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  1. The (very) First Hurrah

    By Anonymous (not verified), October/November 1980, Volume 31, Issue 6

    Louis W. Koenig’s recent article that championed William Jennings Bryan as the first, full-fledged presidential campaigner in 1896 (“The First Hurrah,” April/May, 1980) brought us a good deal More >>>

  2. The Real MacArthur?

    By Anonymous (not verified), April 1996, Volume 47, Issue 2

    My stint as an Army journalist a few years earlier (1951–53) than Geoffrey Perret gave me no insight into the MacArthur legend. I fear, however, his search for the “real” MacArthur (February/Mar More >>>

  3. 1951 50 Years Ago

    By Frederic D. O'Brien, April 2001, Volume 52, Issue 2

    TRUMAN DISMISSES MACARTHUR More >>>

  4. Doug Fairbanks

    By Richard Schickel, December 1971, Volume 23, Issue 1

    Superstar of the Silents More >>>

  5. America's Oddest Election

    By Harold Holzer, Fall 2010, Volume 60, Issue 3

    Lincoln came out a victor in the 1860 presidential election despite winning only 2 percent of the Southern vote More >>>

  6. The Needless Conflict

    By Allan Nevins, August 1956, Volume 7, Issue 5

    If Buchanan had met the Kansas problem firmly we might have avoided civil war The fourth in a series on TIMES OF TRIAL IN AMERICAN STATECRAFT More >>>

  7. Digital Reviews

    By Eric Stange, Spring 2009, Volume 59, Issue 1

     Matters of Debate IN THIS BICENTENNIAL YEAR of Lincoln’s birth, one of the hundreds of offerings about the 16th president brings his voice to life with particular power: BBC Audiobooks ha More >>>

  8. One-Shot War With England

    By Warren G. Magnuson, April 1960, Volume 11, Issue 3

    It lasted for years and the outcome was decided by the Kaiser. The total casualties: one dead pig More >>>

  9. Half A Million Purple Hearts

    By Kathryn Moore, December 2000, Volume 51, Issue 8

    Why a 200-year-old decoration offers evidence in the controversy surrounding the Hiroshima bombing. More >>>

  10. How We Got Lincoln

    By Peter Andrews, November 1988, Volume 39, Issue 7

    Every presidential election is exciting when it happens. Then the passing of time usually makes the outcome seem less than crucial. But after more than a century and a quarter, the election of 1860 retains its terrible urgency. More >>>

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