Goldman, The Crucial Decade–and After: America, 1945-1960 (1960)

Eric F. Goldman.
The Crucial Decade–and After: America, 1945-1960.
New York: Vintage Books, 1960.

Book Information: Google Books; Amazon.com.

First published as:
The Crucial Decade: America, 1945-1955.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956.

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Author Information:

• Eric F. Goldman (1916 – 1989), Wikipedia.
• Eric F. Goldman. Rendezvous with Destiny: A History of Modern American Reform. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee (Rowman & Littlefield), 2001.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Eric F. Goldman. The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969.
  [Google Books; Amazon.com.]

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Video:

I collected some links to videos addressing the period 1945-1960 in my posts for:

• Patterson, Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (1996).
• McCullough, Truman (1992).

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Wikipedia Articles:

• History of the United States (1945–64).

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Goldman calls the period 1945-1955 the "Crucial Decade." In the post-Roosevelt governments would the innovations of the New Deal persist? (Goldman is a vehement opponent of the domestic policies promoted by Republicans generally and Robert Taft in particular.) In the post-World War II peace would the European oriented internationalist foreign policy of Roosevelt continue or would 1930s-style isolationism return? (Goldman's dualism of Internationalism versus Isolationism is obviously too simplistic and is an expression of the political passions prevalent when he wrote his book. The U.S. had a century of activity in the Pacific and East Asia and an even longer interest in the Caribbean and Latin America; nobody argued a for decrease of U.S. intervention in those regions. Oh, wait: the "Internationalist" Truman administration issued NSC 48/2 in 1949 which excluded Korea and Formosa from the U.S.'s East Asia defense perimeter. My point is that the "Internationalism versus Isolationism" controversy was less idealistic and more narrow than Goldman relates and was mainly focused on the scale of U.S. military and economic assistance to western Europe.) It is impossible for me to describe Goldman's book without also observing that it is political advocacy disguised as history.

For an introductory history of the U.S. during the period 1945-1960, one's time might be better spent with:

• Diggins, The Proud Decades: America in War and Peace, 1941-1960 (1988).
• Halberstam, The Fifties (1993).
• Patterson, Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (1996).
• Hitchcock, The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s (2018).

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McCullough, Truman (1992)

David McCullough.
Truman.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Book Information: Publisher; Wikipedia; Google Books; Amazon.com.

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Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum, Independence, Missouri.

Harry S. Truman, Miller Center, University of Virginia.

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

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Author Information:

• David McCullough, Simon & Schuster.
• David McCullough, Author, Simon & Schuster.
• David McCullough (b. 1933), Wikipedia.
• David McCullough, C-SPAN.org.

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Video: David McCullough

• David McCullough and Charlie Rose, "David McCullough," charlierose.com, 22 June 1992.
  (As usual, Charlie Rose interrupts and talks too much.)
• David McCullough and Brian Lamb, "Truman," Booknotes, C-SPAN.org, 29 June 1992.
  (This is an excellent interview. McCullough summarizes his book well.)
• David McCullough, "The Truman Presidency," National Press Club, Washington, D.C., C-SPAN.org, 07 July 1992.
• David McCullough, "Keynote Speech," Harry S Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, 1993.
  • The Harry S Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation, trumanaward.org.
  • Harry S Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation, YouTube Channel.
• David McCullough, "The Character of President Truman," LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, C-SPAN.org, 18 January 1995.
• David McCullough, "Historical Biography," Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, BookTV, C-SPAN.org, 14 October 1998.
• David McCullough and Brian Lamb, "In Depth with David McCullough," C-SPAN.org, 02 December 2001.
• David McCullough, "Truman's Presidency and World War II," Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 18 February 2015.

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Other Video

General Overviews and the Truman Presidency:

• Alonzo L. Hamby, Larry Hackman, Clay Bauske, Frances Bailey Wood, Raymond H. Geselbracht, Susan Swain, "Life Portrait of Harry S. Truman," American Presidents Series, C-SPAN.org, 18 October 1999.
  • Alonzo L. Hamby, Department of History, Ohio University.
  • Alonzo L. Hamby (b. 1940), Wikipedia.
  • Alonzo L. Hamby. Beyond the New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Alonzo L. Hamby. Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Larry J. Hackman Papers, Director, Harry S. Truman Library, 1995-2000.
  • Raymond H. Geselbracht, C-SPAN.org.
• Alan Brinkley, Gerald R. Gill, Melvyn Leffler, Arnold Offner, Clifton Truman Daniel, "The Presidency of Harry S. Truman," Video, Part I, Video, Part II, John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 28 April 2002.
  • Forums Archive: 2002, John F. Kennedy Library.
  • Alan Brinkley, Department of History, Columbia University.
  • Alan Brinkley (b. 1949), Wikipedia.
  • Laura Ferguson, "Remembering a Beloved History Professor [Gerald R. Gill]," Tufts Now, 04 May 2017.
  • Gerald R. Gill. Meanness Mania: The Changed Mood. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1980.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Melvyn P. Leffler, Department of History, University of Virginia.
  • Melvyn P. Leffler (b. 1945), Wikipedia.
  • Melvyn P. Leffler. A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1992.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Arnold A. Offner (b. 1937), Wikipedia.
  • Arnold A. Offner. Another Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War, 1945-1953. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2002.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Clifton Truman Daniel (b. 1957), Wikipedia.
• Robert Dallek, "Harry S. Truman," Freer Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., BookTV, C-SPAN.org, 22 October 2008.
  • Robert Dallek. Harry S. Truman. New York: Times Books, Henry Holt and Company (Macmillan), 2008.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Robert Dallek (b. 1934), Wikipedia.
• Robert Dallek and Bill Scanlan, "President Harry Truman," Washington Journal, C-SPAN.org, 15 December 2008.
• Aida Donald and Brian Lamb, "Q&A with Aida Donald," C-SPAN.org, 23 October 2012.
  • Donald, Aida D. 1930–, Encyclopedia.com.
  • Aida D. Donald. Citizen Soldier: A Life of Harry S. Truman. New York: Basic Books, 2012.
    [Publisher; CitizenSoldierbook.com; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Aida D. Donald. Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt. New York: Basic Books, 2007.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • David Herbert Donald (1920 – 2009), Wikipedia.

