History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett
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History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett |
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Updated as of 2 October 05 Today in History: On October 2, 1780, Major John André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was executed on this day in history. Quote of the Day: "In my view we are much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys." A senior figure at a military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004) Take the Ann Coulter Quiz Where are you politically? Take the Neocon Quiz and find out. "History is Far too Important to be left to History Professors" Teaching isn't such a novel idea
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101 Possible Research Topics at the Eisenhower Library 1. United States military and political strategy during World War II. 2. Liberation of Western Europe during World War II. 3. The theory and practice of psychological warfare during World War II. 4. Anglo-American cooperation during World War II. 5. The Soviet Union during World War II. 6. The Council for Democracy and propaganda on the home front in 1940-41. 7. Military and political leaders during World War II. 8. Lt. General Henry Aurand and Lend-Lease 1940-41. 9. Biographical studies. 10. World War II in the Pacific and the occupation of Japan. 11. "Rice, Roads, and Robbery": Closing the China Theater at the end of World War II. 12. Studies of individual U.S. Army units during World War II and the post-war occupation. 13. Post World War II Allied occupation of Germany. 14. Post World War II European recovery. 15. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 16. The Korean War, Armistice and brainwashing of POWs. 17. Unification of the U.S. Armed Forces. 18. Presidential Election Campaigns. 19. Executive-legislative relations. 20. The Bricker Amendment controversy. 21. Senator Joseph McCarthy and the politics of loyalty-security. 22. Neutralism and the Third World during the Cold War. 23. Presidential health. 24. Health insurance programs and proposals during the Eisenhower Administration. 25. Programs and policies on assisting the mentally and physically handicapped. 26. Lobbying by interest groups. 27. The Cold War and Sports. 28. Sports in general. 29. U.S. involvement in Vietnam: 1950s and 1960s. 30. The image of America abroad. 31. U.S. relations with individual countries and geographical areas. 32. Colonialism and the Third World. 33. U.S. Military presence abroad. 34. "On the Beach": Growing fears over nuclear radiation. 35. The Cranberry scare. 36. Air and Water pollution. 37. Natural resources policy. 38. Wildlife and wilderness conversation. 39. Mission 66 and the National Parks. 40. The Civil Rights Struggle. 41. Federal Indian policy. 42. Migratory labor issues. 43. Jewish affairs. 44. Religious matters. 45. Mamie Eisenhower as First Lady. 46. Women in public life. 47. Women in the military: the case of Jacqueline Cochran. 48. Presidential hobbies. 49. The United States and the development of internal security in foreign countries. 50. Eisenhower's relations with Nikita Khrushchev. 51. Dwight D. Eisenhower as a retired President. 52. Sputnik and the space race. 53. Nuclear weapons policy. 54. Planning for nuclear attack: Operation Alert Exercises and the Continuity of Government. 55. Confidential Secretaries: A case for Ann Whitman (Eisenhower's Personal Secretary); Phyllis Bernau, Secretary to John Foster Dulles; or Marie McCrum, Secretary to C. D. Jackson. 56. Speechwriting during the Eisenhower Administration. 57. Presidential transitions. 58. Federal-State relations during the Eisenhower Administration. 59. Dwight D. Eisenhower's relations with former and future presidents (Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Reagan). 60. Federal Highway Programs. 61. Disarmament. 62. Agricultural programs. 63. People to People Program. 64. The Eisenhower Administration and disaster relief. 65. Eisenhower and the press. 66. Eisenhower as President of Columbia. 67. Presidential inaugurations. 68. The U.S. President's Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force (1968-1970). 69. Urban Planning. 70. The White House, the Advertising Council and public service advertising. 71. President's Commission on Government Contracts. 72. Desegregation of the Armed Forces. 73. James P. Mitchell as Secretary of Labor, or general or specific labor polics during the Eisenhower Administration. 74. Administrative and organizational studies of the Eisenhower Administration's National Security machinery. 75. The functioning of the Cabinet during the Eisenhower Administration. 76. Balance of payments problems. 77. Peaceful uses of atomic energy. 78. The Transcontinental Convoy 1919. 79. Eisenhower in the Philippines. 80. The Louisiana Maneuvers 1941. 81. Studies of business (Time Incorporated, etc). 82. Clarence Randall and the Council on Foreign Economic Policy. 83. Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1950s. 84. The Eisenhower Administration and federal employees. 85. Political appointments during the Eisenhower Administration. 86. Public opinion as expressed in mail received in the White House. 87. Education policies and programs. 88. Life at the United States Military Academy as reflected in the papers of its graduates such as DDE, Henry Aurand. 89. Richard Nixon as Vice President. 90. Entertainment at the White House. 91. Refugees. 92. Eisenhower's political philosophy. 93. Studies of personal friendships -- DDE-Swede Hazlett, etc. 94. DDE's relations with his brothers. 95. Cultural exchange programs during the Eisenhower Administration. 96. C. D. Jackson and the Metropolitan Opera. 97. Study NATO Commanders (Eisenhower, Gruenther, Norstad). 98. White House Conference on Children and Youth (1930-1970). 99. Hungarian Refugee Relief (1956-1957). 100. Radio Free Europe. 101. Veterans Affairs. .... Plus many more topics! For more information contact: Reference Archivists at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library or library@eisenhower.nara.gov.
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