Essays and Research Papers on U.S. History (1900s)

A 4 page analysis of the types of entertainment that occupied Americans during the Great Depression. The author presents the thesis that Although they had less significantly less expendable money to invest in entertainment during the Depression, they desperately sought any type of entertainment that could provide psychological relief from the desperate circumstances of ...

A 4 page paper which examines what life was like before and after the union based on Jack Metzgar’s book “Striking Steel.” No additional sources cited.

9 pages in length. Books about World War II are plentiful and comprehensive; no matter what aspect of the great war one might want to know about, there is a publication that covers it ad infinitum. The function that Stephen E. Ambrose and Gerald F. Linderman delve into in their books entitled Citizen ...

George Linderman’s world was radically changed because of his combat experience in World War II and he wanted to present this information to the American people, not to shock them, but to provide insight into the reality of war for one relatively small group, combat soldiers. In the telling of their story, Linderman brings a ...

This 7 page paper examines this controversial war. Various elements of the war effort are discussed. Johnson's role in the escalation is included in addition to how the Vietnamese looked at things. The reason the war began is also discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 4 page discussion of the evolution of American imperialist thought. The author contends that by the beginning of the twentieth century U.S. policy had evolved from isolationsist to imperialistic. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A paper which analyses Todorov's "New World Disorder" with specific reference to the American invasion of Iraq and PNAC's strategic policies for American world domination. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In his Second Watergate Speech of August 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon tries to defend his culpability in the Republican Party actions discovered at the Watergate hotel and resultant impending impeachment by way of arguing for protection of the Office of the President by preventing certain aspects of the investigation through use of his ...

A 4 page paper which reviews Benjamin F. Schemmer’s book “The Raid: The Son Tay Prison Rescue Mission.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page book review. Herrington served on the front lines during the Vietnam War, not in combat, but rather in the war for the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. In his text, he describes the logistics of his mission, which was the "identification and destruction of the Vietcong shadow government" (41). ...

A 4 page paper which examines how the book is political, considers whether or not it is a work of fiction, and discusses how the reader knows whether or not the text is a work of fiction. No additional sources are used.

This 6 page paper discusses three significant events in 1966, one political, one social, and one economic. The events explained are: the attempt of the Japanese CP to engage other nations in establishing a united front against the U.S. escalation of the war in Vietnam, the founding of the National Organization for Women and the ...

A 6 page paper which summarizes George F. Kennan’s essay “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” and then examines how many of his views were implemented into Soviet Containment policies. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines what caused the Depression and how FDR’s “New Deal” package of domestic programs attempted to achieve economic recovery for the United States. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which examines what caused the First World War, and why the U.S. became involved in what was essentially a European conflict. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which examines what the postmodern world will look like and where one would be in terms of personal and professional lives. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page review of George Steiner's fictional novel featuring Adolf Hitler. In it Hitler finds temporary reprieve from the post World War II world in an Amazon jungle. Ultimately, however, he is hunted down for the purpose of being subjected to the world's wrath. Steiner's works clarifies that there is a ...

This 3 page book report provides information about this work, how it is ordered, whether it properly utilizes sources and so forth. Some quotes are provided. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page review of "The Longest Winter" by Alex Kershaw. No additional sources cited.

3 pages in length. Progressives, who "sought advancement through the liberation of human energies and potential from both the fading restraints of past ages and the new restraints imposed by modern industrialism" (Tallant, 2001), were responsible for tremendous changes to virtually every area of national society, not the least of which included regulation of ...

A 3 page review and analysis of Garry Boulard's "The Big Lie." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 8 page paper considers the background to the Cold War and considers if the development of nuclear weapons can be seen as the cause or the catalyst that triggered the cold war between the US and the USSR. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

5 pages in length. Edward Bellamy finds many things problematic about the rise of late nineteenth-century industrialism in Looking Backward: 2000-1887. The extent to which this rise of social progress served to economically stunt the masses while creating fortunes for a handful of savvy – if not unscrupulous – businessmen is both grand ...

8 pages in length. Improving upon what many believe could not be enhanced, the sixtieth anniversary edition of Gordon William Prange's At Dawn We Slept : The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor incorporates the contributions of Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon as a means by which to assemble an even greater account ...

A 6 page (4 pp. + 2 pp. Annotated Bibliography) paper that evaluates the Communist hysteria that gripped America during the late 1940s and early 1950s and evaluates the allegations that led to the arrest and trial of the New York couple on espionage charges. Specifically considered are whether they received a fair trial ...