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

A 6 page book review that chooses 8 of the numerous profiles that Brokaw offers in his book The Greatest Generation. This text discusses the lives of men and women who went through World War II and this research paper shows why Brokaw's assessment is correct. No additional sources cites.

This 3 page paper examines two books by authors Appy and Young who present data and opinion on the Vietnam War. The two books--Patriots and The Vietnam Wars--are compared and contrasted. Some quotes are included. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page book review that argues that Wendell Pritchett's goal in his text Brownsville, Brooklyn: Blacks, Jews and the Changing Face of the Ghetto-- a community study of a section of Brooklyn, New York known as Brownsville --is to provide a complete sociological profile of this neighborhood. Pritchett begins in the late nineteenth century ...

A 5 page paper which examines how "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison illustrates some of the symbolic and social conditions of the New Deal as seen through Frances K. Pohl's Framing America. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page summary of "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital" by Robert Putnam. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which contrasts the protesting in the first half of the 1960s with the protesting in the second half of the 1960s. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which reviews the work "Coming Apart: An Informal History of America in the 1960s" by William L. O'Neill. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page paper which examines how and why the book "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger was so popular. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page exploration into the diversity of roles women played in World War II. These roles varied in accordance with a woman's culture and her country of origin. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 3 page book review that examines Peter Honigsberg's memoir Crossing Border Street (2000), which relates what it was like to be one of the young, idealistic northern whites who came south in response to the cause of black civil rights in the 1960s. The point of this text is to convey not only the ...

A 2.5 page paper which examines how successful the Cuban Revolution has been. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page overview of the book “Crossing the Line” by Alvin Kernan. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines why FDR’s New Deal was so successful. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page book review that presents an overall summary of General Wesley Clark's autobiographical account of the 1999 Kosovo bombing, which halted a Serbian genocidal campaign. The writer discusses Clark's perspective on whether the campaign fit with the FAS test of military strategy and concludes that it did not. No other sources cited. ...

A 6 page overview of the many family impacts of Prohibition. The author points out the positive impacts of the decrease in alcohol consumption but contrasts them with the societal costs of the black market that emerged. Bibliography list 5 sources.

There are a number of different perspectives on the days described as the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. This 5 page paper provides an overview of this issue and relates it to the current literature. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the culture of the 1920s in the United States as seen through various articles and advertisements. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page report on “The Eagle Has Landed” by Jack Higgins. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page overview of A.A. Hoehling’s “The Fighting Liberty Ships.” No additional sources cited.

This is a 5 page paper which discussed the improvements and changes in weapons since the invention of the atomic bomb. The bibliography has 5 sources.

A 3 page book review on the work “The Untouchables” by Eliot Ness. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper discusses some of the aspects of the programs put in place by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to deal with the problems Americans faced during the Great Depression. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

The 5 page paper discusses the financial status of Irish immigrants of the 19th century and today's Mexican immigrants. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the decisions for U.S. entry into World War I and the Iraq war. Were these decisions based on misjudgements and misperceptions? Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses Social Security and why it can be considered a tiered system. Bibliography lists 2 sources.