CARL ROLLYSON
Mr. Rollyson is the author of The Life of William Faulkner and The Last Days of…
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Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Wars on Civil Liberties
Without question these two books are revisionist efforts that reflect profound reservations about Wilson and Roosevelt that stem from critics on both the left and the right.
In Peter Guttman’s National Portrait Gallery, What You See Is What You Get — and Then Some
Guttman’s photo collection, ‘American Character,’ reflects a desire to encompass a diversity that challenges the idea of a unified American identity transcending regional differences, heritages, religions, and lifestyles.
Plumbing the Whys and Wherefores of Statues in a Period When Many Are Being Replaced
While statues are meant to be representative, the idea of representativeness keeps changing. ‘Who Needs a Statue?’ addresses not just who is worthy of such commemoration but why we need statues at all.
The President of ‘Good Feeling,’ James Monroe, Gets a Reputation Boost
The reasons for Monroe’s relegation to the second tier of presidents has partly to do with how he has been compared to his predecessors: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and, of course, George Washington.
Biography Offers a Revisionist Take on the Presidency of John Adams
The most disturbing element in the book is Thomas Jefferson’s behavior in the election of 1800, when he met with Adams and threatened violence if the Republicans were denied power.
Foreign Interference in American Elections Is Hardly Novel, a New History of Madison’s Era Makes Clear
A fledgling country, still working out how to implement its constitution, America seemed ripe for subversion and even dismemberment.
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