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December 31, 2069
Editor's Note: The following statement was received by HNN on 2-16-06. It was written in response to this posting:
Dear Editor,
Regarding the reprinted review of my book, The German-American Experience, by Robert Frizzell I thought I had made it clear three years ago when this issue first arose that in my preface I clearly stated that I had revised and expanded a work. Since then I have had a collegial discussion with the r
Source: Virginia-Pilot
December 31, 2069
When the beloved George Tucker died last year, hundreds of readers of The Virginian-Pilot asked us to continue publishing a history column.
On Sunday, the newspaper debuted "A Moment in Time" by Dan Roberts.
When the beloved George Tucker died last year, hundreds of readers of The Virginian-Pilot asked us to continue publishing a history column.
On Sunday, the newspaper debuted "A Moment in Time" by Dan Roberts.
Source: Press Release -- Gilder Lehrman Institute
December 31, 2069
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s long-awaited and widely acclaimed biography of the 16th President and his extraordinary Cabinet, has won the 2006 Lincoln Prize. Administered annually by the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute at Gettysburg College and endowed by philanthropists Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman, the Lincoln Prize is the nation’s most generous award in the field of American History.
Ms. Goodwin will be awarded
Source: Time Magazine
1--1-06
TIME: This is almost a dual biography of two lions—Martin Luther King, Jr., and Lyndon Johnson—very powerful men who are being marginalized. Why did you decide to do it that way?
Taylor Branch: Well, of course, some of that is imposed by the history. I mean, there's the fact that the first Marine combat units land within hours of the first march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge [in Selma. Ala.] You've got the march in Selma and the landing of the troops in Danang, both with garlands a
Source: Matthew Abraham at logosjournal.com
Fall 2005
[Mr. Finkelstein is the author of the new book,Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History.]
... Finkelstein debunks many favored pieties, and as a result, often faces high barriers to reaching a mass audience. As a Jew and the son of Holocaust survivors, Finkelstein has been battling the U.S. Zionist establishment for decades. Beyond Chutzpah is one of those rare books that has the potential to change the nature of the debate about the U.S.-Israel-Pales
Source: David Dilks, speaking at St. Anthony's College (Oxford) on 4-23-05 (rpt. in the Newsletter of the World War II Studies Association)
Spring 2005
'A man of great spirit and courage'. Those were the terms in which Keith Feiling wrote from Christ Church to recommend F. W. Deakin to Winston Churchill 70 years ago. All those present today, and a far greater number beyond these shores, will recognise the acuity of a devoted tutor's judgment. Bill fitted from the start at Chartwell. Soon we find Churchill writing '1 like Mr. Deakin very much' and a little later 'Deakin has been here four days and has helped me a lot. He shows more quality and s
