Browsing Department of History by Author "Goldberg, Joyce S."
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Cold War rivalry and the perception of the American West: Why both westerners and easterners became cowboys and Indians
Goral, PawelAs the competing ideologies of the Cold War became crucial components of the rivalry, cultural influences gained symbolic power as well. American popular culture had such a tremendous impact upon Europe that the states of ... -
"Commies And Queers": Narratives That Supported The Lavender Scare
Heatley, Holly S (History, 2007-09-17)In the early 1950s, the perceived threat of communists and homosexuals loomed large over the United States. The U.S. press presented narratives that portrayed communists and homosexuals in remarkably similar language that ... -
Essays on Liberty and Federalism
Murrin, John M.; Narrett, David E.; Hatzenbuehler, Ronald L.; Kammen, Michael (University of Texas at ArlingtonTexas A&M PressDigital Creation Department, Central Library, University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of History, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1988) -
In Pueblo's Wake; Flawed Leadership and the Role of Juche in the Capture of the USS Pueblo
Duermeyer, James A.; 0000-0001-6096-2322 (2016-11-30)On January 23, 1968, North Korea attacked and seized an American Navy spy ship, the USS Pueblo. In the process, one American sailor was mortally wounded and another ten crew members were injured, including the ship's ... -
In The Shade Of The Mushroom Clouds: How Christian Fudamentalists Sabotaged Atomic Scientists' Visions Of Utopia
Fuller, Robert Edward (History, 2013-10-22)Prior to August 6, 1945, the end of the world had been an abstract concept left to the gods to enact via supernatural means. Yet on that day, humanity saw for the first time the actual mechanism whereby it might end the ... -
Ronsons, Zippos, Brew-ups, And Tommycookers: The M4 Sherman Tank And American Armored Development During World War II
Muller, John Michael (History, 2012-07-25)In January 1945 the M4 Sherman tank became embroiled in bitter controversy for its inability to match-up with certain tanks of the German Army. Citing many deficiencies of the Sherman, angry American tankers vented their ... -
The Untold Story of Economic Conflict in the Second Great War: Battle to Bretton Woods, Rhetoric of the Marshall Plan, George F. Kennan, John Maynard Keynes, and Disregarded Origins of the Cold War
Copeland, James Eric; 0000-0003-3180-6157 (2016-05-12)Reflecting back in his Memoirs, George F. Kennan, wrote that the document that propelled his career was dispatched after a telegram informed the U.S. embassy in Moscow that the “Russians were evidencing an unwillingness ... -
They Don't Sing Like They Used To : Negro Soldier's Resistance To Jim Crow in 1898
Levingston, Earl Ray (History, 2008-04-22)By the turn of the twentieth century, Negro troops began to resist Jim Crow laws in an organized way. While some historians have mentioned these racially motivated disturbances, many have failed to seriously analyze and ... -
Transatlantic Brinksmanship: The Anglo-American Alliance And Conservative Ideology, 1953-1956
Watry, David M. (History, 2012-04-11)The purpose of this transatlantic dissertation is to produce a new post-revisionist history of Anglo-American relations from 1953 to 1956 that seriously re-assesses Eisenhower's "middle path" foreign policy and the differing ... -
What Germany Taught the U.S. Army: Occupational Lessons in Postwar Germany, 1945-1946
Buisman, Jessica Lynn; 0000-0001-8693-9059 (2020-08-11)The study of the U.S.-occupation of Germany after the Second World War is not complete without understanding its role in changing the culture of the U.S. Army. Statesmen at the wartime conferences determined what policies ... -
The World War II Conferences In Washington, D.C. and Quebec City: Franklin D. Roosevelt And Winston S. Churchill
DeWaters, Diane K. (History, 2008-08-08)This dissertation seeks to show the evolution of the diplomatic relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston S. Churchill from 1941-1945 based on the five conferences that were held in the Americas beginning in ...