Donald W. Whisenhunt

Reading the Twentieth Century

Documents in American History

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Produktbeschreibung

The focus of Reading the Twentieth Century is on the role of the United States in the world in the twentieth century, after the nation became a major world player. Readings include public documents, memoirs, and media comments, many of which have never been published before. The book is structured in such a way that portions can be assigned to students, and the order of presentation is such that instructors can assign sections chronologically or thematically. Though highly informative, the editor's chapter introductions and the document head notes are brief, designed only to introduce the subjects so that the documents can speak for themselves.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 695g
• ISBN-13: 9780742564770
• ISBN-10: 0742564770
• Artikelnr.: 26553289

Autorenporträt

Donald W. Whisenhunt is emeritus professor of history at Western Washington University, and the editor of The Human Tradition in America between the Wars, 1920-1945.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: Dawning of the Twentieth Century-Acquisition of an Empire 1.
Peace Is established; President McKinley Tries to Reassure the Filipinos:
"Benevolent Assimilation" Proclamation of President William McKinley (1898)
2. Aguinaldo Protests the U.S. Claim of Sovereignty: "Aguinaldo's Manifesto
Protesting the United States' Claim of Sovereignty Over the Philippines"
(1899) 3. Aguinaldo Surrenders: "Aguinaldo's Proclamation of Formal
Surrender to the United States" (1901) 4. The War Ends: "President Theodore
Roosevelt's Proclamation Formally Ending the Philippine 'Insurrection' and
Granting of Pardon and Amnesty" (1902) 5. Rudyard Kipling Checks In:
Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man's Burden" (1899) 6. McKinley Explains His
Dilemma: President William McKinley, Speech to the Methodist Episcopal
Church (1903) 7. Senator Lodge Provides Justification for Taking the
Philippines: Henry Cabot Lodge, Speech to the Senate (1900) 8. William
Jennings Bryan Rebuts and Provides Another Point of View: William Jennings
Bryan, Acceptance Speech to the Democratic National Convention (1900) 9.
African American Soldiers Report from the Philippines: Willard B. Gatewood,
Jr., "Smoked Yankees" and the Struggle for Empire: Letters from Negro
Soldiers (1898-1902) Chapter 1: War and Peace Part A: World War
I-Neutrality, Propaganda and Civil Liberties 1. Wilson Declares Neutrality:
President Woodrow Wilson, Message to Congress (1914) 2. Wilson's War
Message: President Woodrow Wilson, Address to Congress (1917) 3. Espionage
Act (1917) 4. Sedition Act (1918) 5. The Committee on Public Information:
George Creel, Extracts from How We Advertised America (1920) 6. The Creel
Committee is Criticized: "Uncle Sam's Press-Agent," The Literary Digest
(1917) 7. Charges of Treason are Questioned: "Treason' on the Street
Corners," The Nation (1917) 8. The Nation Protests Arrests: "Civil Liberty
Dead," The Nation (1918) 9. Palmer's Case Against the Reds: A. Mitchell
Palmer, "The Case Against the 'Reds'" (1920) Part B: Kellogg-Briand Pact-A
Search for Peace 1. The Text of the Treaty: President Herbert Hoover,
Announcement of the Ratification of the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1929) 2. The
Origin of the Treaty: Edwin Borchard, Speech to the Williamstown Institute
of Politics (1928) 3. Questions Are Raised: Frank B. Kellogg, Testimony to
the Senate (1928) 4. The Issue of Self-Defense: George W. Wickersham,
"Making Real the Pact of Paris," The Century Magazine (1929) 5. Opposition
to the Pact Appears: Edwin Borchard, "The Multilateral Pact for the
'Renunciation of War'," Speech to the Williamstown Institute of Politics
(1928) 6. The Pact Prevails: United States Department of State Memos (1929)
7. Kellogg Still Has Hopes for the Treaty: Frank B. Kellogg, Speech over
the CBS Radio Network (1935) Chapter 2: Affluence, Anxiety, and Hard Times
Part A: Resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan 1. The Klan's Constitution (1925) 2.
