Derek Leebaert Journalist Profile

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FDR’s War of Words with Lindbergh

Nov 14, 2024 | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Paul M. Sparrow |Michael Wolraich |Derek Leebaert

Editor’s Note: Paul M. Sparrow is the former Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. He has recently published Awakening the Spirit of America: FDR's War of Words With Charles Lindbergh — and the Battle to Save Democracy, which tells the dramatic story of how Roosevelt prepared the nation for the fight to save democracy at a time when most Americans opposed intervention, and the America First movement fought aggressively to thwart his efforts.
Israel’s forgotten terror

Oct 16, 2024 | weeklycuttingedge.com | Derek Leebaert

The International Criminal Court’s (ICJ) January finding of a “plausible genocide” in Gaza, and subsequent ruling that Israel is responsible for an apartheid system in the West Bank and East Jerusalem would not have surprised former Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Carter, or indeed Reagan, who famously denounced Israel’s 1982 levelling of West Beirut to Prime Minister Menachem Begin as a “holocaust”.
Israel’s forgotten terror

Oct 11, 2024 | msn.com | Derek Leebaert

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How the US became blind to Israeli terror

Oct 11, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Derek Leebaert

The International Criminal Court’s (ICJ) January finding of a “plausible genocide” in Gaza, and subsequent ruling that Israel is responsible for an apartheid system in the West Bank and East Jerusalem would not have surprised former Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Carter, or indeed Reagan, who famously denounced Israel’s 1982 levelling of West Beirut to Prime Minister Menachem Begin as a “holocaust”.
How the US became blind to Israeli terror

Oct 10, 2024 | davidrobie.nz | Derek Leebaert

ANALYSIS: By Derek LeebaertThe International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) finding in January of a “plausible genocide” in Gaza, and subsequent ruling that Israel is responsible for an apartheid system in the West Bank and East Jerusalem would not have surprised former Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Carter, or indeed Reagan, who famously denounced Israel’s 1982 levelling of West Beirut to Prime Minister Menachem Begin as a “holocaust”.
Failed foreign policy at SIPA

Mar 26, 2024 | l8r.it | Derek Leebaert

Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs has just appointed Ambassador Victoria Nuland, a long-serving U.S. diplomat and the current Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, to be its Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor for the Practice of International Diplomacy, effective in July. She’ll also direct SIPA’s International Fellows Program.
Failed foreign policy at SIPA

Mar 26, 2024 | columbiaspectator.com | Derek Leebaert

These appointments have now expanded with the growth of public policy schools, as well as with the excitement that has come to surround “national security” since the 9/11 atrocity and the frantic American response. Today, odds are high that students will spend a semester or two literally hearing war stories from this cohort, while class time is largely spent discussing that morning’s news. Prestige often trumps what there might be of teaching skills.
The Mystery of Henry Wallace

Mar 22, 2024 | americanheritage.com | Edwin Grosvenor |Derek Leebaert |Paul M. Sparrow |Michael Wolraich

Many historians and the author of a recent book have seriously misjudged the influential former vice president and cabinet secretary. Editor’s Note: Derek Leebaert is the author of several books on American history and the military, including Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made. He is a founder of the National Museum of the United States Army.
How American Intelligence Was Born in the Trenches of World War I

Mar 11, 2024 | realcleardefense.com | Derek Leebaert

How American Intelligence Was Born in the Trenches of World War I
How American Intelligence Was Born in the Trenches of World War I

Mar 6, 2024 | spytalk.co | Derek Leebaert

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