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Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org.

Selected Lectures on Topics Related to Truman:

• Michael A. Davis, "1944 Presidential Election," Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 24 April 2013.
  • Department of History Faculty & Staff, Liberty University.
• John David Lewis, "U.S. Defeat of Japan in World War II," Duke University, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 18 April 2011.
  • John David Lewis, johndavidlewis.com.
  • John David Lewis (1955 – 2012), Wikipedia.
  • John David Lewis. Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Herbert P. Bix. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. New York: HarperPerennial, 2016.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Grant Weller, "World War II, the Pacific, and the Atomic Bomb," U.S. Air Force Academy, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 26 February 2014.
  • Grant Weller, Colorado State University - Pueblo.
• Peter Kuznick, "Atomic Bomb Use in World War II," American University, Washington, D.C., Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 31 March 2016.
  (Kuznick uses many misrepresentations in this creepy propaganda session. Tellingly, he praises Henry Wallace. The lecture is a vivid demonstration of the word "tendentious.")
  • Peter Kuznick, Department of History, American University.
  • Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick. The Untold History of the United States. New York: Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster), 2012.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• David Dalton, "Origins of the Cold War," College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 17 November 2011.
  • History, College of the Ozarks.
• William I. Hitchcock, "U.S. Containment Strategy After World War II," University of Virginia, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 06 September 2010.
  • William Hitchcock, Department of History, University of Virginia.
  • William I. Hitchcock. The Struggle for Europe: The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945 to the Present. New York: Doubleday (Penguin Random House), 2003. New York: Anchor Books, 2004.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • George F. Kennan, "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," 1947, Wikisource.
  • X Article, Wikipedia.
  • George F. Kennan (1904 – 2005), Wikipedia.
  • Harry S. Truman, "Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine," March 12, 1947. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
  • Truman Doctrine, March 1947, Wikipedia.
  • Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program, ERP), announced June 1947, funded April 1948, Wikipedia.
  • Berlin Blockade, June 1948 – May 1949, Wikipedia.
  • North Atlantic Treaty, April 1949, Wikipedia.
  • Cold War, Wikipedia.
• Joseph Glatthaar, "Korean War and Civil-Military Relations," University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 28 March 2017.
  • Joseph T. Glatthaar, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • Korean War, June 1950 – July 1953, Wikipedia.
• Eliot Cohen, "Relationship Between President Truman and General MacArthur," School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 08 March 2012.
  • Eliot A. Cohen, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
  • School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
  • Douglas MacArthur (1880 – 1964), Wikipedia.
  • Matthew Ridgway (1895 – 1993), Wikipedia.
  • George Marshall (1880 – 1959), Wikipedia.

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1948 Election:

• United States presidential election, 1948, Wikipedia.
• Victor Gold and Carrie Collins, "1948 Republican Convention Retrospective," C-SPAN.org, 01 August 1988.
  Includes excerpts from Thomas E. Dewey's nomination acceptance speech, and excerpts from speeches by Clare Boothe Luce and Dwight Green.
• "President Harry Truman 1948 Presidential Acceptance Speech," C-SPAN.org, 14 July 1948.
• "The Truman Story," Warner Pathe News, 1948.
• "The Dewey Story," Warner Pathe News, 1948.
• Zachary Karabell and Brian Lamb, "The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election," Booknotes, C-SPAN.org, 08 May 2000.
  • Zachary Karabell. The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. New York: Vintage Books, 2001.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• David Pietrusza, "1948," Clifton Park - Halfmoon Public Library, Clifton Park, New York, BookTV, C-SPAN.org, 16 December 2011.
  • David Pietrusza. 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America. New York: Union Square Press (Sterling Publishing), 2011. New York: Diversion Books, 2018.
    [Publisher, 2018; Google Books, 2011; Amazon.com, 2011; Amazon.com, 2018.]
• Student Activity: Presidential Campaign of 1948, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum.
• During the 1948 campaign:
  • All the major newspapers endorsed Candidate A. Nearly all the newspaper columnists and political analysts said Candidate A would win. All the pollsters said Candidate A would win.
  • Candidate B was denounced as a crude, vulgar man.
  • Supporters of Candidate A in the F.B.I. collected intelligence on Candidate B and shared it with Candidate A.
  • Supporters of Candidate A accused Candidate B of being influenced by Russian agents.

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Korean War:

• Korean War, June 1950 – July 1953, Wikipedia.
• Michael Devine, "Harry S. Truman and the Korean War: Unfinished Legacy," Y.B. Min Lecture Series, Center for Asian Business, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, 15 September 2010.
  • Speakers, 2010-2011 Events, Center for Asian Business, College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University.
  • Center for Asian Business, College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University.

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Truman Before National Office:

• Raymond Geselbracht, "Harry Truman at School, 1892-1901," Truman Presidential Museum and Library, National Archives at Kansas City, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 12 July 2012.
• Jon Taylor, "Truman's Grandview Farm," National Archives and Records Administration, Central Plains Region, Truman Presidential Museum and Library, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 29 June 2011.
  • Jon Taylor. Truman's Grandview Farm. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press (Arcadia Publishing), 2011.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• D.M. (Dennis) Giangreco, "Harry Truman and World War I," Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 06 August 2014.
  • D. M. Giangreco. The Soldier from Independence: A Military Biography of Harry Truman. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Zenith Press (MBI Publishing Company), 2009. Lincoln, Nebraska: Potomac Books (University of Nebraska Press), 2018.
    [Publisher, 2018; Google Books, 2009; Google Books, 2018; Amazon.com, 2009; Amazon.com, 2018.]
• Jon Taylor, "Truman and Pendergast Political Machine," Kansas City Public Library, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 28 February 2018.
  • The Pendergast Years: Kansas City in the Jazz Age & Great Depression, Kansas City Public Library.
  • Jon Taylor, "Harry Truman and the Pendergast Political Machine," The Pendergast Years, Kansas City Public Library.
  • James Pendergast (1856 – 1911), Wikipedia.
  • Tom Pendergast (1872 – 1945), Wikipedia.
• Jon Taylor, "Harry Truman’s Independence," Jackson County Courthouse, Independence, Missouri, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 28 September 2013.
  • Jon Taylor. Harry Truman’s Independence: The Center of the World. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press (Arcadia Publishing), 2013.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • National Archives at Kansas City, Missouri.
  • The Truman Courthouse, Jackson County Historical Society.