The Klan in Politics and Scandal: Alva W. Taylor, "What the Klan Did in
Indiana" (1927) 3. The Klan Gets New Leadership: Hiram W. Evans, "The
Klan's Fight for Americanism" (1926) 4. A Popular Writer Weighs in:
Frederick Lewis Allen, Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s
(1931) 5. The New Republic Explains Some of the Origin of the Klan: "The
K.K.K.," The New Republic (1921) 6. The African American Press Speaks:
Comment from The Union (1922) 7. What was Wrong with the Klan?: Article in
The Nation (1924) 8. The Klan and Politics: "Casting Out the Klan," The
Independent (1924) Part B: Bonus March 1. From the Military Point of View:
General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., The Twilight of the U.S. Cavalry: Life in
the Old Army, 1917-1942 2. Hoover Responds to the Marchers: President
Hoover's Statements (1932-1933) 3. An Eye Witness Account: Bera Roberts
(1932) 4. President Hoover tells his side of the story: The Memoirs of
Herbert Hoover. The Great Depression, 1929-1941 5. A Democrat Recalls the
Bonus March: Rexford G. Tugwell, "Roosevelt and the Bonus Marchers of 1932"
Chapter 3: The New Deal Part A: Security for the Elderly 1. Huey Long
Supports Pensions: Senator Long, Speeches to the Senate (1934-1935) 2. EPIC
Includes Pensions: Upton Sinclair, Excerpts from Final EPIC: The Final
Statement of the Plan 3. The Plan in Brief: The Townsend Plan (1934) 4. The
Plan Analyzed: Justification and Explanation of the Townsend Plan (1934) 5.
Townsend Defends Himself: Excerpts from Townsend's Congressional Testimony
(1935) 6. Secretary Perkins Explains: National Radio Address "Social
Insurance for U.S." (1935) 7. How the Committee Operated: Thomas H. Eliot,
Recollections of the New Deal: When the People Mattered (1992) 8. The Press
Comments: Abraham Epstein, "Social Security Under the New Deal" (1935) Part
B: Isolation and Antiwar Sentiment 1. The Nye Report: Report of the Senate
Munitions Committee (1936) 2. Defense of the Nye Committee: "The Attack on
the Nye Committee," The Christian Century (1936) 3. Nye Indicts
International Bankers: "Conclusions of the Nye Committee" (1936) 4.
Neutrality Act of 1937 5. Senator Nye Continues His Struggle: Speech to the
Senate (1941) 6. National Committee for the Student Congress Against War:
"FIGHT WAR!" (1932) 7. The American Youth Congress: "The Declaration of the
Rights of American Youth" (1936) 8. The Veterans of Future Wars Manifesto:
Lewis J. Gorin, Jr., Founder of the VFW (1936) 9. The Amateur Poets Speak
Out: Poems to President Hoover and Roosevelt (1937-1940) Chapter 4: World
War II Part A: Rosie the Riveter 1. Katie's Story: From the Rosie the
Riveter Website 2. Irene's Story: From the Rosie the Riveter Website 3.
Katherine Worked in a Factory: Interview with Katherine O'Grady 4. Some Had
Family Responsibilities: Interview with Mary Gardner 5. Some Were Not
Allowed to Serve in the Military: Interview with Eileen Hughes 6. Some
Faced Discrimination in the Military: Interview with Genevieve Chasm Part
B: Americans on the Battlefront 1. Military training: Private Morton D.
Elevitch, Letter to His Mother 2. Fighting in Italy: Private Paul Curtis,
Letter to His Brother (1944) 3. Death in the Pacific: Lieutenant Tommie
Kennedy, Letter to His Parents (1945) 4. An American Jew Helps Liberate
Dachau: Lieutenant Fritz Schnaittacher, Letter to His Wife (1945) 5. Ernie
Pyle's Report from the Front: "The Death of Captain Waskow" (1944) 6. Pyle
from Africa: "The God-Damned Infantry" (1943) 7. Pyle's Last Column (1945)
8. Rooney From Germany: Andy Rooney, "How it Feels to Bomb Germany . . ."
(1943) 9. Rooney Remembers: Michelle Ferrari, Reporting America at War: An
Oral History (2003) Chapter 5: The Cold War Part A: The Cold War Begins 1.
Kennan's "Long Telegram": George Kennan, Excerpts from Telegraphic Message
from Moscow (1946) 2. An "Iron Curtain" Falls: Winston Churchill, Excerpt
of Speech at Westminster College in Missouri (1946) 3. Stalin Replies:
Josef Stalin, Interview with Pravda (1946) 4. Acheson Remembers: Dean
Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (1969)
5. The Truman Doctrine: Excerpt from President Truman's Speech to Congress
(1947) 6. The Marshall Plan: Excerpt from Secretary of State George
Marshall's Speech to Congress (1947) 7. Truman Speaks: Excerpt from
President's Truman's Speech in San Francisco (1950) Part B: Sputnik-The
Cold War in Action 1. Soviets Announce Satellite: Press Release in Pravda
(1957) 2. Assorted Reactions: American Reactions to the Launching of
Sputnik 3. Eisenhower Reacts: The President's News Conference (1957) 4.
Eisenhower' Official Statement (1957) 5. The Secretary of State Tries to
Quiet Fears: John Foster Dulles, "Draft Statements on the Soviet Satellite"
(1957) 6. Soviet Beginnings of Satellites: Mikhail K. Tikhonravov, Report
Proposing a Soviet Space Program (1954) 7. Massachusetts Responds: Owen B.
