After drilling troops during the American Revolution, Baron Friedrich von Steuben reportedly noted that although one could tell a Prussian what to do and expect him to do it, one had to tell an American why he ought to do something before he would comply. Although such individualistic thinking is part of the democratic genius of American society, it also complicates efforts to train and educate citizen-soldiers.
For more than three decades, the U.S. Army’s “Troop Information” program used films, radio programs, pamphlets, and lectures to stir patriotism and spark contempt for the enemy. Christopher S. DeRosa examines soldiers’ formal political indoctrination, focusing on the political training of draftees and short-term volunteers from 1940 to 1973.
DeRosa draws on the records of the army and the Department of Defense’s information offices, the content of the indoctrination materials themselves, and soldiers’ recollections in analyzing the political messages the nation conveyed to its army during three decades of conscription. He examines how the program took root as an army institution, how its technique evolved over time, and how it interacted with the larger American political culture. In so doing, he explores the implications of trying to impose a political consensus on the army of a democracy.

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Andrew Chamberlin Rieser - The Chautauqua Moment, Protestants, Progressives, and the Culture of Mode rn Liberalism, 1874-1920 (2003).jpg

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This book traces the rise and decline of what Theodore Roosevelt once called the "most American thing in America." The Chautauqua movement began in 1874 on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in western New York. More than a college or a summer resort or a religious assembly, it was a composite of all of these -- completely derivative yet brilliantly innovative. For five decades, Chautauqua dominated adult education and reached millions with its summer assemblies, reading clubs, and traveling circuits.Scholars have long struggled to make sense of Chautauqua's pervasive yet disorganized presence in American life. In this critical study, Andrew Rieser weaves the threads of Chautauqua into a single story and places it at the vital center of fin de sièclecultural and political history. Famous for its commitment to democracy, women's rights, and social justice, Chautauqua was nonetheless blind to issues of class and race. How could something that trumpeted democracy be so undemocratic in practice? The answer, Rieser argues, lies in the historical experience of the white, Protestant middle classes, who struggled to reconcile their parochial interests with radically new ideas about social progress and the state. The Chautauqua Momentbrings color to a colorless demographic and spins a fascinating tale of modern liberalism's ambivalent but enduring cultural legacy.

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Barwa i Broń 3 - Jarosław Krzywania - Oznaki Armii USA 1941-1985 część I (1992).jpg

U.S. Military Badges and Insignia 1941-1985. Part I.

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Brad W. Gladman - Intelligence and Anglo-American Air Support in World War Two, Tunisia and the West ern Desert, 1940-43 (2009).jpg

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Among the greatest developments in conventional war since 1914 has been the rise of air/land power the interaction between air forces and armies in military operations. This book examines the forging of an air support system that was used with success for the remainder of the war, the principles of which have applied ever since.

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Brad W. Gladman - Intelligence and Anglo-American Air Support in World War Two, Tunisia and the West ern Desert, 1940-43 (2009).pdf

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Martin L. Cook - The Moral Warrior, Ethics and Ser vice in the U.S. Military (2004).jpg

For the first time in history, the capabilities of the U.S. military far outstrip those of any potential rival, either singly or collectively, and this reality raises fundamental questions about its role, nature, and conduct. The Moral Warrior explores a wide range of ethical issues regarding the nature and purpose of voluntary military service, the moral meaning of the unique military power of the United States in the contemporary world, and the moral challenges posed by the "war" on terrorism.

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Martin L. Cook - The Moral Warrior, Ethics and Ser vice in the U.S. Military (2004).pdf

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Osprey - Elite 80 - Mark Henry - The US Navy in Wo rld War II (1982).pdf

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Geoff Martin, Erin Steuter - Pop Culture Goes to W ar, Enlisting and Resisting Militarism in the War on Terror (2010).jpg

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Pop Culture Goes to War, by Geoff Martin and Erin Steuter, explores the persistence of militarism in American popular culture in the war on terror, from 9/11 to the present day. The authors detail the role of Hollywood and the entertainment industries in rallying both the troops and the public for war and show how toys, video games , music, and television support contemporary militarism. At the same time that popular culture is enlisting support for militarism, it is also serving as a major source of resistance to the war on terror through the traditional mediums of music and movies, and increasingly through the humor and insight of anti-war artists who are jamming the culture of militarism. The satire of The Daily Show, The Simpsons, and South Park are further examples of so-called culture jamming. This book is for readers who question the persistence of a warrior culture and offers new insights into the perpetuation of militaristic values throughout American culture.

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Bruce E. Johansen, Barry M. Pritzker - Encyclopedi a of American Indian History (4 volume set) (2007).jpg

From the origins of Native American cultures through the years of colonialism and non-Native expansion to the present, Encyclopedia of American Indian History brings the story of Native Americans to life like no other previous reference on the subject. Featuring the work of many of the fieldÕs foremost scholars, it explores this fundamental and foundational aspect of the American experience with extraordinary depth, breadth, and currency, carefully balancing the perspectives of both Native and non-Native Americans.

