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Erik Christiansen is the author of "Channeling the Past: Politicizing History in Postwar America" (University of Wisconsin Press, 2012) and is Assistant Professor of History and Public History Program Coordinator at Rhode Island College.

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Jon Wiener teaches American history at the University of California-Irvine and is a contributing editor at the Nation. His latest book, "How We Forgot the Cold War: A Historical Journey Across America" (University of California Press), has just been published. Cross-posted from TomDispatch.

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Daniel Pipes (www.DanielPipes.org) is president of the Middle East Forum. © 2012 by Daniel Pipes. All rights reserved. Cross-posted from the Washington Times with the permission of the author.