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
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
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
The Cold War is over. The kind of authority that the presidents asserted during the Cold War has now been diminished. Robert Dallek assertauthoritycold Change image and share on social
Ronald Reagan in foreign affairs, I think, was someone who had certain, very general ideas, general propositions by which he lives: To combat communism, to build up the American military power to assure our national security against any conceivable threat. Robert Dallek affairamericanassure share on social
The Bay of Pigs is one of America's most infamous Cold War blunders, and it has been studied, debated, and dramatized endlessly ever since. Robert Dallek americabayblunder Change image and 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
Full federal funding for presidential libraries should bring with it new rules of control over papers and artifacts. Robert Dallek artifactbringcontrol Change image and share on social
In counterfactual history, nothing is certain. Robert Dallek counterfactualhistory Change image and share on social
Joseph McCarthy and the John Birch Society launched an anti-Communist crusade that won the support of millions of Americans in the 1950s. Robert Dallek 1950samericananti Change image and share on social
