historian
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His proposed ballroom “represents another way this presidency has abandoned its imperative of projecting modesty, openness, and stability,” the architect and historian Neil Flanagan complained in the Atlantic this month.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
"As American public opinion, both on the left and right, for different reasons, is turning against the aid, it's always good to stop yourself before you're being forced," Israeli military historian Danny Orbach told AFP.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
"There seems to be evidence Mengele was planning a trip to Europe in 1959," the historian told the BBC.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
“Ultimately,” notes Mr. Freymann, a historian and a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University, “Beijing’s interest in Taiwan has always been—and always will be—deeply tied to its military rivalry with the United States.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
“That day could have been the day for the German people to rise up in solidarity to support the Jews,” says historian Daniel Jonah Goldhagen.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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