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Truman Family:

• Margaret Truman, "Memories of President Truman," National Press Club, Washington, D.C., American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 15 September 1994.
  • Margaret Truman (1924 – 2008), Wikipedia.
• William Seale, Nicole Anslover, Susan Swain, "First Lady Bess Truman," White House Historical Association, "First Ladies: Influence and Image" Series, C-SPAN.org, 28 October 2013.
  • Bess Truman (1885 – 1982), Wikipedia.
  • William Seale, Wikipedia.
  • William Seale. The Imperial Season: America's Capital in the Time of the First Ambassadors, 1893-1918. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 2013.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Nicole Anslover, Department of History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Indiana University Northwest.
  • Nicole L. Anslover. Harry S. Truman: The Coming of the Cold War. New York: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group), 2013.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Betty Beale, Reathel Odum, Eda Brennan, "Bess Truman Tribute," Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library, C-SPAN.org, 13 February 1996.
  • Bess Truman (1885 – 1982), Wikipedia.
  • Adam Bernstein, "Washington Star Society Columnist Betty Beale, 94," The Washington Post, 08 June 2006.
  • Dennis Hevesi, "Reathel Odum, 97, Trumans’ Discreet Secretary, Dies," The New York Times, 24 July 2006.
  • Oral History Interview with Reathel Odum, Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library.
  • Reathel Odum Papers, Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library.
• Clifton Truman Daniel, "Letters of Bess Truman to Harry S. Truman," U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., C-SPAN.org, 14 October 2009.
  • Clifton Truman Daniel. Dear Harry, Love Bess: Bess Truman's Letters to Harry Truman, 1919-1943. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press, 2011.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Bess Truman (1885 – 1982), Wikipedia.
  • Clifton Truman Daniel (b. 1957), Wikipedia.
• Clifton Truman Daniel, "Life as Harry Truman's Grandson," Hildene, Vermont, BookTV, C-SPAN.org, 06 July 2005.
  • Clifton Truman Daniel. Growing Up with My Grandfather: Memories of Harry S. Truman. New York: Birch Lane Press (Carol Publishing Group), 1995.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Clifton Truman Daniel (b. 1957), Wikipedia.

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Other Talks, Conferences, Panel Discussions, etc.:

