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Craig L. Symonds is professor of history emeritus at the United States Naval Academy and the author of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay.

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Jeffrey Frank
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Jeffrey Frank is a former senior editor at The New Yorker.
Fredrik Logevall
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Fredrik Logevall is the author of JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956.
Candice Millard
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Candice Millard offers an extraordinary account of President Garfield’s career.
Marie Arana
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Marie Arana is the author of LatinoLand, to be published in 2024.
Jonathan Darman
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Jonathan Darman is a former correspondent for Newsweek and the author of several books.
Leslie M. Harris
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Leslie M. Harris is professor of history and African American studies at Northwestern.
Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Siddhartha Mukherjee is a professor of medicine at Columbia University.
Richard Haass
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Richard Haass is the author of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens.
Beverly Gage
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Beverly Gage is professor of 20th-century American history at Yale University.
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Lynne Cheney examines the friendships and rivalries within the “Virginia Dynasty.”
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Author and historian Tracy Campbell examines the critical year of 1942.
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Stacy Schiff uncovers the truths behind the mythology of the infamous Salem Witch Trials.
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