Robert Dallek

During the 1937 congressional election campaign, Johnson's group probably paid $5,000 to Elliott Roosevelt, one of Franklin Roosevelt's sons, for a telegram…

— Robert Dallek

Joseph McCarthy and the John Birch Society launched an anti-Communist crusade that won the support of millions of Americans in the 1950s.

— Robert Dallek

At the end of their first years, there are few people who would have predicted that Truman would be elected in 1948…

— Robert Dallek

Reagan grows up in 1920s Dixon, Illinois, and it's the heartland of America. It's a time when Americans are particularly drawn to…

— Robert Dallek

At the start of first terms, presidents invariably have a measure of goodwill.

— Robert Dallek

Theodore Roosevelt had drawn public attention to his attractive family in order to create a bond with ordinary Americans. Eleanor Roosevelt had…

— Robert Dallek

The Bay of Pigs is one of America's most infamous Cold War blunders, and it has been studied, debated, and dramatized endlessly…

— Robert Dallek

To be sure, hunters and sportsmen back gun rights. Beyond that, there are millions who see guns as a defense against fear…

— Robert Dallek

Historians partial to Kennedy see matters differently from those partial to L.B.J. Vietnam has become a point of contention in defending and…

— Robert Dallek

A presidential candidate's great desire is to be seen as pragmatic, and they hope their maneuvering and shifting will be seen in…

— Robert Dallek

One doesn't simply write about Lyndon Johnson. You get the Johnson treatment from beyond the grave - arm around you, nose to…

— Robert Dallek

The nation should be able to remove by an orderly constitutional process any president with an unyielding commitment to failed policies and…

— Robert Dallek

Dwight Eisenhower, the Republican nominee in 1952, made a strong public commitment to ending the war in Korea, where fighting had reached…

— Robert Dallek

When Johnson decided to fight for passage of the law John F. Kennedy had put before Congress in June 1963 banning segregation…

— Robert Dallek

Governing is one thing, campaigning is another - and the latter becomes far more pronounced in an election-year State of the Union.

— Robert Dallek

In 1800, in the first interparty contest, the Federalists warned that presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson, because of his sympathy expressed at the…

— Robert Dallek

I think the most important thing that comes out of the meeting between Churchill and Roosevelt in early 1942 is a commitment…

— Robert Dallek

When President Obama first unveiled his gun control proposals recommending a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and better background checks,…

— Robert Dallek

Public scandals are America's favorite parlor sport. Learning about the flaws and misdeeds of the rich and famous seems to satisfy our…

— Robert Dallek

The consequence of the Bay of Pigs failure wasn't an acceptance of Castro and his control of Cuba but, rather, a renewed…

— Robert Dallek

True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted among us have their flaws, but we are…

— Robert Dallek

From the moment he took office in January of 1961, Kennedy had been eager to settle the Cuban problem without overt military…

— Robert Dallek

The institution of the presidency was profoundly affected by Watergate.

— Robert Dallek

Presidents by six years have been there long enough for the media and the country to see their flaws.

— Robert Dallek

My feeling is that it's a misreading of history to say that, as the Reagan supporters do, that Reagan won the Cold…

— Robert Dallek