Politics and Perceptions in the Confederate Capital
How did politicians, bureaucrats, reporters, and civilians in Richmond understand a war being fought a thousand miles away? Expert Civil War historian Larry Daniel shows for the first time how poor intelligence, fierce politics, and cultural prejudice affected Confederate strategy in the Western Theater. In his novel approach to understanding ......
My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies
Where else but in America could a Jewish kid from Kansas, son of self-made, entrepreneurial parents and a grandson of Russian and Eastern European immigrants, end up as a congressman, secretary of agriculture, and chief lobbyist for Hollywood? In Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies Dan Glickman tells his ......
An expert on presidential history and national identity explores the complicated and conflicted ways Americans remember Thomas Jefferson and what these impressions reveal about the nation he helped to found. Thomas Jefferson is everywhere. In Washington, DC, and on Mount Rushmore. In history textbooks and children's picture books. On Broadway ......
Examining Native American Education Policy in the New Deal, 1933-1945
A groundbreaking new examination of federal Indian boarding schools in the New Deal era and the threats it posed to Indigenous sovereignty, from the old danger of assimilation to the new challenges of biculturalism and pluralism. The destructive legacy of federal Indian boarding schools is undisputed. The education programs of the late nineteenth ......
Examining Native American Education Policy in the New Deal, 1933-1945
A groundbreaking new examination of federal Indian boarding schools in the New Deal era and the threats it posed to Indigenous sovereignty, from the old danger of assimilation to the new challenges of biculturalism and pluralism. The destructive legacy of federal Indian boarding schools is undisputed. The education programs of the late nineteenth ......
War, Politics, and Institutional Crisis, 1945-1952
The compelling history of how the US Marines and their allies fought to preserve the Corps and establish its role in national defense. Only five years after Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima, the United States Marine Corps was close to becoming a hollow force. A parsimonious Truman administration and a hostile defense secretary, Louis ......
Race, Democracy, and the Making of the American People
A bold explanation of how reactionary political movements appeal to racism to reconcile American democracy with antidemocratic practices. "All power to the people!" So goes the familiar slogan of 1960s racial justice politics. The message is clear: the fight against racism is a fight for greater democracy-for the rule of "the people." And yet, ......
Race, Democracy, and the Making of the American People
A bold explanation of how reactionary political movements appeal to racism to reconcile American democracy with antidemocratic practices. "All power to the people!" So goes the familiar slogan of 1960s racial justice politics. The message is clear: the fight against racism is a fight for greater democracy-for the rule of "the people." And yet, ......
The Korean War and the Roots of America's Ideological Divisions
A deeply researched political history that finds a new origin story to today's deeply entrenched partisanship. Cash reminds us that the "forgotten war" in Korea was also the occasion for the "forgotten debate" between liberals and conservatives. When it comes to the origins of today's sharp partisan divide, most have pointed to the usual ......
