Popularity As A Teacher
At the University of Wisconsin, George Mosse was a charismatic and inspiring teacher. Tom Bates' Rads: A True Story of the End of the Sixties (1992) describes how students flocked to Mosse's courses to "savor the crossfire" with his friend and rival, the Marxist historian Harvey Goldberg. Mosse's popularity was not only due to the fact that he laced his critical skepticism with humor, irony and empathy; he also applied his historical knowledge to contemporary issues, attempting to be fair to opposing views while remaining true to his own principles.
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