dasfgv historians last ever

Howard Zinn (Theodore Roosevelt)

TR was a racist and white supremacist

Richard Slotkin (Theodore Roosevelt)

TR glorified the war

Edmund Morris (Theodore Roosevelt)

TR expanded the government to regulate business

Niall Ferguson (Woodrow Wilson)

14 points were impractical

Arthur S. Link (Woodrow Wilson)

Wilson was a principled leader

Howard Zinn (Woodrow Wilson)

Used war to hide capitalist aims

John Meacham (FDR)

FDR had to educate the public in order to make positive movement in the war

David Kennedy (FDR)

New deal redefined the role of the federal government

Gabriel Kolko (FDR)

Used WWII to secure American economic dominance

Arthur Schlesinger (Truman)

Truman stood firm against Soviet aggression

Gar Alperovitz (Truman)

Atomic bomb was used to scare the USSR

William Appleman Williams (Truman)

Truman's foreign policy was imperialist & focused on protecting US economy

William Manchester (JFK)

Leadership was inconsistent (bipolar man caution vs aggression)

Robert Dallek (JFK)

He was a visionary w/ hope

David Halberstam (JFK)

Made strides in civil rights