• Harry S. Truman, White House Tour, 03 May 1952.
• Margaret Truman, "What's My Line?," 25 January 1953.
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• Mike Fitzgerald, Stephen F. Knott, David Reynolds, Daun Van Ee, David Woolner, "Transition from WWII to the Cold War," Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 30 March 2006.
  • Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  • Michael R. Fitzgerald, Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  • Stephen F. Knott, Department of National Security Affairs, U.S. Naval War College.
  • Professor David Reynolds FBA, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge.
  • David Reynolds (b. 1952), Wikipedia.
  • Daun Van Ee, Retired, LinkedIn.
  • Daun Van Ee, C-SPAN.org.
  • Dr. David B. Woolner, History Department, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York.
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• Donald A. Ritchie, "President Truman and Congress," Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium, "Truman and Congress: A Conflicted Legacy," Key West, Florida, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 16 May 2009.
  • Donald A. Ritchie (b. 1945), Wikipedia.
  • Donald A. Ritchie, editor. Congress and Harry S. Truman: A Conflicted Legacy. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press, 2011.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
    This book contains papers presented at the 2009 Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium.
    This book is Volume 7 in the Truman Legacy Series published by Truman State University Press.
• Alonzo L. Hamby, Richard Conley, Robert David Johnson, "Congress in the Truman Era," Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium, "Truman and Congress: A Conflicted Legacy," Key West, Florida, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 16 May 2009.
  • 79th United States Congress, January 1945 – January 1947, Wikipedia.
  • 80th United States Congress, January 1947 – January 1949, Wikipedia.
  • 81st United States Congress, January 1949 – January 1951, Wikipedia.
  • 82nd United States Congress, January 1951 – January 1953, Wikipedia.
  • Alonzo L. Hamby, Department of History, Ohio University.
  • Alonzo L. Hamby (b. 1940), Wikipedia.
  • Alonzo L. Hamby. Beyond the New Deal: Harry S. Truman and American Liberalism. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Alonzo L. Hamby. Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Richard S. Conley, Department of Political Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
  • Richard S. Conley. The Presidency, Congress, and Divided Government: A Postwar Assessment . College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2002.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • KC Johnson, Department of History, Brooklyn College, CUNY.
  • KC Johnson, kc-johnson.com.
  • Robert David Johnson. Congress and the Cold War. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Ken Hechler, Ray Smock, Robert P. Watson, "Truman and Domestic Policy," Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium, "Truman and Congress: A Conflicted Legacy," Key West, Florida, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 16 May 2009.
  • Ken Hechler (1914 – 2016), Wikipedia.
  • Raymond W. Smock (b. 1941), Wikipedia.
  • Robert Watson, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida.
• Susan Hartmann and Bruce Kaufman, "Foreign and Military Policy in the Truman Era," Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium, "Truman and Congress: A Conflicted Legacy," Key West, Florida, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 16 May 2009.
  • Susan Hartmann, Department of History, Ohio State University.
  • Susan M. Hartmann. Truman and the 80th Congress. University of Missouri Press, 1971.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Burton Kaufman, Faculty Emeriti, Department of History, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
  • Burton I. Kaufman. The Korean War: The Challenges in Crisis, Credibility, and Command. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
    [Google Books, 1986; Google Books, 1997; Amazon.com, 1986; Amazon.com, 1997.]
  • Burton I. Kaufman. The Post-Presidency from Washington to Clinton. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2012.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
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• Marc Gallicchio, Sayuri Shimizu, Roger Dingman, Raymond H. Geselbracht, "The Legacy of President Truman and Japan," Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium, Key West, Florida, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 15 May 2010.
  • Marc Gallicchio, Department of History, Villanova University.
  • Marc S. Gallicchio. The Cold War Begins In Asia: American East Asian Policy and the Fall of the Japanese Empire. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Marc S. Gallicchio. The African American Encounter with Japan and China: Black Internationalism in Asia, 1895-1945. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Marc Gallicchio. The Scramble for Asia: U.S. Military Power in the Aftermath of the Pacific War. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Marc Gallicchio, editor. The Unpredictability of the Past: Memories of the Asia-Pacific War in U.S.–East Asian Relations. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2007.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Sayuri Guthrie Shimizu, Department of History, Rice University.
  • Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu. "Japan, the United States, and the Cold War, 1945-1960," pages 244-265, The Cambridge History of the Cold War, Volume 1. Edited by Melvyn P. Leffler and Odd Arne Westad. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Sayuri Shimizu. Creating People of Plenty: The United States and Japan's Economic Alternatives, 1950-1960. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2001.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu. Transpacific Field of Dreams: How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Roger Dingman, Department of History, University of Southern California.
• Simei Qing, Xiao-Bing Li, Chen Jian, Michael Devine, "The Legacy of President Truman and China," Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium, Key West, Florida, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 15 May 2010.
  • Simei Qing, James Madison College, Michigan State University.
  • Xiaobing Li, Ph.D., Department of History and Geography, University of Central Oklahoma.
  • Jian Chen, NYU Shanghai.
  • Chen Jian, Wikipedia.
  • "Truman Library Director Michael Devine to retire in May," The Kansas City Star, 12 February 2014.
• William Stueck, Steven Casey, Charles Young, James Matray, "The Legacy of President Truman and Korea," Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium, Key West, Florida, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 15 May 2010.
  • William W. Stueck, Department of History, University of Georgia.
  • William Stueck. The Road to Confrontation: American Policy toward China and Korea. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1981.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • William Stueck. The Korean War: An International History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • William Stueck. Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Professor Steven Casey, Department of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Steven Casey. Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United States, 1950-1953. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Steven Casey. Cautious Crusade: Franklin D. Roosevelt, American Public Opinion, and the War against Nazi Germany. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Dr. Charles Young, Department of History, Political Science & Geography, Southern Arkansas University.
  • Charles S. Young. Name, Rank, and Serial Number: Exploiting Korean War POWs at Home and Abroad. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • James Matray, History Department, California State University, Chico.
  • James I. Matray, editor. Northeast Asia and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman: Japan, China, and the Two Koreas. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press, 2012.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
    This book contains papers presented at the 2010 Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium.
    This book is Volume 8 in the Truman Legacy Series published by Truman State University Press.
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• Madeleine K. Albright, Andrew Rich, Don Carleton, Nancy Beck Young, H.W. Brands, Mark K. Updegrove, "Harry Truman's Political Relationships," Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 21 June 2016.
  • John Nance Garner (1868 – 1967), Wikipedia.
  • Sam Rayburn (1882 – 1961), Wikipedia.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 – 1973), Wikipedia.
  • Dolph Briscoe (1923 – 2010), Wikipedia.
  • The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
  • Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
  • The Sam Rayburn Museum, Bonham, Texas.
  • Sam Rayburn Library and Museum, Fannin County Historical Commission.
  • Sam Rayburn Museum, VisitBonham.com.
  • Nancy Beck Young, Department of History, University of Houston.
  • Henry W. Brands, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin.
  • Mark K. Updegrove (b. 1961), Wikipedia.
  • "Mark K. Updegrove to Return to LBJ Foundation as President and Chief Executive Officer," Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, 05 December 2017.
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• Alexandra Richie and Conrad Crane, "Origins of the Cold War in Central Europe," 2016 International Conference on World War II, "1946: Year Zero: Triumph and Tragedy," Pritzker Military Museum and Library, National WWII Museum, New Orleans, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 19 November 2016.
  • Another version of this session is available as: "The Iron Curtain: The Descent and the Western Response," "1946: Year Zero: Triumph and Tragedy," 2016 International Conference on World War II (the speakers begin at time 8:13).
  • 2016 International Conference on World War II: 1946: Year Zero: Triumph and Tragedy, LiveStream.
  • The International Conference on World War II.
  • Alexandra Richie (b. 1961), Wikipedia [Polish].
  • Alexandra Richie, Professor, Collegium Civitas, Warsaw.
  • Dr. Conrad C. Crane, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.
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• Timothy Riley, A.J. Baime, Randy Sowell, Melvyn P. Leffler, "Harry S. Truman, Russia and the Cold War, Part 1," Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium, Key West, Florida, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 19 May 2018.
  • Tim Riley, Director and Chief Curator, National Churchill Museum, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri.
  • National Churchill Museum, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri.
  • Iron Curtain: Iron Curtain speech, Wikipedia.
  • Winston Churchill, "Sinews of Peace," Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 05 March 1946, Wikisource.
  • A.J. Baime. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Randy Sowell, Archivist, Harry S. Truman Library Phone Numbers.
  • Berlin Blockade, June 1948 – May 1949, Wikipedia.
  • Melvyn P. Leffler, Department of History, University of Virginia.
  • Melvyn P. Leffler (b. 1945), Wikipedia.
  • Melvyn P. Leffler. A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1992.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Rob Havers, Timothy J. Naftali, Tom Hambright, A.J. Baime, "Harry S. Truman, Russia and the Cold War, Part 2," Harry S. Truman Legacy Symposium, Key West, Florida, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 19 May 2018.
  • A.J. Baime. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Rob Havers (b. 1967), Wikipedia.
  • Rob Havers, Who We Are, George C. Marshall Foundation.
  • George C. Marshall Foundation, Lexington, Virginia.
  • George Marshall (1880 – 1959), Wikipedia.
  • Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program, ERP), announced 05 June 1947, funded April 1948, Wikipedia.
  • Timothy Naftali, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University.
  • Timothy Naftali, Faculty, Department of History, New York University.
  • Timothy Naftali (b. 1962), Wikipedia.
  • Tom’s Keys History Blog, Tom Hambright, Monroe County Public Library, Key West, Florida.
  • Monroe County Public Library, Key West.
  • Tom Hambright Day, The Blue Paper, Key West.
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• Samuel W. Rushay Jr. and Lee Lacy, "President Truman and Cold War Espionage," Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 10 August 2018.
  • McCarthyism.
  • Alger Hiss (1904 – 1996), convicted of perjury January 1950.
  • Klaus Fuchs (1911 – 1988).
  • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted of espionage March 1951, executed 19 June 1953.
  • McCarran Internal Security Act, 1950.
  • John Paton Davies Jr. (1908 – 1999).
  • John Stewart Service (1909 – 1999).
  • Fred M. Vinson (1890 – 1953), Chief Justice of the U.S. 1946–1953.
  • Kim Philby (1912 – 1988).
  • Harry Dexter White (1892 – 1948).
  • Morton Sobell (b. 1917), example of industrial espionage.
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Wikipedia Articles and Other Items:

