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Charles Trueheart

Charles Trueheart  is a contributing editor of the Scholar. He is currently at work on a book about Vietnam in 1963.

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The Difficult Diplomat

A highly flawed man who brought peace and controversy

by Charles Trueheart | Monday, June 03, 2019
A Seductive Spectacle

A Seductive Spectacle

The languid bazaar of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet still beckons 50 years later

by Charles Trueheart | Friday, June 01, 2007
Bungle in the Jungle

Bungle in the Jungle

A new biography considers what might have been in Indochina

by Charles Trueheart | Monday, December 04, 2017
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Organized Violence

In the last century, where did warfare end and genocide begin?

by Charles Trueheart | Friday, December 01, 2006
Cruel Spring

Cruel Spring

A dark time in the city of light

by Charles Trueheart | Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Whores de Combat

Whores de Combat

In search of adventure and engagement

by Charles Trueheart | Tuesday, March 11, 2014
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The Debacle Before the Disaster

At Dien Bien Phu, the French got a lesson the U.S. would take two decades to learn

by Charles Trueheart | Monday, March 01, 2010
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Paris: The Death of Derrida

by Charles Trueheart | Wednesday, December 01, 2004
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Sign Language

At their best, pictograms tell us clearly where to go and what to do; at their worst, things can get interesting

by Charles Trueheart | Saturday, December 01, 2007
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THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

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What Does Columbus Day Really Mean?

by William J. Connell

Whether you celebrate Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Discoverers’ Day, or Native Americans’ Day, historian William J. Connell observes that, in the end, this controversial civic holiday is just that: a holiday. In his essay “What Columbus Day Really Means,” Connell writes that President Benjamin Harrison created the holiday in 1892 to honor both Native Americans and the many immigrants who were only then arriving in the country. “It was to be a national holiday that was not about the Founding Fathers or the Civil War, but about the rest of American history,” Connell writes—a day for celebrating the country and all its people. Sounds to us like a pretty good reason to take the day off of work.