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James McPherson, President of the American Historical Association in 2003, wrote that some would want revisionist history understood as, “ a consciously falsified or distorted interpretation of the past to serve partisan or ideological purposes in the present .” Broadly understood, there are two motivations behind revisionist history: the ability to control ideological influence and to control political influence.
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James and McPherson
* McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
Pulitzer Prize winning historian James McPherson, writing for the American Historical Association, described the importance of revisionism:
James Alan McPherson ( born September 16, 1943 ) is an American short story writer and essayist.
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* McPherson, James M., and William J. Cooper, Jr., eds.
* 1943 – James Alan McPherson, American author
In December 1862, with the approval of Halleck, Grant moved to take Vicksburg by an overland route, aided by Charles Hamilton and James McPherson, in combination with a water expedition on the Mississippi led by Maj. Gen. Sherman.
* McPherson, James M. The Abolitionist Legacy: From Reconstruction to the NAACP Princeton Univ Press, 1975.
* McPherson, James M. " Grant or Greeley?
Prior to its sale to News Corp, the last members of the board of directors of the company were: Christopher Bancroft, Lewis B. Campbell, Michael Elefante, John Engler, Harvey Golub, Leslie Hill, Irvine Hockaday, Peter Kann, David Li, M. Peter McPherson ( Chairman ), Frank Newman, James Ottaway, Elizabeth Steele, and William Steere.
Sherman proceeded to invade the state of Georgia with three armies: the 60, 000-strong Army of the Cumberland under George Henry Thomas, the 25, 000-strong Army of the Tennessee under James B. McPherson, and the 13, 000-strong Army of the Ohio under John M. Schofield.
" Historian James M. McPherson has concluded that:
* McPherson, James M., Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, illustrated ed., Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 0-19-515901-2.
* 1978: Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson
* 1989: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson
The county is named after American Civil War General James B. McPherson.
It was named after Union General James B. McPherson.
The county is named for Civil War General James B. McPherson.
The city is named after Union General James Birdseye McPherson, a Civil War general.
* McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
Hooker led his corps ( now designated the XX Corps ) competently in the 1864 Atlanta Campaign under Sherman, but asked to be relieved before the capture of the city because of his dissatisfaction with the promotion of Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard to command of the Army of the Tennessee, upon the death of Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson.
* Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: James Alan McPherson, Elbow Room
* McPherson, Miller ; Smith-Lovin, Lynn ; & Cook, James M. ( 2001 ).
James and President
Dr. James Brown Fisk, physicist, President of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, was elected to the Board of Trustees.
Later, browsing in an old issue of the Gazette Des Beaux-Arts, she found a description of a handsome gilt pier-table purchased in 1817 by President James Monroe.
`` I think they played Hail To The Chief better than the Marine Corps Band, and we are grateful to them '', President Kennedy remarked after mounting the bandstand and shaking hands with conductor James Christian Pfohl.
In 1857 – 58, Douglas broke with President James Buchanan, leading to a fight for control of the Democratic Party.
Both the outgoing administration of President James Buchanan and the incoming administration rejected the legality of secession, considering it rebellion.
* 1858 – U. S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
First Brown President and Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation James Manning ( minister ) | James Manning.
On 2 December 1823, US President James Monroe specifically addressed Cuba and other European colonies in his proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine.
Similarly, President James Mancham's attendance of the 1977 CHOGM gave Prime Minister France-Albert René the opportunity to seize power in the Seychelles.
In May 1997, Prime Minister James joined 14 other Caribbean leaders, and President Clinton, during the first-ever U. S .- regional summit in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Eisenhower was the last president born in the 19th century, and at age 62, was the oldest man to be elected President since James Buchanan in 1856.
* 1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message before the U. S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
* 1823 – Monroe Doctrine: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts.
* 1845 – Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
During the 1990s, the College saw a major academic overhaul under President James O. Freedman and a controversial ( and ultimately unsuccessful ) 1999 initiative to encourage the school's single-sex Greek houses to go coed.
President James Wright announced his retirement in February 2008 and was replaced by Harvard University professor and physician Jim Yong Kim on July 1, 2009.
Outgoing President James Polk's term ended at noon on March 4, which was a Sunday.
While the terms of President James K. Polk and Vice President George Mifflin Dallas had expired, Atchison's tenure as President pro tempore had already expired when the Thirtieth Congress adjourned sine die on March 4.
The highest-ranking official whose term unquestionably continued during the interim was Polk's Secretary of State, James Buchanan ( later elected President himself in 1856 ), whose term did not formally expire until his successor, John M. Clayton, took office on March 7.
In the 1980s President Ronald Reagan sought to curtail scope of environmental protection taking steps such as appointing James G. Watt who was called one of the most " blatantly anti-environmental political appointees ".
As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States ( 1813 – 1814 ), serving under James Madison, until his death a year and a half into his term.
* 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
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