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About Theodore H. White

Theodore H. White was a 20th-century American historian and author. Theodore Harold White was an American political journalist and historian, first known for his 1946 best-seller Thunder Out of China, reporting from China during World War II and then the Making of the President series. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power

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