As some in the Democratic Party look ahead to a possible contested convention, the lessons of that year become even more important.
David Kaiser
The fall seemed to mark the victory of capitalism over communism. In the succeeding decades, however, it has turned out that both sides lost
On Sept. 3, 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Nearly everyone old enough to remember that time as an adult has passed.
For over 200 years, U.S. and U.K. politics have evolved in sync, writes historian David Kaiser. What does that mean for Trump and Johnson?
The end of American involvement in Vietnam taught the US a lesson not easily forgetten; a similar denouement may be nearing in Afghanistan.
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The government also stopped working under Presidents Tyler, Johnson and Wilson. Their stories don't bode well for Trump, argues a historian.
Viewed through the lens of his generational cohort, the 41st president's decisions become easier to understand.
Twice in the 20th century, the great powers tried to create peace by limiting armaments. It now appears such efforts have twice failed.
"While the information they shared seems to be analogous, the results may be very different," writes one historian.
For many American liberals, RFK became a symbol of a better past and a future that might have been. Here's the truth about his politics.
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When new technology or new economic innovations first emerge, smart people often sense where they might lead.
Every great time of American turmoil has found new answers to the question of who gets to be an American, this historian argues.
Trump’s conflict with Senators from his own party has an important historical precedent: the purge that Franklin Roosevelt unleashed in 1938
A nuclear power has threatened another state with destruction in the past—but the previous episode does not bode well for President Trump.
There's a link between the patterns seen a half-century ago and those seen today, argues a historian. What happens next is the question.
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