• Harry S. Truman (1884 – 1972).
• History of the United States (1918–1945).
• History of the United States (1945–64).
• Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 1933 – April 1945.
• Presidency of Harry S. Truman, April 1945 – January 1953.
• Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, January 1953 – January 1961.
• Potsdam Conference, July 1945.
• Cold War.
• Iron Curtain: Iron Curtain speech.
• Winston Churchill, "Sinews of Peace," Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, 05 March 1946, Wikisource.
• George F. Kennan, "The Sources of Soviet Conduct," 1947, Wikisource.
  X Article.
  George F. Kennan (1904 – 2005).
• Harry S. Truman, "Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine," March 12, 1947. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
• Truman Doctrine, March 1947.
• Executive Order 9835 ("Loyalty Order"), 21 March 1947.
• Marshall Plan (European Recovery Program, ERP), announced 05 June 1947, funded April 1948.
• National Security Act of 1947, effective 18 September 1947.
• Berlin Blockade, June 1948 – May 1949.
• Executive Order 9981, 26 July 1948 (ends segregation in U.S. armed forces).
• United States presidential election, 1948.
• Harry S. Truman, "Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union," January 5, 1949. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
• Fair Deal, 1949 legislative proposals.
• Harry S. Truman, "Inaugural Address," January 20, 1949. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
• North Atlantic Treaty, April 1949.
• NSC 68 ("United States Objectives and Programs for National Security"), April 1950.
• Kefauver Committee, hearings into U.S. organized crime, May 1950 – September 1951.
• Korean War, June 1950 – July 1953.
• McCarran Internal Security Act, effective September 1950.
• Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratification completed 27 February 1951.
• Announcement of the successful "hydrogen bomb" (Thermonuclear weapon), 07 January 1953.

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Kennedy, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (1999)

David M. Kennedy.
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Book Information: Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.

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Author Information:

• David M. Kennedy, Department of History, Stanford University.
• David M. Kennedy (b. 1941), Wikipedia.
• David M. Kennedy, C-SPAN.org.
• David M. Kennedy. Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1970.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• David M. Kennedy. Over Here: The First World War and American Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980; 2004.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  My post on Over Here is here.
• David M. Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen. The American Pageant: A History of the American People, Sixteenth Edition. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2015.
  [Publisher; Amazon.com, Volume 1; Amazon.com, Volume 2.]

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FDR Fireside Chats:

• FDR Audio Recordings, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
• Russell D. Buhite and David W. Levy, editors. FDR's Fireside Chats. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992.
  [Google Books; Amazon.com.]

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Video: David M. Kennedy

(I found many videos of Professor Kennedy discussing the topics of Freedom from Fear. However, many of the talks are repetitive, especially those delivered after 2001 about World War II. I have indicated the more repetitive talks by "[RRR]" below.)

