Nowadays, everyone seems to have a blog that finds readers. Robert Dallek blogfindnowadays Change image and share on social
John Kennedy had so many different medical problems that began when he was a boy. He started out with intestinal problems... spastic colitis. Robert Dallek beginboycolitis Change image and share on social
William Henry Harrison, who died of pneumonia in April of 1841, after only one month in office, was the first Chief Executive to hide his physical frailties. Robert Dallek aprilchiefdie Change image and share on social
In his State of the Union speech in January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt declared America's commitment to Four Freedoms in the struggle against Nazi totalitarianism. Among them was the freedom from fear. Robert Dallek americacommitmentdeclare share on social
George Washington sets the nation on its democratic path. Abraham Lincoln preserves it. Franklin Roosevelt sees the nation through depression and war. Robert Dallek abrahamdemocraticdepression Change image and share on social
McGeorge Bundy was a brilliant man who'd had a meteoric academic career and was the youngest man ever to be dean of the Harvard faculty. But he was also arrogant and looked upon all sorts of people and politicians as not to be taken all that seriously. Robert Dallek academicarrogantbrilliant share on social
Historians partial to Kennedy see matters differently from those partial to L.B.J. Vietnam has become a point of contention in defending and criticizing J.F.K. Robert Dallek contentioncriticizedefend Change image and share on social
Television has an awful lot to do with the Kennedy mystique and the fact that he's frozen in people's minds at the age of 46, and he was handsome and personable and witty and charming. Robert Dallek ageawfulcharm Change image and share on social
At the end of their first years, there are few people who would have predicted that Truman would be elected in 1948 or that Reagan would get a second term. It's always premature to make some kind of categorical judgment after the first year in office. Robert Dallek categoricalelectend share on social
Late 19th-century populists saw bankers and industrialists manipulating markets to enrich themselves at the expense of small farmers and labourers and favoured political candidates promising economic relief through free and unlimited coinage of silver. Robert Dallek 19thbankercandidate share on social
