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Response to “The American Left Needs a History Lesson”

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Response to Dr. Williamson Murray’s essay, “The American Left Needs a History Lesson” https://www.newsweek.com/american-left-needs-history-lesson-opinion-1518488 When some of the participants in protest marches commit indiscriminate vandalism and engage in looting, there is little to defend it. That is insufficient reason to disparage the whole movement with accusations of historical ignorance. Dr. Williamson Murray’s essay, incidentally, has a few problems of its own. The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was not “the first Black […]

A critique of the History Channel’s Ulysses S. Grant miniseries 1 comment

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First, I’ll stipulate that Ulysses S. Grant had many good qualities as a person, a general, and even as a president. The History Channel’s recent three-part miniseries on Grant, however, contained a surprising number of egregious mistakes and strained arguments, especially given the prominent “talking heads” involved. Even though the long list of executive producers starred Grant biographer Ron Chernow, little comprehension of the American Civil War was shown. It […]