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Ship Shaping: How Congress And Industry Influenced U.S. Naval Acquisitions From 1933-1938, Henry H. Carroll Jan 2024

Ship Shaping: How Congress And Industry Influenced U.S. Naval Acquisitions From 1933-1938, Henry H. Carroll

Harvey M. Applebaum ’59 Award

Studying shipbuilding politics across time can yield key insights into present-day shipbuilding acquisition reform issues, such as the effects of naval industry consolidation and potential “ally-shoring” of warship production on domestic political support for future naval funding. Past studies of naval acquisitions during the late interwar period often focus on how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Navy Department prepared the nation for the beginning of World War II. However, Congress and the shipbuilding industry played an often-overlooked role in creating the political support needed to expand the Navy during the tumultuous late interwar period. Self-interested domestic interest groups were …


Geopolitics In Recent U.S. Professional Military Reading Lists, Bert Chapman Nov 2023

Geopolitics In Recent U.S. Professional Military Reading Lists, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Professional military reading lists have existed for a long time in the U.S. military and in other national militaries. They are frequently updated and intended to enhance the professional knowledge of military professionals in areas ranging from cultural awareness, ethics, leadership, international relations, military history and military operations, and areas of expertise considered essential to successfully executing the operations of their military service branch. These lists are prepared by the leadership organizations of these armed services such as the Air Force Chief of Staff, U.S. Army’s Chief of Staff, Chief of Naval Operations, and Marine Corps Commandant. Such readings are …


Nike Missile Fail: When Elk City And Clinton Almost Went Nuclear, Landry Brewer Nov 2023

Nike Missile Fail: When Elk City And Clinton Almost Went Nuclear, Landry Brewer

Faculty Articles & Research

The Cold War entered an intense new phase in August of 1949 when the Soviet Union successfully detonated its first atomic bomb, and the United States lost the nuclear hegemony that it had enjoyed since the end of World War II in 1945...


Volksdrogen: The Third Reich Powered By Methamphetamine, Madison Isenberg Aug 2023

Volksdrogen: The Third Reich Powered By Methamphetamine, Madison Isenberg

Senior Projects

Leading up to and during the Second World War, the Nazified German Government wanted to perpetuate the belief that due to their exceptional strength spread through various forms of propaganda the “Aryan Race” was undefeatable. Unfortunately, this testament, and the propaganda that supported it, is still used by some to substantiate their claims that the Nazis devised the “master race”. The source of their strength has remained largely unresearched, so what was the factor that allowed the German home and war front to possess large amounts of energy to aid in their fight against the Allied forces? Initially, from whisperings …


Utilization Of Propaganda Throughout The Great War: A Revolutionary Experience, Andrew R. Thibaudeau Feb 2023

Utilization Of Propaganda Throughout The Great War: A Revolutionary Experience, Andrew R. Thibaudeau

CAFE Symposium 2023

This project delves into the impact of propaganda on countries and citizens throughout World War I. It shows how the impacts of this bloodless revolution still resonate in society today, and how it has changed the world eternally, especially with the modern usage of the internet.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 14, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 14, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 04, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 04, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 02, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 02, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 08, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 08, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 01, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 01, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 11, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 11, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 06, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 06, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 02, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Assoication Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 02, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Assoication

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 03, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 03, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 09, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 09, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 05, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 05, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 13, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 13, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 07, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 07, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 10, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 10, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 12, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 965, Part 12, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 01, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 01, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 11, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 11, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 06, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 06, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 14, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 14, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 03, Tha National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 03, Tha National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 13, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 13, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 16, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 16, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 04, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 04, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 05, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 05, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.


Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 15, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association Oct 2022

Portsmouth Adm 1 966, Part 15, The National Archives, Kew, Johannes Schwalm Historical Association

Portsmouth Admiral’s Letters, 1780

No abstract provided.