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As a historian, I confess to a certain amusement when I hear the Judeo-Christian tradition praised a...

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The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism...

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The Cycles of American History

Some people must dream broadly and guilelessly, if only to balance those who never dream at all.

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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Historian

Born: 1917-10-15

Died: 2007-02-28

Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (October 15 1917 – April 28 2007) was an American historian and social critic whose work has explored the liberalism of American political leaders including Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy, as well as the men who surrounded Andrew Jackson. He served as Special Assistant to the President in John F. Kennedy's administration. He wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration entitled A Thousand Days.More