Sentence examples for historians acknowledge from inspiring English sources

Historians acknowledge that disagreements over states' rights played a role in the Civil War.

Many of today's historians acknowledge this, and argue that their books, if politicized, are simply more honest about that than the politicized books of the past.

Even the most conservative golf historians acknowledge that Jones faced stiff, but not insurmountable, competition when he pursued those amateur titles.

Professor Melish and with other historians acknowledge that plantation is a medieval English word describing farmlands that had no direct connection to slavery when Rhode Island received its royal charter in the 17th century.

Historians acknowledge that very little is known about Cuauhtemoc in comparison with the better known tlatoani, his father-in-law, Moctezuma II.

In a once-classified internal report that became public in 2014, the spy agency's in-house historian acknowledged that the CIA had engaged in a "cover-up" (albeit a "benign cover-up", he insisted) to hide evidence from the Warren commission and later government investigations.

Pomeranz says of McNeill: "He was one of the first professors of academic history to take a chance on this sort of work, looking beyond the histories of individual nations or regions". Pomeranz thinks that receiving the prize as a macro historian acknowledges the value of taking a broad view of historical period or events.

The official British historian acknowledges the disappointment caused by the successful retirement of the German, Austrian and Ottoman force but he also notes the quality of the successive rearguard positions constructed during the advance, and the strength, determination and endurance of the enemy.

The western democracies, as most historians now acknowledge, played a comparatively minor role in the great military struggle.

But Santorum came closer to knocking out Mr. Inevitable than most historians will acknowledge, and Barack Obama, for one, won't quickly forget his contribution to the Democratic cause.

Ms. Birmingham points out that architectural historians who acknowledge Mahony have tended to focus on her relationships with men and on her physical appearance, often in unflattering terms.