Beverly Gage
John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History, Yale University
Chapter Member: Connecticut SSN
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About Beverly
Gage’s expertise lies in U.S. political history in the 20th century; especially political ideology and institutions; social movements; grand strategy and political strategy; presidential and Washington politics; and the history of the FBI.
Contributions
Protesting Wall Street: A Brief History
Basic Facts Brief,
In the News
Guest on On Point, January 2, 2019.
Research discussed by , in "Mail Bombs Rocked American Politics a Century Ago. Here's What a Historian Thinks That Moment Has to Teach Us," TIME, October 26, 2018.
Opinion: "America Can Never Sort Out Whether ‘Socialism’ Is Marginal or Rising," Beverly Gage, The New York Times Magazine, July 17, 2018.
Research discussed by , in "King, There is Only One Thing Left for You to Do," January 15, 2018.
Opinion: "Can Anyone Be Truly 'Independent' in Today's Polarized Politics?," Beverly Gage, the New York Times Magazine, May 23, 2017.
Opinion: "In Firing Comey, Did Trump Unleash the Next Deep Throat?," Beverly Gage, New York Times, May 10, 2017.
Quoted by in "Historian Beverly Gage to Head Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy," Yale News, February 22, 2017.
Opinion: "A ‘Resistance’ Stands against Trump. But What Will It Stand For?," Beverly Gage, New York Times, January 31, 2017.
Opinion: "Reading the Classic Novel That Predicted Trump," Beverly Gage, New York Times, January 17, 2017.
Guest on PBS Newshour, October 20, 2016.
Guest on CNN Politics, October 6, 2016.
Guest on PBS News Hour, July 4, 2016.
Guest on PBS News Hour, January 26, 2016.
Quoted by Alex Zhang in "In and Out: A Revolving Door for Yale's Professors of Color?," Yale Daily News, November 17, 2015.
Opinion: "53 Historians Weigh in on Obama's Legacy," Beverly Gage, New York Magazine, January 11, 2015.
Opinion: "What an Uncensored Letter to M.L.K. Reveals," Beverly Gage, New York Times, November 11, 2014.
Opinion: "Internal Affairs: J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson," Beverly Gage, Slate, November 10, 2011.
Opinion: "Will Occupy Wall Street Movement Stand Apart from U.S. Party Politics?," Beverly Gage, PBS NewsHour, October 17, 2011.
Opinion: "A Look at the History of Wall Street Protests," Beverly Gage, All Things Considered (NPR), October 7, 2011.
Opinion: "The Unacknowledged Victories of the American Left," Beverly Gage, The New York Times, September 16, 2011.
Opinion: "How Will History View Obama’s Decision on Bin Laden?," Beverly Gage, PBS NewsHour, May 5, 2011.
Publications
"G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the American Century" (Viking, forthcoming).
Provides a comprehensive biography of J. Edgar Hoover, emphasizing his role in conservative politics and his influence as an architect of the American national security state.
"Terrorism and the American Experience" Journal of American History 98, no. 1 (2011): 73-94.
Analyzes terrorism’s varying dimensions in American history, from lynching and anti-capitalist violence through the Weather Underground and the Oklahoma City bombing.
"The Day Wall Street Exploded: A Story of America in its First Age of Terror" (Oxford, 2009).
Tells the story of the 1920 Wall Street explosion, once known as America’s worst terrorist attack. Explores the history of anti-capitalist and anti-Wall Street movements in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Analyzes early debates over the politics of terrorism.