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NEWS ABOUT: Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. stories: 5 news summaries

Julia Child Dished Up Secrets in WWII

Chef one of several famous Americans revealed as spies

Aug 14, 08 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legendary chef Julia Child, Hollywood star Sterling Hayden, White Sox catcher Moe Berg and historian Arthur Schlesinger were all spies for the US, according to newly declassified documents. Untold stories and clandestine heroics of World War II will come to light today as authorities release 750,000 pages of files... More »

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CIA • World War II • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • National Archives • Harry Truman • Julia Child • Moe Berg • Sterling Hayden • John Hemingway • Kermit Roosevelt • Quentin Roosevelt • OSS • Office of Strategic Services • William Casey

OPINION

Buckley Leaves Conservatism Up the Creek

No clear inheritor to his thoughtful movement, says Newsweek writer

Mar 2, 08 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - William F. Buckley may have been the architect of the modern conservative movement, but what will it do without him? Evan Thomas even wonders, in Newsweek, if what he created still exists at all. Buckley was “a man who could spar intensely with the late liberal icons…and then... More »

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Iraq • Rush Limbaugh • obituary • Ronald Reagan • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • National Review • conservatism • Iraq war • William F. Buckley Jr. • John Kenneth Galbraith • Firing Line • Christopher Buckley

UPDATED

William F. Buckley Jr. Dies at 82

Influential conservative columnist founded National Review

Feb 27, 08 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Conservative columnist and editor William F. Buckley Jr. died today at age 82; he suffered from diabetes and emphysema. Buckley founded the opinion magazine National Review, hosted the show “Firing Line” and wrote 45 books. The author of God and Man at Yale and defender of Joe McCarthy was... More »

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conservative • obituary • Ronald Reagan • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • libertarianism • National Review • Joe McCarthy • Yale • conservatism • anti-Communism • William F. Buckley Jr.

Schlesinger's Memoirs Offer Insider View

Late historian's journals brim with candid gossip on politics, culture

Oct 7, 07 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the Roosevelts to the Kennedys, from Groucho to Marilyn, Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s  journals provide a rich treasure of insights into 20th-century American life, says reviewer Jon Meacham in the Washington Post. In one gem, Schlesinger quotes JFK: "I'm perfectly willing to kiss Mrs. Roosevelt's arse; in fact... More »

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liberals • book • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • journals

‘Cowardice’ Made LBJ
Grow War

Schlesinger diaries depict liberal flight as prez sought heroism

Sep 29, 07 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Johnson’s motives for escalating the Vietnam War were “psychological and political rather than military,” wrote insider Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The former Kennedy hand documented the flight of top liberals from LBJ, even as he psychoanalyzed the president’s 1966-1967 decision to play “the war to... More »

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Lyndon Johnson • John F. Kennedy • Vietnam War • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • Dick Goodwin • George McGovern • Hubert Humphrey • Averell Harriman

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