Historians/History

Feeling Overwhelmed by What’s Happening?

by Paul J. Croce

When problems seem out of control, William James suggests turning to what you can control.

What Martin Luther King Overlooked About Gandhi

by Arica L. Coleman

On India’s Independence Day it’s worth examining.

Chicago 1968 Was a Gift to the War Hawks

by Robert Levering and Michael Ferber

We should remember that most people in the peace movement objected to the provocative approach taken by demonstrators.

Emmy Voters: It’s Time to Brush Up on Your History

by Michael Stewart Foley

The PBS series on Vietnam may have made a big splash. But that doesn’t mean it’s the last word on the subject.

The Ken Burns/Lynn Novick Vietnam Documentary Has Been Nominated for an Emmy in Several Categories

by Barbara Myers

It doesn’t deserve an award for its content.

Only the Rich Suffer from Hay Fever – Or So It Once Was Thought

by Sandra Weber

Sneezers sought a “Pollenless Paradise.”

Barack Obama: American Historian

by Steven Sarson

An historian’s assessment of the 44th president’s understanding of American history.

History Doyen: Harold M. Hyman

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

What a New Study of British Spies Reveals About the CIA

by Rory Cormac

For one thing, it shows that during the Cold War the CIA often thought that MI6 adopted hare-brained schemes.

Fly the Gaudy Skies

by John Wall

So Donald Trump wants to redesign the look of Air Force One?

This Social Scientist’s Verdict on the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick Vietnam War Documentary

by James W. Russell

The film is well made, engrossing, and fundamentally wrong in key respects.

On War and Remembrance: An Interview with Jay Winter

by Robin Lindley

"Imagining war is the curse of our violent world; we have no choice but to face that task with as much intelligence, compassion, and courage as we can."

One Historian's Helpful Tip on Making History More Attractive to Students

by David Lee McMullen

This fall he'll be offering a course that no one could possible think is dull.

Race Isn’t a Modern Concept

by Geraldine Heng

This Medievalist shows in her new book that Europeans in the Middle Ages used racial categories to distinguish outsiders from themselves.

This Knocks the Legs Out from Under the Atom Bomb Revisionists Who Criticize Truman for Hiroshima

by D. M. Giangreco

It’s the story of America’s hidden role in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.

Black Bostonians in the 19th Century Thought the 14th Amendment Didn’t Do Enough to Protect Black Voting Rights

by Millington W. Bergeson-Lockwood

They were correct.

The Heroes of School Desegregation Were the Teachers

by Michael T. Gengler

Case study: What happened in Gainesville, Florida in the 1970s.

What I’m Reading: An Interview with Tara Zahra

by Erik Moshe

"A recent book I don’t get tired of rereading and teaching is Kate Brown’s Plutopia."

Did Jefferson Really Write the Declaration of Independence?

by M. Andrew Holowchak

The public widely gives Jefferson credit. Scholars, in dissent, have often said multiple hands were involved. Who’s right?

Shouldn’t Historians Be Free to Ask Important Officials Tough Questions?

by John Prados

That’s a pertinent issue in the wake of the decision of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations to invite David Petraeus as a keynote speaker.