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Knowing What Really Happened
Author(s) -
Beschloss Michael
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
presidential studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.337
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1741-5705
pISSN - 0360-4918
DOI - 10.1111/j.0360-4918.2002.00237.x
Subject(s) - presidency , political science , law , history , politics
Historians of the past have depended upon the creation and later the release of private diaries, letters, memos, and other records that shed light on the inner workings of a president's mind and his behind‐the‐scenes actions. Due to a number of forces, such records are increasingly less likely to be created or released, preventing scholars from having the kind of understanding of the hidden core of a presidency that they once were able to command.