October 2004

Volume 55 , Issue 5

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DEPARTMENTS

50/50

The 50 Biggest Changes In The Last 50 Years

Phil Patton

History Now

FEATURES

America’s Unknown Intelligence Czar

George Henry Sharpe’s Bureau of Military Information helped win the Civil War—and is especially worth remembering today

Stephen Budiansky

Franklin’s Forgotten Triumph: Scientific Testing

One of his least-known contributions to modern life is also one of his most important

Stephan A. Schwartz

Inventing The Presidency

As America goes into its fifty-fifth presidential election, we should remember that there might have been only one—if we hadn’t had the only candidate on earth who could do the job

Joseph J. Ellis

Overrated & Underrated

Third-party Candidate

Terry Golway

October 2004

DEPARTMENTS

50/50

History Now

Letter From the Editor

My Brush With History

The Business of America

Time Machine

About American Heritage

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