Timothy Naftali
Historian and CNN presidential historian
Timothy Naftali is a Canadian-American historian who directed the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum and has written on the Cold War and counterterrorism.
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Canadian Born 1962 in Montreal, Canada
About Timothy Naftali
Timothy Naftali is a Canadian-American historian, born in Montreal in 1962. He directed the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum from 2007 to 2011. Two of his four books, written with Alexander Fursenko, deal with the Cuban Missile Crisis and Nikita Khrushchev. Earlier in his career he focused on the history of counterterrorism and the Cold War. He taught at the University of Hawaii, Yale and the University of Virginia. He advised the 9/11 Commission, writing a history of American counterterrorism policy that grew into his book Blind Spot. He also appears on CNN as a presidential historian.