presidential history

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• SOURCE: Democracy Now!
  6/15/2022
  

  Garrett Graff: A "Conspiratorial Mindset" Links Trump and Nixon Actions

  Garrett Graff, author of "Watergate: A New History" argues that both January 6 and Watergate were the logical culminations of the broader politics of the Trump and Nixon administrations and the movements that sustained them. 

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  4/12/2022
  

  New Book Offers First Historians' Take on Trump Presidency

  Julian Zelizer is the editor of a collection of essays by an all-star lineup of historians taking stock of the Trump presidency. He discusses the book and the challenges of putting the recent, contested past in perspective. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/6/2022
  

  Trump Can't Just Erase History the Way Nixon Tried to Do

  by Tim Naftali

  "The newly reported Trumpian gap may actually be easier to fill in, and therefore less of a threat to the historical record than Nixon’s."

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• 4/10/2022
  

  The Problem of Presidential Isolation

  by Michael A. Genovese

  Today, who can speak truth to the president’s power? And to whom can a president unburden himself in those moments of stress and self-doubt? From whom can the president expect direct and candid advice?

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• SOURCE: Briscoe Center for American History
  4/7/2022
  

  UT's Briscoe Center Acquires Richard and Doris Kearns Goodwin Papers,Popular History

  "I’m impressed by the depth and breadth of the Briscoe Center’s holdings, and also by its innovative mission as a center that actively conducts its own research into its collections, as well as facilitating the research of others."

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• SOURCE: The Watergate Story
  4/4/2022
  

  Watergate at 50: The Consequences of Impunity

  by Barry Sussman

  The Washington Post's City Editor at the time of the Watergate breakin launches a series of posts on the ongoing legacy of the scandal. This one discusses the legacy of elite impunity that resulted from the failure to prosecute Richard Nixon. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/4/2022
  

  What I Learned when Donald Trump Tried to "Correct" the Record

  by Julian Zelizer

  "As an academic historian, I never expected to find myself in a videoconference with Donald Trump."

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  3/1/2022
  

  Can Biden Look to Truman for How to Get Presidency Unstuck?

  by John Dickerson

  Michael Kazin's new history of the Democratic Party hints at a possible path for Biden to manage Democratic dissention, Republican intransigence, and challenges domestic and international. 

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• SOURCE: TIME
  2/21/2022
  

  Were the Founders a Bunch of Wealthy Oligarchs?

  by Willard Sterne Randall

  Charles Beard's progressive-era analysis of the founding portrayed the Founders as men of wealth pursuing their own interests; we know the reality was more complicated. 

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• SOURCE: MSNBC
  2/22/2022
  

  Douglas Brinkley on Presidential Leadership in Crises

  Douglas Brinkley joins Morning Joe to discuss presidential leadership in earlier moments of crisis. 

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• 2/13/2022
  

  Trump and Grover Cleveland Have a Lot in Common – Will that Include Winning Two Non-Consecutive Terms?

  by Michael A. Genovese

  With roots in New York state, a predilection for young women, and campaign scandal, Donald Trump has plenty in common with Grover Cleveland as he seeks to replicate Cleveland's unique political accomplishment. 

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• 2/13/2022
  

  George Washington and the Legacy of the Flexible Cabinet

  by Lindsay M. Chervinsky

  The Presidential Cabinet, and its flexible relationship to the chief executive and the work of the executive branch, is the most important legacy of the Washington presidency. It has served some administrations well and been the ruin of others. 

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• SOURCE: LitHub
  1/24/2022
  

  Margaret O'Mara on the First Historical View of the Trump Presidency

  Historian Margaret O'Mara, a contributor to a new volume of historians' first assessements of the Trump presidency discusses how 45 may be remembered. 

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• SOURCE: Jacobin
  1/25/2022
  

  Historian Harvey Kaye: Biden has Never Wanted to be FDR

  Entering office in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt was confident that mass social movements would build support for systemic political and economic change. Joe Biden does not seem to be drawing similar lessons from social protest today. 

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  1/7/2022
  

  Our Last Insurrectionist President

  by Daniel N. Gullotta

  John Tyler's post-presidential second act, as a secessionist, yielded something worse than historical condemnation: irrelevance. 

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• SOURCE: CSPAN
  1/6/2022
  

  Meacham, Goodwin Join Librarian of Congress to Discuss January 6 a Year Later

  Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden moderates a discussion between historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham, as well as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, to "establish and preserve the narrative of Jan. 6."

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• SOURCE: CNN
  12/15/2021
  

  JFK Researchers: Latest Released Assassination Documents Underwhelming

  UVA's Larry Sabato says an unfortunate side effect of the release, which frames the removal of minor redactions as "new" documents, is that it feeds continuing conspiracy theories based on the idea that the government is concealing the truth about the assassination. 

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• 10/24/2021
  

  Four Myths of Presidential Power

  by Daniel Farber

  History looms large in arguments about the Constitution these days. But there are widespread misunderstandings of what history tells us about presidential powers, from making war to being impeached. 

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• 10/17/2021
  

  Scoring the Presidents on Integrity and Humanity in Dealing with Native American Nations

  by Michael A. Genovese

  Since George Washington, the President has had principal influence in government policy toward Native American nations. The nation's record is not generally a proud one but some presidents have dealt more honorably than others. 

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  8/31/2021
  

  How Previous Presidents have Ended American Wars

  With the U.S.'s longest war coming to an end, Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, to look back at how other U.S. presidents have handled ending conflicts.