Synopsis of Susan Faludi, The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America (New York: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, October 2007; Picador paperback September 2008, titled The Te...
U.S. History - Classroom Lecture: Between 1800 - 1812, tensions mount as America refuses to take sides in the Napoleonic Wars between England and France. After the 1807 Chesapeake-Leopard incident...
This is a book review essay. I discuss some highlights of Brinkley's book dealing with wartime Washington DC and how the war utterly transformed Washington society.
Racism has not existed since the dawn of time. This chapter explains that racism is a socio-historical phenomenon thrown up by the rebirth of chattel slavery, when the newly-born capitalist system ...
This May 5, 2009, theme from World Politics Review includes five articles examining U.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy during his first 100 days in office. The authors assess how an emerg...