If a historian of the United States entered the public square in the 1960s or 1970s, it was often for reason of radical commitments. Eugene Genovese became a lightning rod after offering his “welcome” ...

Pedro Loza, now 74, recalls the exact moment he realized he would have to settle in the United States, despite his dream of returning to reside once again in his beloved Mexico. He was working in ...

In 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for executions to start again in Missouri when it refused to hear the Missouri lethal injection case, Clemons v. Crawford. In response, Missouri's ...

The National Security Strategy (NSS) report was born out of the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986, the fourth major post-World War II reorganization of the U.S. Defense Department. It is one of more than ...

Mr. Leonard is a freelance journalist and regular contributor to hnn.us. He also writes a weekly column for New York University's “Washington Square News.” His writings can be found at ...

Mr. Ellwood is Associate Professor in International History, University of Bologna and Professorial Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Bologna Center. Anti-Americanism as a cultural and ...

Mr. Patterson is the Bradlee Professor of Government & the Press at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. The article is derived from his recently published book, The Vanishing ...

Mr. Jaschik is one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed, where this piece first appeared. With Doug Lederman, he leads the editorial operations of Inside Higher Ed, overseeing news content, ...

Mr. Palermo is the author of In His Own Right: The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Columbia University Press, 2001). In the past two months there has been the emergence of glowing ...

Mr. Kimball is a professor of history at Miami University and the author of several books including To Reason Why and Nixon's Vietnam War. His most recent book is The Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the ...

Mr. Lemisch is Professor of History Emeritus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, BA Yale 1957; PhD 1963. He can be reached at: [email protected]; 890 West End ...

Mr. Hamby is Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio University. Harry Truman remains a controversial president. Revisionist scholars condemn his decision to pursue a Cold War with the Soviet Union ...