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Roundup: Talking About History

This is where we excerpt articles about history that appear in the media. Among the subjects included on this page are: anniversaries of historical events, legacies of presidents, cutting-edge research, and historical disputes.

  • April Fools Hoaxes: Taco Bell Buys the Liberty Bell
  • The Mayor of Hiroshima Remembers Hiroshima
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  • John Taylor: 30 Years After Watergate -- What We Need to Remember
  • Brown University Taking Heat for even Considering Slavery Reparations
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  • Historians Who Are Putting 9-11 into Perspective
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  • Is William Rehnquist Kidding Himself or Us? His Book on the Election of 1876 Isn't About the Election of 2000?
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  • Jack Valenti: When Filmmakers Grossly Distory History
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  • How Wellington Covered Up the Role the Germans Played in His Victory
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  • How A Nazi Document Shredder Became America's Most Valuable Spy
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  • Trotskyism and Neoconservatives: No Link
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  • Censoring History in Russia
  • Censoring History in India
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  • Ike's Plan to Let Business Leaders Take Over the Country in the Event of a Catastrophic Attack
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  • Jacquelyn Hall: Don't Know History: Here's Why
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  • New View Taking Shape of George Washington's Mother
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  • Who Killed Jesus? Don't Trust the Gospels
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  • State History Standards Make the U.S. the Hero of Every Tale
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  • Poll: Americans Don't Remember Who Herbert Hoover Was
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  • World History Textbooks Biased Against Israel
  • Brown V. Board of Education: 50 Years Later
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    Nixon Library: There's a New Nixon

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    From the official newsletter of the Nixon Library & Birthplace (March 1, 2004):

    There's yet another “new Nixon.”

    Nixon Milner, born to Todd and Lisa Milner, arrived at 9:30 p.m. on December 18, 2003. With jet-black hair and deep blue eyes, this healthy newborn is one of Sydney, Australia's newest citizens.

    The Nixon name is no coincidence. Todd, and equity dealer, and Lisa, an accountant, indeed named their baby after America's 37 th President.

    The admiration the Milners share for President Nixon stems from Todd's American roots and an appreciation of U.S. history. “I think Richard Nixon was President during a very interesting as well as a very difficult time,” said Todd Milner. “It amazes me how many people are not aware, or conveniently overlook, his foreign policy achievements.”

    The Milners are proud of their son's chosen name and feel strongly about RN's legacy. “I think that President Nixon was a tremendous, tenacious...
    Tuesday, March 2, 2004 - 18:58
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    Dresden Firebombing: The Revisionist View

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    Laura Miller, in Salon (March 1, 2004):

    Most Americans -- at least, the ones who aren't addicted to the History Channel -- know about the bombing of Dresden in 1945 from Kurt Vonnegut's bestselling novel"Slaughterhouse-Five," based on Vonnegut's own experiences as a prisoner of war. The attack is still a touchstone for the moral perils of war. Frederick Taylor, a British historian whose new book on the subject goes on to challenge much of what we think we know about the bombing, describes the conventional understanding thus:"Dresden was the unforgivable thing our fathers did in the name of freedom and humanity, taking to the air to destroy a beautiful and, above all, innocent European city. This was the great blot on the Allies' war record, the one that could not be explained away."

    "Slaughterhouse-Five" came out in 1969, a time when many Americans were wondering just how much...
    Monday, March 1, 2004 - 22:13
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