historian
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This is the sort of fact that Gordon S. Wood, the great historian of early America, could recall with ease across his many-decade career.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
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
"The scrutiny of Biden and Trump because of their age operates in a totally different plane," the political historian said.
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
As explained by historian Edmund Morgan, in colonies like Virginia, the planter elite, with huge land grants, occupied a vastly superior position to workers of all colors.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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