Kiernan, "Sputnik Shot Still Reverberates Here" (1958) 8. Eisenhower Meets
with Advisors: General A. J. Goodpaster, Summary of Meeting (1957) 9. How
Did Americans Really React?: Donald N. Michael, Remarks on Public Reaction
(1957) 10. Eisenhower Proposes Legislation: Special Message to Congress
(1958) Chapter 6: The Civil Rights Movement Part A: Civil Rights in the
Post-War Era 1. Truman Takes Action and Orders Desegregation of the Armed
Services: Executive Order (1948) 2. Brown v. Board of Education (1954) 3.
Violence in Little Rock: President Eisenhower's Speech to the American
Public (1957) 4. Protest in Montgomery: Martin Luther King, Jr., Excerpt of
Speech to the Montgomery Improvement Association (1955) 5. John Kennedy
Weighs in: Speech to the American People (1963) 6. "I Have a Dream" (1963)
7. President Johnson Steps In: State of the Union Address (1964) Part B:
Racial Violence 1. Urban Violence Begins-the Watts Riot: Excerpt from the
Governor's Commission Report (1965) 2. Hutchinson Remembers: Earl Ofari
Hutchinson, Interview with the Huffington Post 3. Mosley Remembers: Walter
Mosley, Interview with Powell's Bookstore in Portland, Oregon 4. Kerner
Commission Report (1968) Chapter 7: A New Society Part A: The New Feminism
1. Declaration of American Women: Wisconsin Women's Network, Statement at
the National Women's Conference Houston (1977) 2. Friedan Defines the
"Problem": Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (1963) 3. A New Women's
Magazine: Excerpt from the First Regular Issue of MS (1972) 4. The Equal
Rights Amendment (1972) 5. A Catholic Magazine Speaks Out: Mary Burke, "The
Church and the Equal Rights Amendment" (1975) 6. Supporters Appeal to
Women: James M. Wall, "New Wisdom From Rosie the Riveter" (1981) 7. Attempt
to Revive the Amendment: James M. Wall, "The Real Issue for Women is Power"
(1982) 8. Opponents Believe the Amendment will be Approved: "Equal Rights
for Women" (1972) 9. Opponents Believe the Courts Are Implementing the
Amendment: "What Do Women Want?" (1980) 10. Schlafly Explains Her Role:
Interview with Fran Eaton (2004) Part B: The Rise of the Religious Right 1.
Falwell Makes His Case: The Fundamentalist Phenomenon (1981) 2. Another
Leader of the Religious Right Makes His Case: Charles W. Colson, "The Lures
and Limits of Political Power" (1986) 3. Another Point of View from the
Right: Paul Weyrich, Christianity Today (1999) 4. Lessons Can be Learned
from the Moral Majority: Robert McAfee Brown, "The Need for a Moral
Minority" (1982) 5. A Humanist Reacts to Weyrich: Carleton Coon, "The New
Moral Majority" (1999) 6. A Foreign View: Iwan Russell-Jones, "Give Me That
Prime Time Religion" (1984) Chapter 8: American Society in Flux Part A:
Counterculture and Protest 1. The Summer of Love: Excerpt from the Memoir
of Allen Cohen (1995) 2. Growing Up Hippie: Sarah Beach, "Curse of the
Hippie Parents" (2001) 3. Students Organize: Port Huron Statement of the
Students for a Democratic Society (1962) 4. Timothy Leary Testifies:
Chicago Seven Trial (1969-1970) 5. A Protester Remembers: Interview with
Rennie Davis (2009) Part B: Atrocities in Vietnam 1. Ridenhour's Letter:
Letter from Mr. Ronald Ridenhour to the Secretary of Defense (1969) 2. Hugh
Thompson's Story: Testimony to the Peers Commission (1969) 3. The Viet Cong
Tell Their Story: "The Americans Devils Devulge [sic] the Truth" 4. The
Peers Report (1970) 5. Calley Testifies (1971) Chapter 9: Continuing Crises
Part A.: Cuban Missile Crisis-How Close to War? 1. Khrushchev Reacts to
American Surveillance: Foy Kohler, Report to the Department of State (1962)
2. Kennedy Announces Quarantine: Excerpt from Speech (1962) 3. Khrushchev
Writes Kennedy (1962) 4. Robert Kennedy Reports: Excerpt of Report to
President Kennedy (1962) 5. Another Exchange of Letters Between Khrushchev
and Kennedy (1962) 6. America and the Soviet Union Exchange Insults at the
United Nations (1962) 7. The Press Gets Involved: John Scali, Memorandum to
the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (1962) 8.