Encyclopedia of American Indian History spans the centuries with three thematically organized volumes (covering the period from precontact through European colonization; the years of non-Native expansion (including Indian removal); and the modern era of reservations, reforms, and reclamation of semi-sovereignty). Each volume includes entries on key events, places, people, and issues. The fourth volume is an alphabetically organized resource providing histories of Native American nations, as well as an extensive chronology, topic finder, bibliography, and glossary. For students, historians, or anyone interested in the Native American experience, Encyclopedia of American Indian History brings that experience to life in an unprecedented way.

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Katherine H. Adams, Michael L. Keene - After the V ote Was Won, The Later Achievements of Fifteen Suf fragists (2010).jpg

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Because scholars have traditionally only examined the efforts of American suffragettes in relation to electoral politics, the history books have largely missed the real story of what these women sought to achieve--and eventually did achieve--far outside the realm of voting reform. Though Stanton, Anthony, and Mott are certainly the best known figures of the woman's suffrage movement, all were dead more than a decade before women actually achieved the vote. Women like Alice Paul, Louisine Havemeyer, and Mary Church Terrell carried on their work, putting their campaign experiences to work long after the 19th Amendment was ratified. This book tells the story of how these women made an indelible mark on American history in fields ranging from education to art, science, publishing, and social activism.

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Katherine H. Adams, Michael L. Keene - After the V ote Was Won, The Later Achievements of Fifteen Suf fragists (2010).pdf

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Deborah Nelson - Pursuing Privacy in Cold War Amer ica (2002).jpg

Pursuing Privacy in Cold War America explores the relationship between confessional poetry and constitutional privacy doctrine, both of which emerged at the end of the 1950s. While the public declarations of the Supreme Court and the private declamations of the lyric poet may seem unrelated, both express the upheavals in American notions of privacy that marked the Cold War era. Nelson situates the poetry and legal decisions as part of a far wider anxiety about privacy that erupted across the social, cultural, and political spectrum during this period. She explores the panic over the "death of privacy" aroused by broad changes in postwar culture: the growth of suburbia, the advent of television, the popularity of psychoanalysis, the arrival of computer databases, and the spectacles of confession associated with McCarthyism. Examining this interchange between poetry and law at its most intense moments of reflection in the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s, Deborah Nelson produces a rhetorical analysis of a privacy concept integral to postwar America´s self-definition and to bedrock contradictions in Cold War ideology. Nelson argues that the desire to stabilize privacy in a constitutional right and the movement toward confession in postwar American poetry were not simply manifestations of the anxiety about privacy. Supreme Court justices and confessional poets such as Anne Sexton, Robert Lowell, W. D. Snodgrass, and Sylvia Plath were redefining the nature of privacy itself. Close reading of the poetry alongside the Supreme Court´s shifting definitions of privacy in landmark decisions reveals a broader and deeper cultural metaphor at work.

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Frank C. Davis - My C.C.C. Days, Memories of the C ivilian Conservation Corps (2006).jpg

It was 1934 and jobs were scarce. With so few prospects, Frank Davis joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) at age 18. For the next two years he worked in western North Carolina. Along with hundreds of other young men his age, he built hiking trails, roads, overlooks, and walls in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In these pages, he records his experiences as he matured, learned a trade, and made lasting friendships.

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George Thomas Kurian - Datapedia of the United Sta tes 1790-2005, America Year by Year (2009).jpg

"Datapedia of the United States presents the most
significant historical statistics of the United States in 23
selected areas from 1776 to 1990. In some areas, such as
demography, where projections are possible, the data are
extended to 2010"

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Janet Podell, Steven Anzovin - Speeches of the Ame rican Presidents (2001).jpg

As one of the most important communications mediums between the chief executive and the citizenry, a president's speeches offer great insight into the challenges addressed by his administration. Wilson's new Speeches of the American Presidents, Second Edition helps readers study the presidency – both the individual presidents' management of historical events and the development of the institution – through the words of the presidents themselves.

Coverage includes more than 200 major speeches by the 43 U.S. presidents, from Washington through George W. Bush. With the publication of the Second Edition, 25 new speeches have been added, covering the end of Ronald Reagan's second term, the presidencies of George Bush and Bill Clinton, and the inauguration of George W. Bush.

Chapters devoted to each chief executive are introduced by a brief discussion of his career, including the decisive events of his administration. The speaking style of each president is described and his use of public address as an instrument of power is evaluated. Each speech is prefaced by a description of the date, place and circumstances of its composition and delivery.

Speeches in this collection were carefully selected with the purposes of:

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providing insight into the growth of speechmaking as a political tool over the 212-year span of the presidency
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illustrating something of each president's character
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covering as many of the important issues of each administration as possible.