• David Kennedy, "How to Give a Lecture," Stanford University, 23 January 1997.
• David M. Kennedy, "Freedom from Fear," Hungry Mind Bookstore, St. Paul, Minnesota, BookTV, C-SPAN.org, 20 May 1999.
• David M. Kennedy and Brian Lamb, "Freedom from Fear," Booknotes, C-SPAN.org, 08 June 1999.
  Book Mentioned:
  • David M. Potter. People of Plenty: Economic Abundance and the American Character. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1954.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • David M. Potter (1910 – 1971), Wikipedia.
• David M. Kennedy and Doug Johnson, "Author Interview," BookTV, C-SPAN.org, 19 June 1999.
• David M. Kennedy, Allida M. Black, Diane Boyce, Hugh Gregory Gallagher, Ray Tiechman, Brian Lamb, "Life Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt," American Presidents Series, C-SPAN.org, 11 October 1999.
• Jonathan Clark, John Milton Cooper Jr., Michael Kammen, David M. Kennedy, "The Value of Studying History," Chicago Humanities Festival, C-SPAN.org, 06 November 1999.
  • J. C. D. Clark (b. 1951), Wikipedia.
  • John M. Cooper (b. 1940), Wikipedia.
  • Michael Kammen (1936 – 2013), Wikipedia.
  • Agnes Repplier (1855 – 1950), Wikipedia.
• David M. Kennedy, "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945," The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York, New York, 1999 / 2000.
  • The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
• David M. Kennedy, "Freedom from Fear," Washington Journal, C-SPAN.org, 30 April 2000.
• David M. Kennedy, David Haward Bain, David Brancaccio, Bart Kosko, "Crash and Burn: The New and Old Prosperity," Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles, California, BookTV, C-SPAN.org, 30 April 2000.
  • David Haward Bain. Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad. New York: Viking Penguin, 1999; Penguin Books, 2000.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Bart Kosko. The Fuzzy Future: From Society and Science to Heaven in a Chip. New York: Harmony Books, 1999.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Brian Lamb, Gina Kolata, David M. Kennedy, Don Oberdorfer, "Booknotes: Stories from American History," U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C., BookTV, C-SPAN.org, 07 November 2001.
  • Brian Lamb, editor. Booknotes: Stories from American History. New York: PublicAffairs, 2001. New York: Penguin Books, 2002.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Gina Kolata. Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Macmillan), 1999. New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 2001.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Don Oberdorfer. The Turn: From the Cold War to a New Era: The United States and the Soviet Union, 1983-1990. New York: Poseidon Press, 1991. New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 1992. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
    [Publisher, 1998; Google Books, 1998; Amazon.com, 1991; Amazon.com, 1992; Amazon.com, 1998.]
• [RRR] David M. Kennedy, "How the U.S. Won World War II," University of Maryland, College Park, C-SPAN.org, 03 December 2001.
  (Kennedy's talk begins at time 12:00.)
  • Miller Center for Historical Studies, Department of History, University of Maryland.
• David M. Kennedy, James M. McPherson, Robert L. Middlekauff, and James T. Patterson, "Oxford History of the United States Series," Borders Books and Music, New York City, BookTV, C-SPAN.org, 20 September 2005.
  Books Discussed:
  • Robert L. Middlekauff. The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789, Second Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • James M. McPherson. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Wikipedia; Amazon.com.]
  • David M. Kennedy. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  • James T. Patterson. Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • James T. Patterson. Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush vs. Gore. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• David M. Kennedy and Harry Kreisler, "Lessons from FDR's New Deal," Conversations with History, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 03 February 2009.
  • David M. Kennedy, Conversations with History.
• [RRR] David M. Kennedy, "World War II," "The Making of Modern America," Teacher Institute, Humanities Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin, 07 June 2011.
  • The Making of Modern America, 1877–Present, June 2011, Past Teacher Institutes, Humanities Texas.
• David M. Kennedy, "The 1930s," "The Making of Modern America," Teacher Institute, Humanities Texas, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 06 June 2012.
  • The Making of Modern America, 1877–Present, June 2012, Past Teacher Institutes, Humanities Texas.
• [RRR] David M. Kennedy, "World War II," "The Making of Modern America," Teacher Institute, Humanities Texas, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 06 June 2012.
  • The Making of Modern America, 1877–Present, June 2012, Past Teacher Institutes, Humanities Texas.
• [RRR] David Kennedy, "A Tale of Three Cities: How the United States Won World War II," 2013 Teach-In: The Great Depression & the Second World War, Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage, University of Oklahoma, 2013.
  Other 2013 Teach-In speakers included David Wrobel, Christina Romer, H. W. Brands, Noah Feldman, and David McCullough (McCullough's talk not available).
  • 2013 Teach-In: The Great Depression & the Second World War, IACH, University of Oklahoma.
  • Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage, University of Oklahoma.
  • David Wrobel, "John Steinbeck's America: A Cultural History of the Great Depression & WWII."
  • Christina Romer, "Lessons from the Great Depression for Policy Today."
  • H. W. Brands, "The Beginning of the Era That is Just Now Ending."
  • Noah Feldman, "The Great Depression and American Constitutionalism."
  • 2013 Teach-In Summary Video.
  • 2013 Teach-In: The Great Depression & the Second World War, YouTube playlist.
• [RRR] David Kennedy, "Teaching WWII in Schools," Pioneer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, 04 May 2015.
  • Another version of this video at C-SPAN.org which includes several other speakers at this conference.
  • Event Information with Video, Pioneer Institute.
• David M. Kennedy, "The Great Depression: Causes, Impact, Consequence," Kansas City Public Library, UMKC Center for Midwest Studies, Kansas City, Missouri, 01 April 2016.
  Kennedy's talk begins at time 21:00.
  • Another copy of this video, posted by the Organization of American Historians.
  • Wide Open Town: Kansas City during the Pendergast Era Symposium, 01-02 April 2016, Center for Midwest Studies, University of Missouri - Kansas City.
    Kennedy's talk was the Keynote Address for this Symposium.
  • Center for Midwest Studies, University of Missouri - Kansas City.
  • Event Information, Signature Event Archive, Kansas City Public Library.
  • Tom Pendergast (1872 – 1945), Wikipedia.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Inaugural Address," January 20, 1937. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15349.
• David M. Kennedy, "Aftermath of World War II," "How WWII Changed America and the World," Pritzker Military Museum and Library, National WWII Museum, New Orleans, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 18 November 2016.
  • Press Release, 10 October 2016, National WWII Museum.
  • National WWII Museum, New Orleans.
  • 2016 International Conference on World War II: 1946: Year Zero: Triumph and Tragedy, LiveStream.
  • The International Conference on World War II.
• [RRR] David M. Kennedy, "U.S. World War II Strategy," Friends of the National World War II Memorial, National Defense University, Washington, D.C., American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 09 November 2017.
  • Friends of the National World War II Memorial.
  • Press Release [PDF], 27 October 2017, "Stanford University Professor David M. Kennedy to Deliver WWII Memorial Lecture in Washington, DC".

