The Historian Circle

Harold I “Harefoot” of England: A Reassessment Brandon M. Bender Brandon M. Bender is a writer whose recent work focuses on medieval English history, with an emphasis on the Danish Conquest of England and the wider pre-Norman era. His peer reviewed work can be found in The Year’s Work in Medievalism Volume 34 and Rounded Globe. Brandon’s writing has also appeared in Camedieval – a publication affiliated with the CALM and GEMS programs at Cambridge University – and Lancaster University’s Epoch History Magazine. Brandon’s first book, England’s Unlikely Commander: The Military Career of Æthelred the Unready, debuted in 2019 and was the subject of the Rex Factor episode “Æthelred the Ready.” Brandon has also written about US history. He lives in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Although it is rarely remembered today, eleventh-century England was ruled by four kings from the House of Denmark: Swein Forkbeard, Cnut the Great, Harold I, and Harthacnut. The third king in that list, if he

Presidential Strategies in Conflict: Refugee Policies During the Vietnam War, 1953-1974 Ethan Healey Ethan Healey is a B.A. History Student at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire where he will be graduating this upcoming May. He is currently writing a thesis about Founding Father John Adams during his retirement and why the Early American press made him retire after a nearly thirty year career in politics. Ethan's historical interests are primarily in Early America and the Atlantic World, while also researching presidential politics throughout the centuries. He hopes to be in Graduate School next Autumn. Ethan Healey currently lives in New Hampshire with his partner and Criminal Justice student, Keyanna Matos. The United States Presidency is one of the most established offices in the world. Different presidents deal with different issues according to their time period. During the Cold War, there were many issues spanning across many presidents of different ph