Historian Harold Larrabee points out that this would have exposed Clinton in New York to blockade by the French if Graves had successfully entered the bay ; if Graves did not do so, de Barras ( carrying the siege equipment ) would have been outnumbered by Graves if de Grasse did not sail out in support.

Historian Taylor Branch implied that Clinton had requested changes to Branch's 2009 Clinton biography, The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President, regarding Clinton's revelation that the Lewinsky affair began because " I cracked ; I just cracked.

Historian John Fredriksen claims that Clinton was born in Newfoundland ; his father was posted there from 1732 to 1738.

Historian Edward Ingram has noted that if Nelson had successfully intercepted Bonaparte at sea as ordered, the ensuing battle could have annihilated both the French fleet and the transports.

Historian Neil Kent has speculated that the area may have been the victim of an enemy assault.

Historian J. P Harris has pointed out that the Germans never used the word blitzkrieg.

Historian John Lewis Gaddis has summarized the turnaround in evaluations by historians:

The Historian Procopius, in his Secret History, claims that the emperor Justinian attempted to interfere with the Jewish calendar in the 6th century, and a modern writer has suggested that this measure may have been directed against the protopaschites.

Historian Isabelle Dervaux has described the reception this painting received when it was first exhibited at the official Paris Salon of 1874: " Visitors and critics found its subject baffling, its composition incoherent, and its execution sketchy.

Historian of fascism Stanley Payne has said about Saddam Hussein's regime: " There will probably never again be a reproduction of the Third Reich, but Saddam Hussein has come closer than any other dictator since 1945 ".

Historian Frank Zelko has commented that " unlike Friends of the Earth, for example, which sprung fully formed from the forehead of David Brower, Greenpeace developed in a more evolutionary manner.

Historian Paul Nagel has noted that this letter reached Washington, and that parts of it were used by Washington when drafting his farewell address.

Historian Thomas Bailey observed, " Seldom has the public mind been so successfully poisoned against an honest and high-minded man.

Historian Jim Bradbury has summarised the contemporary historical opinion of John's positive qualities, observing that John is today usually considered a " hard-working administrator, an able man, an able general ".

Historian David Dumville has written: " I think we can dispose of him quite briefly.

Historian Eric Hobsbawm has called their machine wrecking " collective bargaining by riot ", which had been a tactic used in Britain since the Restoration, as the scattering of manufactories throughout the country made large-scale strikes impractical.

Quoting Gérard de Nerval Art Historian Jean-Yves Heurtebise has further proposed that Dutch mannerism would typically use an otherwise general principle of Art History consisting of " the ability to capture what is different and to become different itself in this process "

The Historian Andre Wink has recorded Hiuen Tsang's notings on the language and script in use in Makran.

Historian S. C. Rowell has described his rise to power as taking place through " the familiar processes of marriage, murder and military conquest.

Historian and Africanist Roland Oliver has described the scene as follows:

Historian Knud Haakonssen has noted that in the eighteenth century, Cumberland was commonly placed alongside Hugo Grotius and Samuel Pufendorf " in the triumvirate of seventeenth-century founders of the ' modern ' school of natural law.

Historian Walter Rodney has searched the reports of the early Portuguese travelers to the area and found mention in them of only one, quite particular, kind of slavery among the Africans.

Historian Ronald Numbers has been quoted as saying: " I can't say much about Gould's strengths as a scientist, but for a long time I've regarded him as the second most influential historian of science ( next to Thomas Kuhn ).

Historian Nicholas Edsall writes, Stonewall has been compared to any number of acts of radical protest and defiance in American history from the Boston Tea Party on.

Historian Paul Israel has characterized Edison as a " freethinker ".

Historian John Hicks claims that the United States has never possessed for any considerable period of time the two party system in its pure and undefiled form.

** Historian Paul Kennedy hailed Hammarskjöld in his book The Parliament of Man as perhaps the greatest UN Secretary-General because of his ability to shape events, in contrast with his successors.

Historian Kenneth Macksey found Liddell Hart's original letters to Guderian, in the General's papers, requesting that Guderian give him credit for " impressing him " with his ideas of armoured warfare.

Historian Brian Loring Villa concluded that Mountbatten conducted the raid without authority, but that his intention to do so was known to several of his superiors, who took no action to stop him.

Historian Ron Chernow is of the opinion that his frustrations in dealing with government officials during this conflict led him to advocate the advantages of a strong national government and a vigorous executive agency that could get results ; other historians tend to ascribe Washington's position on government to his later American Revolutionary War service.

Historian Robert Nisbet thought him to be " the true author of National Socialism ".

Historian Peter Longerich observes that Himmler's ability to consolidate his ever-increasing powers and responsibilities into a coherent system under the auspices of the SS led him to become one of the most powerful men in the Third Reich.

Historian Paul Nagel argues that, like Abraham Lincoln after him, Adams suffered from depression for much of his life.

Historian Frank McLynn argues that John's early years at Fontevrault, combined with his relatively advanced education, may have turned him against the church.

Zhang read many of the great works of history in his day and claimed he had found ten instances where the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian ( 145 – 90 BC ) and the Book of Han by Ban Gu ( AD 32 – 92 ) differed from other ancient texts that were available to him.

Historian R. F. Foster, in his Modern Ireland calls him an ' epitome of Elizabethan adventurer-colonist in Ireland ’,

According to the Records of the Grand Historian by Han Dynasty historian Sima Qian, the practice was started by Duke Wu, the tenth ruler of Qin, who had 66 people buried with him in 678 BC.

Historian John Burnham interviewed Watson late in life, and portrayed him as a man of ( still ) strong opinions and some bitterness towards his detractors.

Ed Engelbart was named Township Historian, following a resolution passed on May 10, 2011, making him the first person to be named to this position in a decade.

Historian and journalist T. Ryle Dwyer has called him " the most popular Irish politician since Daniel O ' Connell.

Historian Barbara B. Diefendorf, Professor of History at Boston University, wrote that Simon Vigor had " said if the King ordered the Admiral ( Coligny ) killed, ' it would be wicked not to kill him '.

Historian Arthur Schlesinger described the legacy of Niebuhr as being contested between American liberals and conservatives, both of whom wanted to claim him.

Historian Vincent Smith described him as the " Indian Napoleon ".

Historian L. G. Thomas recognized Stewart's admirable qualities, but criticized him for lacking Sifton's " ruthless and forceful leadership " and claimed that " few provincial premiers have been more universally praised by their opponents and more unanimously deplored by their supporters.

Historian Douglas Babcock has suggested that this was due to the Conservatives ' nomination of William Antrobus Griesbach, dashing Rutherford's hopes that his popularity among Conservatives would preclude their opposing him.

Historian William Greenlee argued that King Manuel I " had undoubtedly known him well at court ".

Historian David Starkey recognised George's intellect when he referred to him as having " many of Anne's talents and all of her pride ".

Historian and political scientist Maurice Manning wrote that Browne " had the capacity to inspire fierce loyalty, but many of those who worked with and against him over the years found him difficult, self-centred, unwilling to accept the good faith of his opponents and often profoundly unfair in his intolerance of those who disagreed with him ".