United States History Titles
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Reflections on the Father of the Atomic Bomb
by Jeremy Bernstein
United States History, Military History, American History, U.S. History, U.S. Government, Biography, BiographyJeremy Bernstein remembers the “father” of the atomic bomb—a man unsure of his identity and scarred by the famous government hearing that took away his security clearance.
The Hooded Remedy for Social Misbehavior
by Thomas R. Pegram
United States History, American History, U.S. HistoryIn the social unease that followed World War I, some groups sought to preserve white Protestant morality in the face of new challenges to the old order. A reborn Ku Klux Klan focused not on racial matters but on social behavior, with a peculiar, not-so-subtle intervention in family affairs.
Franklin Roosevelt Takes Command in the Depths of the Great Depression
by William E. Leuchtenburg
United States History, Political Science, American History, U.S. History, U.S. Government, EssaysWhen Franklin Roosevelt came to the White House, 13 million—roughly 25 percent of the work force—were unemployed. By the day of his inauguration, thirty-eight states had closed their banks. Soon the nation would witness the most furious period of legislative activity in American history.
by P.T. Barnum
United States History, Philosophy, American HistoryThe greatest showman of his age, P. T. Barnum was also the most gifted advocate for the Gospel of Success in nineteenth-century America. Barnum’s autobiography, The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself, which sold almost half a million copies, included the “Rules of Success.” They were also incorporated into his lecture, “The Art of Money-Getting,” which he delivered more than a hundred times. Horace Greeley thought it “worth a hundred-dollar greenback to a beginner in life.”
Kubrick, Bobby Fischer and the Attraction of Chess
by Jeremy Bernstein
United States History, European History, American History, U.S. History, Sports History, Essays, SportsThe 1972 world championship chess match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky was an event of international importance—and a media bonanza. Out of a heady cast of characters, Jeremy Bernstein fashions a tale of large personalities involved in an intense, brainy competition.
The American Indian Movement, the FBI, and Their Fight to Bury the Sins of the Past
by Stew Magnuson
United States HistoryIn 1973 the American Indian Movement occupied the symbolic site of Wounded Knee village in a protest against the U.S. government. Stew Magnuson tells why the anger and resentment on both sides continues to this day.
by Ray Robinson
United States History, American History, U.S. History, Sports History, SportsNo politician who yearns for the White House would dare turn his back on the National Pastime. Ray Robinson surveys the presidential attitude toward baseball since the early twentieth century, separating the enthusiasts from the pretenders.
Thoughts on Life and Politics from the Famous Turn-of-the-20th-Century Chicago Saloonkeeper
by Finley Peter Dunne
United States History, Political Science, American History, U.S. History, U.S. GovernmentMr. Dooley, a turn-of-the-20th-century Irish saloonkeeper from Chicago’s Archer Avenue (“Ar-rchey Road,” he called it) on the city’s southwest side, was the creation of Finley Peter Dunne, a Chicago newspaperman. Mr. Dooley analyzed world affairs for the equally fictitious Mr. Hennessey, and his opinions went out to the real press and the reading public. They are current—and funny. The problems confronting America a hundred years ago are among those that remain unsolved today.