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Timothy Naftali

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Other Presidents Have Retired in March of Their Reelection Year

But it didn’t work out for their parties.

by Timothy Naftali via The Atlantic on March 4, 2024
How a Historian Uncovered Ronald Reagan’s Racist Remarks to Richard Nixon

In a taped call with Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan described the African delegates to the United Nations in luridly racist terms.

by Timothy Naftali, Isaac Chotiner via The New Yorker on August 2, 2019
JFK’s Russian Conspiracy

Kennedy had his own secret back channel with Moscow. It may have kept the superpowers from going to war.

by Timothy Naftali via Slate on May 27, 2017
What Will Future Historians Say About President Trump's First 100 Days? Here Are 11 Guesses

Experts weigh in on how historians of the future may assess President Trump's achievements after his first 100 days in office.

by Ibram X. Kendi, David McCullough, Timothy Naftali, George H. Nash, Anne E. Parsons, Heather Ann Thompson, Julie M. Weise, Alice S. Yang, Kyle G. Volk, Pablo A. Piccato, Roger Pilon via Time on April 27, 2017

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All the Presidents’ Librarians

Presidential libraries are too important for historians to ignore.

by Michael Koncewicz via Contingent on July 19, 2019

Israeli artillerymen plug their ears while laying down a barrage on Syrian positions.

The Arab-Israeli War 50 Years Ago Brought Us Close to Nuclear Armageddon

As world leaders scramble to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from escalating, it is often forgotten just how close the Yom Kippur War came to all-out nuclear war.

by Gordon F. Sander via Washington Post on October 10, 2023

The Most Dangerous American Idea

No belief in the history of the US has been more threatening to democracy than the certainty that only white people are fit for self-government.

by Adam Serwer via The Atlantic on August 5, 2019

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