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Reinhold Niebuhr
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (June 21, 1892 – June 1, 1971) was an American theologian, ethicist, public intellectual, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor at Union Theological Seminary for more than 30 years. The brother of another pro...
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George H.w. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). A Republican, he had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States (1981–1989), a congressman,...
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Ronald Reagan
Former actor and the 40th President of the United States. He served two terms from 1981 till 1989. Reagan is mostly known for his staunch opposition towards communism. He dubbed the term "Evil empire"Before he became president he also was the governor of ...
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Manuel Noriega
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian politician and military officer who was the de facto ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. An authoritarian ruler who amassed a personal fortune through drug trafficking operat...
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Walter Lippmann
An American public intellectual, writer, reporter, and political commentator famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War. Lippmann was twice awarded (1958 and 1962) a Pulitzer Prize for his syndicated newspaper column, "Today and...
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Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) was the 28th President of the United States, in office from 1913 to 1921. In his first term, Wilson successfully pushed a legislative agenda that included the Federal Reserve Act, Federal Trade Commission Act, the Clayt...
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Edward Bernays
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Saddam Hussein
Sadam Hussein was an Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War; born in 1937, deposed in 2003 after the US-led invasion of Iraq, executed in 2006 after conviction for crimes against humanity....
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Norman Podhoretz
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Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (1897 - 1945) was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. One of Adolf Hitlers close associates and most devoted followers, he was known for his public speaking and deep and virule...
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Alexander Cockburn
Alexander Claud Cockburn (6 June 1941 – 21 July 2012) was an Irish-American political journalist and writer. Cockburn was brought up by British parents in Ireland but had lived and worked in the United States since 1972. Together with Jeffrey St. Clair, h...
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John Dewey
An American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey is one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the fathers of func...
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Harold Lasswell
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José Napoleón Duarte
José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes (November 23, 1925 – February 23, 1990) was a Salvadoran political figure who, from March 3, 1980, to 1982, led the civil-military Revolutionary Government Junta that took power in a 1979 coup détat. He also served as ci...
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Herbert Anaya
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Adlai Stevenson Ii
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of liberal causes in the Democratic Party. He served as the 31st Governor of ...
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George F. Kennan
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American diplomat, political scientist, and historian. He was known best as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War on which he later reversed himself. ...
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Adolf Hitler
An Austrian-born German politician. Born 1889, died 1945. The leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and Führer ("leader") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. As effectively the dictator of Nazi Germany, Hitler was at th...
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Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz: August 13, 1926 – November 25, 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Politically a Marxist–Leninist and Cub...
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John F. Kennedy
The 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his death in 1963. At 43 years of age, he was the youngest to have been elected to the office. Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the b...