Dr. Heather Ann Thompson is a historian at the University of Michigan, and is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy.

Heather Ann Thompson

Dr. Heather Ann Thompson is a historian at the University of Michigan, and is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

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The Vietnam War pitted communist North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and the United States. The war ended when U.S. forces withdrew in 1973 and Vietnam unified under Communist control two years later.

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Balancing Historical Accuracy and a Gripping Story Is a Challenge. ‘The Post’ Nails It