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A Historiographical And Pedagogical Pursuit Of The United States In The Atomic Era, Isabel Polletta

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay………………………………...3

II. Primary Documents and Headnotes………...29

III. Textbook Critique……………………………..41

IV. New Textbook Entry…………………………..43

V. Bibliography…………………………………....46

Nick Martin's Communism, Dylan Bagley, Matthew Kenwood

Cold War Lives

This project examines the life and career of Hungarian-born athlete Nick Martin. It explores the opportunities available to Martin via his success as an Olympic athlete.

Communism, Post-Communism, Sport, And Patriotism In 1980s-1990s Hungary, Sarah Johns, Morgana Olbrich

Cold War Lives

We will argue that Communism left long lasting effects on the ways in which patriotism was perceived and executed through labor. Specifically we will look into the ways in which laborers, namely athletes, both intentionally and unintentionally used their work to gain privileges.

How Politics Can Shape Sports And The Athletes Who Perform: A Case Study Of Hungarian Gymnastics During The Cold War, Julia Adams, Corinne Cichowicz

Cold War Lives

The purpose of the project is to juxtapose how politics and government structure shape the world of sports, as well as the progress of individual sports, with the isolation of athletes from the political realities of their respective nations. We assert that contemporary politics is directly reflected in the sports community through the way athletes interact and the ways other nations perceive athletes’ treatment. We argue that around the Hungarian Revolution, Eastern countries like Hungary attempted to perform their strength by giving privileges that allowed athletes to excel while western nations like the United States focused on fostering their savior …

American Military Strategy In The Vietnam War, 1965– 1973, Gregory A. Daddis

History Faculty Books and Book Chapters

For nearly a decade, American combat soldiers fought in South Vietnam to help sustain an independent, noncommunist nation in Southeast Asia. After U.S. troops departed in 1973, the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975 prompted a lasting search to explain the United States’ first lost war. Historians of the conflict and participants alike have since critiqued the ways in which civilian policymakers and uniformed leaders applied—some argued misapplied—military power that led to such an undesirable political outcome. While some claimed U.S. politicians failed to commit their nation’s full military might to a limited war, others contended that most officers fundamentally …

The Grizzly, February 17, 1989, Peggy Hermann, Kevin Murphy, Erika Rohrbach, Emma Forrest, Richard P. Richter, Steve Grim, Kathy Bowers, Keir Lewis, Lora L. Hart, Matt Weintraub, Matt Becker, Mary Sabol, Neil Schafer, Dorothy O'Malley, Coleen Casciano, Judd Woytek, Dennis Moir, Katherine Grim, Gabrielle Deboca

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Malicious Arson Attempt Suspected In Fire • Board of Dirs. Calls for Big, but Beneficial Bucks • Letter: Let's Keep Campbell! • WVOU Far From FM Waves • Glastnost Russian Roulette? • Freeman Displays Her Patchwork • Grim: No Meal Like a Home Meal • Drug Awareness a Downer • Title in Sight • Wrestlers Cruising at Unprecedented 21-2 • 'Nasts O.K. • Intro. to Judaism Offered • Women's Indoor Crushes 'Em • Men's Track 'Sloshing' Along • Aquabears Paddlin' Well

Civil Defense Administration Information On Radioactive Fallout And Atomic Warfare, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Information broadcast in the Bangor area from the national perspective on hydrogen bomb tests and safety. Val Peterson of the Federal Civil Defense Administration provides information about shelters and available Civil Defense training.

Bangor Resident’S Description Of Atomic Bomb Test Near Las Vegas, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

After several seconds of the sound of an atomic blast, General Benjamin Chidlaw, Commander in Chief of the Continental Air Defense Command, explains that more than 40 of the Civilian Administrative Supervisors who work in Air Defense Filter Centers in many of the key cities of the county were invited as guests to witness an atomic bomb test blast.

M. Elizabeth McCarthy of the Bangor Air Defense Filter Center, provides a detailed description of her experience.