A force with presidents Aug 27, 2009
Much of Kennedy s relationship with commanders-in-chief was driven by how much cooperation the senator received in driving a liberal agenda, said Robert Dallek, a presidential historian and author of many books on presidents. But Kennedy also became more adept over the years at finding common ground with leaders whose overall policies he opposed. (Boston Globe)
BOB HERBERT: After the war was over Jul 8, 2009
"He became emblematic of what that war was about, both the hope and the disappointment that set in," presidential historian Robert Dallek said. Robert McNamara, Vietnam war architect, dies at 93. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Herb Klein: Gentleman of the Press Jul 7, 2009
As the Thanksgiving holiday approached in 2003, historian Robert Dallek made a charge that the national media was paying a lot of attention to, even though most of those involved were long dead. In an article in Atlantic Magazine that was a prelude to his upcoming biography of John F. Kennedy, Dallek charged that Kennedy's 1960 Republican opponent Richard Nixon might have been the mastermind of campaign-year burglaries in the offices of Kennedy's physicians in unsuccessful attempts to get the... (Human Events Online)
From FDR to Obama, a fight for health care Jul 5, 2009
"I just think he got caught up in the Cold War and foreign policy," said historian and Truman biographer Robert Dallek ... "But the health care champ was Democrat Lyndon Johnson, who pushed through -- shoved might be a better word -- the passage of Medicare and Medicaid. Tragically raised to the presidency by the assassination of Kennedy, who tried and failed to get Medicare approved, Johnson brought a historic sense of urgency and matchless gifts at working with Congress, illustrated by his... (Sioux City Journal)
* Affair with Kennedy to be recounted in book May 27, 2009
The affair was revealed in An Unfinished Life: John F Kennedy 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek, based on an oral account of the period recorded in the 1960s with Barbara Gamarekian, who was deputy to Kennedys press secretary, Pierre Salinger. Gamarekian describes a White House in which young women, working in the press office in particular, were considered fair game by the president and some of his senior aides. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
100 Days: Significant or Just Media Preening? Apr 30, 2009
The New York Times ran a 100-day editorial by Robert Dallek, claiming that cynics scoffed at the countrys love affair with Presidents who made them feel good even when things are rough, but that didnt matter, because His program of reforms at home and abroad is not simply an answer to the difficulties of our time but also a call to Americans to believe once again in the greatness of the nation and the promise of American life. . (Townhall.com)
A good look in the funhouse mirror Feb 8, 2009
Tonight, E.L. Doctorow and the historian Robert Dallek will discuss the importance of that year in a discussion moderated by Dick Cavett. In a way, focusing on 1939 offers hope, at least for artists living 70 years later. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
