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As president, Dwight D. Eisenhower took a moderate position on many issues, believing that “good judgment seeks balance and progress.”
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Classic Essays from Our Archives
The Treasure From The Carpentry Shop | December 1979, Vol 31, No 1
By David McCulloughTHE EXTRAORDINARY ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Did Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson Love Each Other? | Fall 2008, Vol 58, No 5
By Annette Gordon-ReedTo call it loaded question does not begin to do justice to the matter, given America’s tortured racial history and its haunting legacy.
"The Sparck of Rebellion" | Winter 2010, Vol 70, No 3
By Douglas BrinkleyBadly disguised as Indians, a rowdy group of patriotic vandals kicked a revolution into motion.
A Few Parchment Pages Two Hundred Years Later | May/June 1987, Vol 38, No 4
By Richard B. MorrisThe framers of the Constitution were proud of what they had done but might be astonished that their words still carry so much weight. A distinguished scholar tells us how the great charter has survived and flourished.
A Yankee Among The War Lords | October 1970, Vol 21, No 6
By Barbara W. TuchmanFirst of the Three Parts from STILWELL THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN CHINA 1911-1945
“Perdicaris Alive or Raisuli Dead” | August 1959, Vol 10, No 5
By Barbara W. TuchmanJohn Hay’s ringing phrase helped nominate T. R., but it covered an embarrassing secret that remained concealed for thirty years.
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Fort Pulaski surrenders
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Truman relieves MacArthur
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LBJ signs Civil Rights Act of 1968
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