This is the first of a series of occasional posts on observations of how some individual initiatives made strategic impacts on World War II. Most major decisions were made by teams of qualifi…| Economist Writing Every Day
How "The China Mirage" paved the way for the Cold War and benefited the British| Space Commune
By Thomas F. Schwartz In Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover’s Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath edited by George H. Nash, Hoover entitles a section “Brainwashing the American P…| Hoover Heads
By Kevin Thomas, Archives Technician 1924 does not resonate the way 1933, or 1941 does when thinking of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. It was, however, a year filled with encounters that would profoundly change both. 1924 was the year in which Franklin Roosevelt returned to the public stage in politics after polio. It was the … Continue reading 1924: A Year of New Beginnings| Forward with Roosevelt
By Wallace Manheimer “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself – nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advances.” This was the opening statement in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s inaugural address in 1933. The statement was made at the depths of the … Read more| CO2 Coalition
This post by Walter Abernathy In the middle of the social and economic catastophe caused by the coronavirus, the call for a Green New Deal is more relevant than ever. Based on the broad set of prog…| The Contrary Perspective