Jules Archer was an American

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 author who wrote many volumes of non-fiction history for a general audience and for young adults.

Archer attended DeWitt Clinton High School

DeWitt Clinton High School

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 in New York City

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 and the College of the City of New York

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, where he received a degree in advertising.

Archer served four years during World War II

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 with the Army Air Corps

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 in the Pacific theater. He is the author of many books on U.S. history, political events, and personalities, including The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR, and Jungle Fighters: A G.I. War Correspondent's Experiences in the New Guinea Campaign.

Archer was interviewed for the 50-minute History Channel documentary, The Plot to Overthrow FDR (In Search of History, 1999).

Jules Archer lived the remainder of his life in Scotts Valley, California

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. His papers are held by the University of Oregon

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Libraries.

Works(partial list)

• The Philippines' Fight for Freedom, Crowell-Collier Press 1970, ISBN 978-0027056402
• Treason in America: Disloyalty Versus Dissent, E P Dutton 1971, ISBN 978-0801579325
• Ho Chi Minh: Legend of Hanoi, Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd 1973, ISBN 978-0561001531
• They Made a Revolution, 1776, 1975
• The Plot to Seize the White House, 1973/2007
• Mexico and the United States, 1973
• The Incredible Sixties: The Stormy Years That Changed America, 1986
• Who's Running Your Life?: A Look at Young People's Rights, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979, ISBN 9780152960582
• Resistance, 1973
• They Had a Dream: The Civil Rights Struggle,1993
• Winners and Losers: How Elections Work in America, 1984
• Mao Tse-Tung, 1972
• Breaking Barriers: The Feminist Revolution from Susan B. Anthony to Margaret ..., 1998
• You Can't Do That to Me : Famous Fights for Human Rights (ISBN 0027056007), 1980