Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of American history. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Foreign policy - dealing as it does with the most charged political subjects of all, the safety and dignity of the nation… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Late 19th-century populists saw bankers and industrialists manipulating markets to enrich themselves at the expense of small farmers and labourers and favoured… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Vice President Biden's surprising declaration of unqualified support for gay marriage seems to have forced President Obama into a public endorsement of… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Clinton's egregious act of self-indulgence was outdone by an impeachment based not on constitutionally required high crimes and misdemeanors but on a… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
When Johnson decided to fight for passage of the law John F. Kennedy had put before Congress in June 1963 banning segregation… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Herbert Hoover was a man of genuine, fine character, but he lacked practical political sense. And he couldn't bend and shift and… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Despite all the public hand-wringing about negative advertising, political veterans will tell you that it persists because, more often than not, it… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
The CIA's official history of the Bay of Pigs operation is filled with dramatic and harrowing details that not only lay bare… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Don't be intimidated by people who seem to be experts. Hear their points of view and get their judgements. But at the end of… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
During his presidency, Truman and the Republicans were locked in a series of furious assaults on each other that outraged him and made Truman… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Experience helped Richard Nixon, but it didn't save him, and it certainly wasn't a blanket endorsement. He blundered terribly in dealing with Vietnam. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
When Gingrich attacked CNN's John King for bringing up his alleged proposal of an open marriage to his second wife, Gingrich accused him of… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
In seeking an empire of liberty, Jefferson wished not only to expand the country's territorial holdings, but also to extend American institutions around the… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry Truman. — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
For those of us who cry out for gun control, our fears cannot be eliminated as long as the country remains an armed camp… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
The Atlantic conference in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland is a dramatic moment in World War II history because for the first time, Roosevelt… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
For style and for creating a mood of optimism and hope - Kennedy on that count is as effective as any president the country has had in its history. — Robert Dallek Copy Share
As for Vietnam, what matters is that Kennedy successfully resisted pressure to send anything more than military advisers, a stance that was a likely… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