Khrushchev Makes Two Proposals (1962) 9. Khrushchev Ends the Crisis (1962)
Part B: Watergate and the Imperial Presidency 1. Sirica Comments on the
Break-in: To Set the Record Straight: The Break-in, the Tapes, and the
Conspirators, the Pardon (1979) 2. Nixon Speaks on the Watergate Issue:
Address to the Nation (1973) 3. Nixon's Troubles Deepen; Sirica Named Man
of the Year (1973-1974) 4. Barbara Jordan's Position: Speech during the
Impeachment Hearings of Richard Nixon (1974) 5. Judiciary Committee
Approves Impeachment Articles (1974) 6. The "Smoking Gun" Tape (1972) 7.
Nixon Resigns (1974) 8. President Ford Pardons Nixon (1974) Chapter 10:
High Tech Part A: Personal Computers 1. The Emergence of Personal
Computers: Christopher Roper, "Microcomputers and the Left" (1983) 2. Dan
Bricklin, Inventor: VisiCalc Spreadsheets (1978) 3. Wozniak Speaks:
Interview with the Wharton School of Business at the University of
Pennsylvania (2008) 4. The Future of Computers: Interview with Dr. Gary A.
Kildall, in Susan M. Lammers, Programmers at Work (1986) 5. The Evolution
of Computers: Interview with John Page, in Susan M. Lammers, Programmers at
Work (1986) 6. The Software King: Bill Gates, The Road Ahead (1996) Part B:
News All the Time: The 24-hour News Cycle 1. How CNN Began: Reese
Schonfeld, The Unauthorized Story of the Founding of CNN (2001) 2.
"Terrible Ted": Joseph B. Cumming, Jr. "Ted Turner: 'Captain Outrageous'"
(1980) 3. Turner Remembers: Ted Turner, "My Beef with Big Media" (2004) 4.
CNN Succeeds: Jay Rosen, "The Whole World Is Watching CNN" (1991) 5. CNN
Gets Praise: Mary Jo Melone, "Live From Iraq: CNN Filters War's Grim
Reality" (2003) 6. Coverage Expands: Peter Johnson, "For Cable News, Iraq
War is a Clear Victory" (2003) 7. Why Fox Won: Neil Hickey, "In a Desperate
Race for Ratings, the Public Falls Behind" (2003) 8. Fox Evaluated: "In
Depth: FOX News Has Won the Perception War (For Now)" (2005) Chapter 11:
The Culmination of the Cold War Part A: Iran Contra 1. The Boland Amendment
(1984) 2. Reagan Admits to the Arms Deal: Announcement of the Review of the
National Security Council's Role in the Iran Arms and Contra Aid
Controversy (1986) 3. The Reagan Administration Responds: "Iran, Contra Aid
Link Ousts 2 Advisers: Kept in Dark, Reagan Says, but Still OKs Policy"
(1986) 4. Reagan Charges the Review Board: Remarks at a Meeting With the
President's Special Review Board for the National Security Council (1986)
5. Weinberger's Memo: Caspar Weinberger, Memorandum for the Record,
"Meeting on November 10, 1986, with the President, et al." (1986) 6. The
Independent Counsel Reports: Lawrence E. Walsh, Final Report of the
Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters (1993) 7. Bush Pardons the
Participants: Presidential Pardon of Caspar Weinberger, et al. (1992) 8.
The Independent Counsel Responds: Lawrence Walsh, Response to Presidential
Pardon (1992) Part B: End of Cold War 1. Fall of the Berlin Wall: Douglas
Hamilton, "Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Week That Changed the World" (1989)
2. Bush Reacts: Remarks With Reporters on the Relaxation of East German
Border Controls (1989) 3. Gorbachev Faces Parliament: "Gorbachev, Yeltsin
in Public" (1991) 4. Gorbachev Resigns (1991) 5. America's Place in the New
World: James McCartney, "America's Place in a New Kind of World" (1991)
Postscript: Crises at Century's End: Clinton Impeachment and the 9/11
Attacks Part A: The Impeachment of President Clinton 1. The Starr Report
(1998) 2. Clinton Speaks to the Nation (1998) 3. Impeachment Resolutions
(1998) 4. Hyde Testimony in the Senate (1999) Part B: The 9/11 Attacks 1.
The Attack: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States (2004) 2. Bush's Comments from Florida (2001) 3.
President Bush Addresses the Nation (2001) 4. The Nation Urges Caution: "A
Great Wound" (2001) 5. Did the Government Have Advance Knowledge?:
Alexander Cockburn, "Faceless Cowards" (2001) 6. "At War" Says the National
Review (2001) 7. The Attacks Were War, Not Crimes: Daniel Pipes (2001) 8.
The Commission Reports: Excerpt of the Executive Summary (2004)