In the 19th and 20th Centuries, both the federal and state governments of the United States explored ways to control the weather. Initially these were not particularly serious, but by the Cold War the United States was looking for any… Read More ›
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April 1917: the end of American neutrality in WWI
From OUP Blog by Michael S. Neiberg author of The Path to War: How the First World War Created Modern America: Mary Roberts Rinehart’s journey since 1914 perhaps best represents the mood and the moment of April 1917. She had… Read More ›
The 1952 Olympic Games, the US, and the USSR
From the Process History Blog by Erin Redihan author of The Olympics and the Cold War, 1948-1968: Sport as Battleground in the U.S.-Soviet Rivalry: The relationship between politics and international sport is fraught with tension and drama: the same qualities that make for… Read More ›
Empire by Imitation?
From Imperial & Global Forum by Marc-William Palen: Historians have been busy chipping away at the myth of the exceptional American Empire, usually with an eye towards the British Empire. Most comparative studies of the two empires, however, focus on… Read More ›
Why cross-country running needs to honor both team and individual champions in one race?
From Sport in American History by Andrew Boyd Hutchinson: Current dispute between sponsors Nike and Foot Locker threatens to create a schism in high school cross-country racing in the US. The sport of cross-country running began almost exactly 200 years ago[2] at… Read More ›