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Hofstra University U.S. history professor Carolyn Eisenberg talked about the Vietnam War during the Nixon/Kissinger years. This virtual event was hosted by the Wilson Center in Washington, D…
401 viewsHofstra University U.S. history professor Carolyn Eisenberg talked about the Vietnam War during the Nixon/Kissinger years. This virtual event was hosted by the Wilson Center in Washington, D…
401 viewsAuthor Philippa Strum recounted lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s sex discrimination cases before the Supreme Court, arguing that her work in the 1970s may have been her greatest legal achievemen…
180 viewsAuthor Olivier Zunz looked at the life of Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville and his commitment to the political experiment of democracy. This virtual event was hosted by the National History C…
458 viewsUniversity of Texas at Austin professor Jeremi Suri examined the white supremacist resistance in the years after the Civil War. The American Historical Association and the Wilson Center host…
378 viewsAuthor Laura Edwards talked about how 19th century women used clothing and textiles circumvent property law. She talks about how courts made an exception to the rule barring women from ownin…
242 viewsAuthor Robert Parkinson argued that the leaders of the American Revolution motivated colonists to join their cause through racial fear. He described how patriot newspapers highlighted the ac…
473 viewsCambridge University professor of history emeritus Gary Gerstle talked about the influence of neoliberalism from the 1970s to the 2010s. This virtual event was hosted by the National History…
585 viewsIn her book Threat of Dissent: A History of Ideological Exclusion & Deportation in the United States, lawyer and historian Julia Rose Kraut examined the use of deportation to suppress free s…
209 viewsJames Banner is the author of The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History is Revisionist History. He explained in this conversation that history has been continuously reinterpreted since the tim…
450 viewsSince the development of the atomic bomb, the U.S. government has maintained a containment policy on any information regarding nuclear weapons. A panel of scholars discussed the history of s…
223 viewsFilipinos have fought alongside U.S. troops since the occupation of the Philippines in 1898. Christopher Capozzola gave the history of this partnership and described the importance of a Paci…
191 viewsMonica Kim, author of The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War: The Untold Story, explained the controversial tactics used by the U.S. and its allies during the war. The Wilson Center and t…
844 viewsThe Territory of Hawaii became the 50th state in August 1959. In her book Gateway State, Sarah Miller-Davenport explains the role Hawaii -- with its Asian-majority population -- played in im…
170 viewsGeorge Washington University’s Sarah Wagner talked about the search for the remains of American soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War and are unaccounted for and presumed dead. This virtual…
762 viewsEileen Boris, author of Making the Woman Worker, looked back at the last century of women’s quest for equal treatment and consideration under international labor laws and standards. The Nati…
76 viewsDuke University History and Public Policy Professor Simon Miles participated in a discussion of his book, Engaging the Evil Empire: Washington, Moscow, and the Beginning of the End of the Co…
380 viewsCornell University history Professor Lawrence Glickman described how the modern concept of free enterprise formed in the 1930's, during the rise of the New Deal. He is the author of, Free En…
530 viewsAuthor Petra Goedde talked about her book, The Politics of Peace: A Global Cold War History. She explored the emerging politics of peace during the early years of the Cold War. The Woodrow W…
298 viewsScholars and diplomats discussed the legacy of former Soviet ambassador to the United States Anatoly Dobrynin on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Mr. Dobrynin served in Washington from 19…
300 viewsWen-Qing Ngoei is author of Arc of Containment: Britain, the United States, and Anticommunism in Southeast Asia. He talked about the post-World War II efforts by Western powers -- particular…
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