The Academy’s Bench Warmer

Expressing the question haunting all graduate students: “Huh?”

Ask the Bench: World War II and the Aftermath

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This week’s readings below.  Hit me.

  • Kennedy, David. Freedom From Fear.
  • Brinkley, Alan. The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War.
  • Borgwardt, Elizabeth. A New Deal for the World: America’s Vision for Human Rights.
  • Dower, John W. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War.
  • Gaddis, John Lewis. We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History.
  • Alterman, Eric. When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences.
  • LaFeber, Walter. America, Russia, and the Cold War.

Written by Geschichte Grad

March 24, 2009 at 8:58 am

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  1. Anything interesting to say about the relationship between cold war paranoia and race? Perhaps wiretapping MLK or threats of third world revolution in the US?

    zunguzungu

    March 25, 2009 at 6:48 pm


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