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John F. Kennedy
Featured Excerpt: JFK: Public, Private, Secret
by J. Randy Taraborrelli
J. Randy Taraborrelli shares with The History Reader an excerpt from his…
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The Education of John F. Kennedy
by J. Randy Taraborrelli
New York Times bestselling author J. Randy Taraborrelli shares with The History…
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Featured Excerpt: The JFK Conspiracy
by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
Belmont, New HampshireSeptember 1960…
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The Kennedy Circle: A New Powerful Masculine Mystique
WCAG Headingby Steven Watts In 1959 JFK stood as a youthful political leader, with an allure…
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When JFK Endorsed The Ugly American
WCAG Headingby Steven Watts In the crisis of masculinity that preoccupied so many in late 1950s…
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John F. Kennedy: The Total Politician
WCAG Heading by John T. Shaw WCAG Heading John F. Kennedy The political career of John…
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John F Kennedy in Office: Tips for Today’s Senate
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading John T. Shaw If Senator John F Kennedy in office…
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President Kennedy: Berlin, Laos, and “Flexible Response”
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Alan Brinkley Late in May 1961, Kennedy decided to…
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Nixon’s Bay of Pigs Secrets
WCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingWCAG HeadingBy Don Fulsom In the dark, early hours of June 17, 1972, from…
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November 22, 1963: Conspiracy, Murder, and the Mystery Behind the Assassination of JFK
WCAG Heading WCAG Heading WCAG Heading By Alex Von Tunzelmann On 22 November 1963, CIA Special…
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John F. Kennedy
The Hopes of the Future
by Alexander Larman
by Alexandar Larman Princess Elizabeth II was in Kenya with her husband, Prince Philip, for just…
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Five New History Reads for April 2026
From fighting the British in colonial America to the corrupt wild west to the controversial old…
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The Search for the Madness Pill
by Justin Garson
In the 1960s, the field of psychiatry was at a standstill. While some…
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Winning the Earthquake
by Lorissa Rinehart
“Few members of Congress have ever stood more alone while being true to…
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The Feather Wars
by James H. McCommons
From the time the United States was founded, early Americans assumed that…
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Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück
by Gwen Strauss
From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena…
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Once There Was a Town
by Jane Ziegelman
Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once…
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The Escapes of David George and the Stories We Tell About Slavery
by Gregory E. O'Malley
by Gregory O'Malley When most people think of North American slavery, they most often think of…
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