel:"The True Story of Killing Pablo" Monday, June 4, @ 2pm ET/PT History Channel:"Cities Of The Underworld :Istanbul," Monday, June 4, @ 8pm ET/PT History Channel:"Cities Of The Underworld :08 - New York," Monday, June 4, @ 9pm ET/PT History Channel:"Cities Of The Underworld :02 - City of Caves," Monday, June 4, @ 10pm ET/PT History Channel:"True Caribbean Pirates," Tuesday, June 5, @ 2pm ET/PT History Channel:"Deep Sea Detectives :Blackbeard's Mystery Ship," Tuesday, June 5, @ 4pm ET/PT History Channel:"The Universe :Secrets of the Sun," Tuesday, June 5, @ 9pm ET/PT History Channel:"D-Day: The Lost Evidence :D-Day: The Lost Evidence," Wednesday, June 6, @ 2pm ET/PT History Channel:"D-Day to Berlin :The Battle for France," Wednesday, June 6, @ 2pm ET/PT History Channel:"D-Day to Berlin :The Struggle toward Germany.," Wednesday, June 6, @ 5pm ET/PT History Channel:"D-Day to Berlin :Last Days of the Reich.," Wednesday, June 6, @ 6pm ET/PT History Channel:"Modern Marvels :D-Day Tech.," Wednesday, June 6, @ 7pm ET/PT History Channel:"Band Of Brothers :Points," Wednesday, June 6, @ 7pm ET/PT History Channel:"Targeted :Osama bin Laden," Thursday, June 7, @ 2pm ET/PT History Channel:"Special :Brotherhood of Terror.," Thursday, June 7, @ 4pm ET/PT History Channel:"Decoding The Past :The Other Nostradamus," Thursday, June 7, @ 9pm ET/PT History Channel:"Biblical Disasters.," Friday, June 8, @ 2pm ET/PT History Channel:"The Passion: Religion and the Movies," Friday, June 8, @ 4pm ET/PT History Channel:"Cities Of The Underworld :06 - Rome's Hidden Empire," Friday, June 8, @ 6pm ET/PT History Channel:"Bible Battles," Friday, June 8, @ 8pm ET/PT History Channel:"Dogfights :05 - Guadalcanal," Friday, June 8, @ 10pm ET/PT History Channel:"The Naked Archaeologist :The Last Man Standing/What Killed Herod?," Friday, June 8, @ 11pm ET/PT History Channel:"Mega Movers," Marathon Saturday, June 9, @ 1-5pm ET/PT History Channel:"Vampires Secrets," Saturday, June 9, @ 8pm ET/PT History Channel:"The States :08 - Virginia, Ohio, Idaho, Alabama, North Dakota," Saturday, June 9, @ 10pm ET/PT
SELLING BIG (NYT):	Ronald Reagan. Edited by Douglas Brinkley: THE REAGAN DIARIES #2 (1 week on list) - 6-10-07 Walter Isaacson: EINSTEIN HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE #3 (6 weeks on list) - 6-10-07 Michael Beschloss: PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE, #5 (3 weeks on list) - 6-10-07 David Talbot: Brothers, #16 (1 week on list) - 6-10-07 Vincent Bugliosi: RECLAIMING HISTORY #29 - 6-10-07
FUTURE RELEASES:	Gabor Boritt (Editor): Slavery, Resistance, Freedom, (Oxford University Press, USA), June 2007 William C. Davis: Virginia at War 1862 (Editor) (University Press of Kentucky), June 2007 Jack Valenti: This Time, This Place: My Life in War, the White House, and Hollywood, (Crown Publishing Group), June 5, 2007 Steve Vogel: The Pentagon: A History, (Random House Publishing Group), June 5, 2007 Amity Shlaes: The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, HarperCollins Publishers, June 12, 2007 Orville Vernon Burton: The Age of Lincoln, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), June 12, 2007 Brian K. Bugge: The Mystique of Conspiracy: Oswald, Castro, and the CIA, (Provocative Ideas), June 28, 2007 Kathryn C. Statler: Replacing France: The Origins of American Intervention in Vietnam, (University Press of Kentucky) July 28, 2007
DEPARTED:	W. K. Pritchett: Classicist, dead at 98 - Victor Davis Hanson at National Review, 5-30-07 Patrick Stockstill: Academy Awards historian was 57 - AP, 5-30-07 Edward Behr: Journalist and historian dies at 81 - Telegraph (UK), 5-29-07 James Beck: 77, Art Scholar and Critic of Conservation, Is Dead - NYT, 5-29-07 James O. Hall: Amateur historian, dead at 95, debunked Lincoln conspiracy theories - Andrew Ferguson in the WSJ, 5-25-07

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