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Fredrik Logevall

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The Cost of Overcorrecting on Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam

For years, LBJ was reviled for Vietnam. Then the historical tables turned in his direction. But they turned a little too far.

by Fredrik Logevall, Julian E. Zelizer via The New Republic on December 2, 2023
The Ghosts of Kennan

Lessons from the start of the Cold War.

by Fredrik Logevall via Foreign Affairs on December 20, 2022

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John F. Kennedy at his graduation from Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1940

Ending the Kennedy Romance

The first volume of Frederik Logevall’s biography of JFK reveals the scope of his ambition and the weakness of his political commitments.

by Michael Kazin via New York Review of Books on May 7, 2021

John F. Kennedy giving a speech.

Shamalot

Jack Kennedy, we hardly know ye—and to know ye is not to love ye.

by P. J. O'Rourke via Commentary on November 18, 2020

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. in a flight suit with an airplane.

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Was a Family Star Until Tragedy Struck in 1944

Eighty years ago this month, the Kennedy who might have been president was killed on a secret mission over England.

by Michael E. Ruane via Retropolis on August 1, 2024

Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson at his desk in November 1957.

When Lyndon B. Johnson Chose the Middle Ground on Civil Rights—and Disappointed Everyone

Always a dealmaker, then-senator LBJ negotiated with segregationists to pass a bill that cautiously advanced racial equality.

by Zachary Clary via Smithsonian on January 23, 2023

Checkpoint Charlie, seen from West Berlin in 1960.

The Disastrous Return of Cold War Strategy

Hal Brands urges the U.S. to make China and Russia “pay exorbitantly” for their policies. History shows that has never worked.

by Jordan Michael Smith via The New Republic on March 10, 2022

Want to Save the Humanities? Make College Free

It's time to shift the social contract of education away from short-term job training toward long-term development.

by David M. Perry via Pacific Standard on May 9, 2019

An American flag at the Vietnam Memorial on the National Mall.

Ken Burns’s American War

The filmmaker wants ‘The Vietnam War’ to unite America. Can anyone do that under Trump?

by Alyssa Rosenberg via Washington Post on September 14, 2017

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