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Martin Fausold discusses his life, family, including his father, Samuel Fausold, President of Indiana State Teachers College, 1936-39, Gettysburg College experiences, naval service on a Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) during the invasion of southern France, teaching career at the State University of New York at Cortland (1952-1958) and State University of New York at Geneseo (1958-1992), his contributions to scholarship, and experiences researching and writing about Herbert Hoover.
These persuasive essays, which are the product of a Conversation in the Discipline held at State University of New York at Geneseo in 1973, offer a definitive reevaluation of the Hoover era in the centennial year of his birth.
This book is likely to rank as the standard source on the Hoover Presidency for years to come.
The behind-the-scenes story of how Ambassador Sackett used all his influence to help prevent Hitler from coming into power.
The du Ponts, one of the most powerful families in American industry, actively fought policies that gave government more power over the economy. By focusing on one family's contribution to the economic and political debate between the world wars, Burk casts light on the changing fortunes of business and government in twentieth-century America.
A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian discusses “the Cold War, political parties, the presidency, and many broader philosophical issues [with] incisive wit” (Library Journal). A celebrated historian, speechwriter, and adviser to President Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. draws on decades of astute observation to construct a dialectic of American politics, or as Time magazine called it, a “recurring struggle between pragmatism and idealism in the American soul.” The Cycles of American History traces two conflicting visions of America—Experiment vs. Destiny—through two centuries of political evolution, conflict, and progress. In this updated edition, Schlesinger reflects on the da...