In Fall 2016, Dickinson College student Trevor Diamond explained how some older American political customs were dying by the time of the 1948 presidential election. Election of 1948
Category: Cold War
1940s
Overview The 1940s witnessed the worst military conflict in world history. Out of more than 70 million combatants from 70 different countries, the editors at Digital History estimate about 17 million dead, including about 400,000 American military personnel out of…
EXHIBIT –Remembering America Since 1945
In spring 2015, Dickinson students in History 118 (US Since 1877) conducted oral histories and produced essays with multi-media appendixes (such as podcasts or videos). Several of these extraordinary projects have been featured in this Storify essay summarizing their work.…
ESSAY –Oral History About Cold War
In spring 2015, Dickinson student Jordan Forry conducted a thoughtful, wide-ranging interview with his grandmother about the nature of life on the home front of the early Cold War. She recalls atomic bomb drills, but also remembers that her family…
MAP –US Diplomatic History
This map built on snippets from George Herring’s From Colony to Superpower (2008) with supporting resources gathered from across the web, offers a helpful overview of US diplomatic history. US Diplomatic History syllabus