United States, Historian June 2, 1949 – June, 16, 2019.
Alan Brinkley was an American political historian who taught for over 20 years at Columbia University. He was the Allan Nevins Professor of History until his death. From 2003 to 2009, he was University Provost.
Compression is a tremendous challenge. Five paragraphs on a topic is a lot for all but the most important issues.
Given the huge engineering and other challenges, much of the reconstruction would have to be done by private companies ... there is no government capacity for doing such things.
For at least the past 65 years, liberalism has been nothing if not an attempt to strike a balance between the needs of the community and the needs of individuals, between the need for freedom and the need for order.
It should not be in the book for titillating purposes or settling scores. It should be in the book because of its significance to our recent history.
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