historian
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Sen. Adam Schiff called it “out of touch,” White House historian Edward Lengel said it “transcends the bounds of tastelessness.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
English historian Simon Schama described Hegseth’s words as “a special kind of loathsomeness: a blend of historical deafness, grotesque stupidity and comically ludicrous self-importance.”
From Salon • Jun. 9, 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
Dr Eleanor Barnett, a food historian at Cardiff University, said the survey results were about "convenience" for people and that takeaways had historically been a "social way of eating".
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Thus we are told ‘the one and only error of general principle which the historian can commit...is to read history not forwards, as it happened, but backwards.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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