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Other Video:

• The Great Depression, PBS, 1993.
  • The Great Depression TV Series (1993), IMDb.
  • The Great Depression, YouTube playlist.
• The World at War, Thames Television, 1973–1974.
  • The World at War, Wikipedia.
• Why We Fight, Frank Capra, director, 1942-1945.
  • Why We Fight, Wikipedia.
  • Frank Capra (1897 – 1991), Wikipedia.
  • Why We Fight, YouTube playlist, U.S. National Archives.

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Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org.

Selected Lectures Addressing the Period 1929-1945:

************ 1930s: Great Depression and New Deal ************

• Stephen Ortiz, "The New Deal," State University of New York, Binghamton, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 31 October 2011.
  • Stephen Ortiz, History, Binghamton University, State University of New York.
• Sidney M. Milkis, "President Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal," University of Virginia, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 24 April 2013.
  • Sidney Milkis, Department of Politics, University of Virginia.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union," January 6, 1941. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
  • Four Freedoms, Wikipedia.
  • Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell), Wikipedia.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt, "State of the Union Radio Address to the Nation," January 11, 1944. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
  • Second Bill of Rights, Wikipedia.
• Steve G. Voguit, "President Roosevelt and the New Deal," Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 04 March 2015.
  • Steve Voguit, Flagler College.
  • Steve Voguit, Flagler Athletics, Flagler College.
• Carl Abrams, "Culture During the Great Depression," Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 16 March 2016.
  • Carl Abrams, Division of History, Government and Social Science, Bob Jones University.
  • Great Depression in the United States, Wikipedia.
  • Works Progress Administration (WPA), Wikipedia.
  • National Youth Administration (NYA), Wikipedia.
  • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Wikipedia.
  • Agricultural Adjustment Act and Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), Wikipedia.
  • Social Security Act of 1935, Wikipedia.
  • Social Security (United States), Wikipedia.
  • Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), Wikipedia.
  • Frances Perkins (1880 – 1965), U.S. Secretary of Labor 1933–1945, Wikipedia.
  • History of religion in the United States, Wikipedia.
  • Nation of Islam, Wikipedia.
  • Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 – 1969), Wikipedia.
  • Social Gospel, Wikipedia.
  • Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 – 1971), Wikipedia.
  • Charles E. Fuller (1887 – 1968), Wikipedia.
  • Charles Coughlin (1891 – 1979), Wikipedia.
  • Entertainment during the Great Depression, Wikipedia.
  • The Grapes of Wrath (film), 1940, Wikipedia.
  • Our Daily Bread (1934 film), Wikipedia.
  • Imitation of Life (1934 film), Wikipedia.
  • Gone with the Wind (film), 1939, Wikipedia.
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), Wikipedia.
  • Beau Geste (1939 film), Wikipedia.
  • Dark Victory, 1939, Wikipedia.
  • Gunga Din (film), 1939, Wikipedia.
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939, Wikipedia.
  • Ninotchka, 1939, Wikipedia.
  • Stagecoach (1939 film), Wikipedia.
  • Stanley and Livingstone, 1939, Wikipedia.
  • Wuthering Heights (1939 film), Wikipedia.
  • Young Mr. Lincoln, 1939, Wikipedia.
• Jeffrey McClurken, "Civil War History and the Film Gone With the Wind," University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 04 October 2012.
  • Jeffrey McClurken, Department of History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington.
  • Margaret Mitchell. Gone with the Wind. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1936. New York: Scribner, 1996. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.
    [Publisher, hardcover; Publisher, paperback; Google Books; Amazon.com, hardcover; Amazon.com, paperback.]
  • Margaret Mitchell (1900 – 1949), Wikipedia.
  • Gone with the Wind (novel), 1936, Wikipedia.
  • Gone with the Wind (film), 1939, Wikipedia.
• Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, "Food During the Great Depression," Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 18 October 2017.
  • Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, Department of History, Iowa State University.
  • Pamela Riney-Kehrberg. Rooted in Dust: Surviving Drought and Depression in Southwestern Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1994.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

************ Roosevelt and Politics ************

• Allan Lichtman, "Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency," Part 1, Part 2, American University, Washington, D.C., Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 19 September 2011.
  • Allan Lichtman, Department of History, American University.
  • Allan Lichtman (b. 1947), Wikipedia.
• Michael A. Davis, "1944 Presidential Election," Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 24 April 2013.
  • Department of History Faculty & Staff, Liberty University.

************ World War II: Surveys ************

• Victor Davis Hanson, "World War II Leadership," Hillsdale College, Michigan, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 22 September 2010.
  • Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution.
  • Victor Davis Hanson - Private Papers, Wordpress.
  • Victor Davis Hanson (b. 1953), Wikipedia.
  • Victor Davis Hanson, C-SPAN.org.
  • Victor Davis Hanson. The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won. New York: Basic Books (Hachette Book Group), 2017.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965), Wikipedia.
  • Andrew Roberts. Masters and Commanders: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke Won the War in the West. London: Allen Lane, 2008.
    Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Gary Ostrower, "Overview of World War II," Alfred University, Alfred, New York, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 23 April 2012.
  • Gary Ostrower, Alfred University.
• Matthew O’Brien, "World War II," Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 26 April 2012.
• Randy W. Roberts, "World War II and Pop Culture," Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 18 October 2012.
  • Randy W. Roberts, Department of History, Purdue University.
• James Tobin, "Ernie Pyle and War Reporting," Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 11 March 2014.
  • Ernie Pyle (1900 – 1945), Wikipedia.
  • James Tobin, Department of Media, Journalism and Film, Miami University.
• Charles McKinney, "World War II and Civil Rights," Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 02 November 2016.
  • Charles McKinney, Rhodes College.
  • Civil rights movement (1896–1954), Wikipedia.
  • Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938), Wikipedia.
  • Ella Baker (1903 – 1986), Wikipedia.
  • A. Philip Randolph (1889 – 1979), Wikipedia.
  • March on Washington Movement, 1941–1946, Wikipedia.
  • Executive Order 8802, 25 June 1941, Wikipedia.
  • Double V campaign, Wikipedia.
  • Rayford W. Logan. What The Negro Wants. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1944. South Bend, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2001
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

************ World War II: Campaigns, Battles ************

• Adrian Lewis, "D-Day and Omaha Beach," University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 31 October 2016.
  • Adrian Lewis, Department of History, University of Kansas.
  • Adrian R. Lewis. The American Culture of War: The History of U.S. Military Forces from World War II to Operation Enduring Freedom, Third Edition. New York: Routledge, 2012.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Adrian R. Lewis. Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Cornelius Ryan. The Longest Day. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959; 1994.
    [Publisher; Wikipedia; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Cornelius Ryan. The Longest Day, A Bridge Too Far. New York: Library of America, 2019.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Operation Overlord, Wikipedia.

