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Bloody Sunday: Death & Press, Joseph Gaffney Jan 2023

Bloody Sunday: Death & Press, Joseph Gaffney

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

This project is a historical paper on Bloody Sunday, a day of violence in Dublin during the Irish War for Independence on November 21, 1920, analyzing primary and secondary sources centered on the subject to answer specific historiographical research questions. The primary objective of this research project is to understand the immediate social and political ramifications of Bloody Sunday in Ireland and England as reflected in the spread of information via the written press. The goal of the written analysis will be to answer a series of historical research questions. How were both the IRA’s killings and the subsequent reprisal …


The Stress Of Her Disregard: Britannia’S Suez Fiasco In Consideration Of Anglo-American Diplomacy, Matthew Gerth Jan 2016

The Stress Of Her Disregard: Britannia’S Suez Fiasco In Consideration Of Anglo-American Diplomacy, Matthew Gerth

Online Theses and Dissertations

The Suez Crisis of 1956 was an unmitigated disaster for the United Kingdom. For the vast majority of historians, it marks the effective downfall of the British Empire. In reviewing the series of events preceding and throughout the crisis, it becomes evident that the reason for the failure of the Suez expedition rests not on actions taken in Cairo or Moscow, but in Washington. The efforts of Dwight Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles to stymie Anthony Eden from achieving his goals during the affair are the key factors to the ruination of British efforts towards removing Gamal Abdel Nasser from …


Letter From Albert Shaw To Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, December 6, 1917, Albert Shaw Dec 1917

Letter From Albert Shaw To Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, December 6, 1917, Albert Shaw

World War I Era Documents, 1914-1918

A typed letter from Albert Shaw to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated December 6, 1917. Within, Shaw responds to Wilson's question about the British-American entente that was raised in a prior letter.