California Quote by Max Boot

I was a history major at Princeton University; I took exams in war and diplomacy, and I find those things very fascinating.

— Dean Cain

The only thing that interests me is history - reviewing the past and making something out of it.

— Leon Redbone

At BYU, I discovered history, then historiography. I became fascinated with the study of historians and historical trends, with the idea that the way…

— Tara Westover

Oh my research. Well, I got an English Degree. And I got that degree in a certain time/at a certain place. If you add…

— Laura Mullen

I began college during the Iraq War and initially wanted to be a foreign correspondent.

— Kasie Hunt

History has been my primary intellectual passion ever since, as a boy in Southern California, I began reading books on World War II and…

— Max Boot

Learning about WWII at the U.S. Naval Academy taught me about military tactics and the importance of fighting for our country's highest ideals.

— Mikie Sherrill

I had hoped to go to law school, but the war started, and because of the strong feeling that I did not want to…

— Douglass North

I was an international studies major.

— Anna Chlumsky

I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.

— Sebastian Arcelus

In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations.

— Nick McDonell

As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I became fascinated…

— Joyce Carol Oates