************ World War II: Air Warfare ************

• John M. Curatola, "World War II Air Campaigns," U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 24 January 2011.
  • John Curatola, LinkedIn.
  • John M. Curatola. No Quarter Given: The Change In Strategic Bombing Application In The Pacific Theater During World War II. 2012; Pickle Partners Publishing, 2014.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • John M. Curatola. Bigger Bombs for a Brighter Tomorrow: The Strategic Air Command and American War Plans at the Dawn of the Atomic Age, 1945–1950. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2016.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Air warfare of World War II, Wikipedia.
  • Strategic bombing during World War II, Wikipedia.
• Eric Rauchway, "World War II and the Allied Air War," University of California, Davis, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 18 November 2014.
  • Eric Rauchway, Department of History, University of California, Davis.
  • Eric Rauchway, ericrauchway.com.
  • Reinhard Heydrich (1904 – 1942), Wikipedia.
  • Czechoslovak government-in-exile, Wikipedia.
  • "Bomber" Harris (1892 – 1984), Wikipedia.
  • RAF Bomber Command: Strategic bombing 1942–45, Wikipedia.
  • Bombing of Cologne in World War II, Wikipedia.
  • Final Solution, Wikipedia.
  • Treblinka extermination camp, operational July 1942 – October 1943, Wikipedia.
  • Warsaw Ghetto, Wikipedia.
• Donald L. Miller, "World War II Allied Air War," Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 10 March 2015.
  • Eighth Air Force, Wikipedia.
  • Donald L. Miller, Lafayette College.
  • Donald L. Miller (b. 1944), Wikipedia.
  • Donald L. Miller. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Donald L. Miller. Lewis Mumford: A Life. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. New York: Grove Press, 2002.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Donald L. Miller. City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Donald L. Miller. D-Days in the Pacific. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Donald L. Miller. Supreme City: How Jazz Age Manhattan Gave Birth to Modern America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Mark Wells, "World War II Allied Bombing Campaign," U.S. Air Force Academy, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 11 March 2015.
  • Mark K. Wells. Courage and Air Warfare: The Allied Aircrew Experience in the Second World War. London: Routledge, 1995.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]

************ World War II: Prisoners of War ************

• Arnold Krammer, "Nazi Prisoners of War in America," Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 05 April 2013.
  • Arnold Krammer (1941 – 2018), Wikipedia.
  • Arnold Krammer. Nazi Prisoners of War in America. New York: Stein & Day, 1979. Lanham, Maryland: Scarborough House, 1996.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Georg Gaertner and Arnold Krammer. Hitler's Last Soldier in America. New York: Stein and Day, 1985.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Prisoner of war: World War II, Wikipedia.
  • German prisoners of war in the United States, Wikipedia.

************ World War II: Japan ************

• John David Lewis, "U.S. Defeat of Japan in World War II," Duke University, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 18 April 2011.
  • John David Lewis, johndavidlewis.com.
  • John David Lewis (1955 – 2012), Wikipedia.
  • John David Lewis. Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Herbert P. Bix. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. New York: HarperPerennial, 2016.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Grant Weller, "World War II, the Pacific, and the Atomic Bomb," U.S. Air Force Academy, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 26 February 2014.
  • Grant Weller, Colorado State University - Pueblo.
• Peter Kuznick, "Atomic Bomb Use in World War II," American University, Washington, D.C., Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 31 March 2016.
  (Kuznick uses many misrepresentations in this creepy propaganda session. Tellingly, he praises Henry A. Wallace. It's a vivid demonstration of the word "tendentious".)
  • Peter Kuznick, Department of History, American University.
  • Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick. The Untold History of the United States. New York: Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster), 2012.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Andrew Forney, "Anti-Japanese Propaganda During World War II," U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, date.
  • Department of History, U.S. Military Academy.
  • West Point Department of History, Facebook.
  • John W. Dower. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. New York: Pantheon Books (Random House), 1986.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • American propaganda during World War II, Wikipedia.
• Ellen Wu, "Japanese-American Internment in World War II," Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 13 October 2011.
  • Ellen Wu, Department of History, Indiana University.
  • Executive Order 9066, 19 February 1942 (incarceration of Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Italian Americans), Wikipedia.
  • Internment of Japanese Americans, Wikipedia.
  • Korematsu v. United States (1944), Wikipedia.
  • History of Asian Americans, Wikipedia.
  • History of Japanese Americans, Wikipedia.

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• David Dalton, "Origins of the Cold War," College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri, Lectures in History, American History TV, C-SPAN.org, 17 November 2011.
  • History, College of the Ozarks.
• I collected some links for talks on the early Cold War in my post for McCullough, Truman (1992).

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Wikipedia Articles:

• History of the United States (1918–1945).
• Great Depression.
• Great Depression in the United States.
• Causes of the Great Depression.
• Presidency of Herbert Hoover, March 1929 – March 1933.
• Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 1933 – April 1945.
• Presidency of Harry S. Truman, April 1945 – January 1953.
• New Deal.
• World War II.
• Military history of the United States during World War II.
• United States home front during World War II.
• Fifth Party System (New Deal Party System).

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