- “The public and scholarly community owes a great debt to not only the remarkable effort and perseverance of literally generations of State Department historia

- “The public and scholarly community owes a great debt to not only the remarkable effort and perseverance of literally generations of State Department historians and the [History] Office’s leadership, but also their collective commitment to historical accuracy and transparency,” said Prof. Immerman. And that is why Americans are fast becoming world-wide discredited.