A special effort has been made to include speeches from the early presidents that comment on issues concerning Americans today, including intervention in foreign affairs; minority rights; taxation; defense spending; and the eternal argument over the benefits and dangers of a strong federal government. A detailed index allows readers to find commentary on specific subjects.

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Robert Cottrell - Roger Nash Baldwin and the Ameri can Civil Liberties Union (2001).jpg

A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title of the Year Roger Nash Baldwin´s thirty-year tenure as director of the ACLU marked the period when the modern understanding of the Bill of Rights came into being. Spearheaded by Baldwin, volunteer attorneys of the caliber of Clarence Darrow, Arthur Garfield Hays, Osmond Frankel, and Edward Ennis transformed the constitutional landscape. Company police forces were dismantled. Antievolutionists were discredited (thanks to the Scopes Trial). Censorship of such works as James Joyce´s Ulysses was halted. The Scottsboro Boys and Sacco and Vanzetti were defended. The right of free speech for communists and Ku Klux Klansmen alike was upheld, and the foundations were laid for an end to school segregation. Robert Cottrell´s magnificent book recaptures the accomplishments and contradictions of the complicated man at the center of these events. Driven, vain, frugal, and tempestuous, America´s greatest civil libertarian was initially also a staunch defender of Communist Russia, deferred to the U.S. government over the internment of Japanese Americans, and openly admired J. Edgar Hoover and Douglas MacArthur. His personal relationships were equally complex. Spanning a hundred years from the late 1800s through Baldwin´s death in 1981, this riveting biography is an eye-opening view of the development of the American left.

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Robert Edgar Conrad - In the Hands of Strangers, R eadings on Foreign and Domestic Slave Trading and the Crisis of the Union (2001).jpg

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In the Hands of Strangers is a collection of documents by writers and witnesses from the past, both black and white, that offer perspectives on the trade and movement of slaves. Many documents elucidate the long-standing discord between North and South over the issue of slavery.
In the Hands of Strangers is divided into three parts. Part one focuses on the African slave trade that brought as many as 600,000 Africans into the United States. Part two concentrates on the internal U.S. slave trade. Documents cover a variety of topics including the forced transport of slaves throughout East Coast and Gulf Coast states, buying and selling of slaves, increasingly contentious debates over the legitimacy of slavery, and effects of the break up of families. Part Three focuses on a series of conflicts and crises leading to the Civil War. Included in this section are documents on Texas and the expansion of slavery into that region, efforts on the part of southern extremists before the Civil War to renew the African slave trade, the exodus of slaves early in the Civil War when federal troops entered the South, and debates over colonization.
This collection concludes with a brilliant essay by Frederick Douglass that asks the question: "What shall be done with the Negro?" The volume is aimed at scholars, students, and general readers.

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Robert J. Wilensky - Military Medicine to Win Hear ts and Minds, Aid to Civilians in the Vietnam War (2004).jpg

When good deeds become policy
American soldiers have provided medical aid to civilians in many wars, and no less in the Vietnam War, where there were more than forty million contacts between U.S. medical personnel and Vietnamese civilians.
Robert J. Wilensky, using data derived from extensive archival research as well as his personal experience in Vietnam, shows how medical aid to Vietnamese civilians, at first based simply on good will, became policy. The original Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP), by which unit medical teams treated civilians in their area, soon expanded to other acronymically designated programs: the Military Provincial Hospital (later Health) Assistance Program (MILPHAP), the Civilian War Casualty Program (CWCP), and the Provincial Health Assistance Program (PHAP).
Although MEDCAP treated many, American doctors were uniformly unhappy about the superficial care they were able to give. Labs, x-ray machines, and surgery were not available at the unit level; follow-up was sketchy or nonexistent. Other programs became so politicized that they were almost ineffective. Coordination with the government of South Vietnam was poor, creating areas that were underserved.
Most important, there is no evidence that the good will built by U.S. doctors transferred to South Vietnamese forces. American programs may have emphasized the inability of the Republic of Vietnam to provide basic health care to its own people and may have demonstrated to Vietnamese civilians that foreign soldiers cared more for them than their own troops did. If that is the case, the programs actually did more harm than good in the attempt to win hearts and minds.

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Ronald T. Takaki - Violence in the Black Imaginati on, Essays and Documents (1993).jpg

1992 has been an explosive year for racial relations in the United States--from the reactions to the Rodney King verdict to debate about Malcolm X and the film portrayal of his role in American history. What relations do the recent events in Los Angeles have to the Watts Riots in 1965? Violence in the Black Imagination shows that these recent events force us to understand the history of racism in America and its legacy of antagonism and violence. Ronald T. Takaki presents three short novels of major African-American leaders in the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the leading black abolitionist; Martin Delany, the father of black nationalism; and William Wells Brown, a pioneer of the black novel. The novels are accompanied by substantive essays which provide both biographical information on the author and explore the common theme of their work--the issue of black revolutionary violence in antebellum America. The work includes a new preface which examines the 1992 South Central Los Angeles racial explosion in relationship to Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the 1965 Watts Riot.

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