historian
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A U.S. naval officer, historian, and military theorist, Mahan argued that control of the seas was the key to empires from Rome to Britain.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Mr. Tabor is a novelist and a historian, and this book demonstrates his literary skills: “Lightning Beneath the Sea” is full of drama and excitement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
"Americans historically have wanted masculine presidents, vigorous presidents," said Dr Matt Dallek, a political historian at George Washington University.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
“This amounts to a real right to bail in hundreds of thousands of cases, which previously in California might have led to detention,” said Kellen R. Funk, a legal historian at Columbia Law School.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
The Greek historian Herodotus described it as a stack of eight stepped towers, with gates of solid brass and 120 lions in brightly colored, glazed tiles leading to it.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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