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C. H. (Charles Hunter) Hamlin
1890–1985
A history professor for more than fifty years, he wrote with unusual urgency about war, propaganda, and the way nations turn conflict into heroic legend. His work stands out for questioning familiar patriotic stories and asking readers to look harder at the human cost behind them.
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The war myth in United States history
by C. H. (Charles Hunter) Hamlin
About the author
Born in 1890, Charles Hunter Hamlin became a longtime professor of history at Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina, where he taught from 1925 to 1976. He lived through the First World War and later became an outspoken critic of using war to settle political problems.
Hamlin is best remembered for The War Myth in United States History, a book that challenged triumphant versions of American military history and argued that schools, culture, and public memory often turn war into a misleading national story. His writing was closely tied to questions of propaganda, education, and civic responsibility.
He died in 1985 at age 95. Though not a widely known public figure today, his work still has a distinctive voice: calm, historically minded, and willing to push against the stories a country tells itself.