2Q The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945-1980 - History

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Contents

Prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945-63 - Truman and Post-war America, 1945-52

Prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945-63 - Eisenhower: tranquility and crisis, 1952-60

Prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945-63 - John F Kennedy and the 'New Frontier', 1960-63

The Johnson Presidency, 1963-68 - Johnson as President

The Johnson Presidency, 1963-68 - The Vietnam War

The Johnson Presidency, 1963-68 - Civil Rights

Challenges to the American Dream, 1963-80 - Republican reaction: the Nixon Presidency, 1968-74

Challenges to the American Dream, 1963-80 - The USA after Nixon, 1974-80

Prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945-63 - Truman and Post-war America, 1945-52

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Introduction

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Origins: From World War II to the Cold War

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

The Korean War, 1950-53

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Domestic Impacts of the Cold War: The Red Scare and McCarthyism

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF HARRY TRUMAN, 1945-53

Taking the Reins

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF HARRY TRUMAN, 1945-53

Confronting Stalin

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF HARRY TRUMAN, 1945-53

A New National Security State

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF HARRY TRUMAN, 1945-53

McCarthyism

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF HARRY TRUMAN, 1945-53

Converting America from War to Peace

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – EARLY STEPS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1940-60

Before the 1950s

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

US HISTORY – EARLY STEPS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1940-60

Origin Stories

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

US HISTORY – EARLY STEPS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1940-60

The Price of Democracy

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

US HISTORY – EARLY STEPS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1940-60

"Strong People Don't Need Strong Leaders"

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

US HISTORY – EARLY STEPS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1940-60

Conclusion

Prof. Charles Payne, Rutgers University

Prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945-63 - Eisenhower: tranquility and crisis, 1952-60

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1953-61

Rise to Power and Early Foreign Policy

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1953-61

Later Foreign Policy: Vietnam, the CIA and the Soviet Union

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1953-61

Civil Rights in the 1950s

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1953-61

Socio-Cultural Change in the 1950s

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 1953-61

Eisenhower’s Legacy

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

Prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945-63 - John F Kennedy and the 'New Frontier', 1960-63

COLD WAR - ORIGINS, 1945-50

The Globalisation and Militarisation of the Cold War, 1950

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

The Vietnam War, 1955-75

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

The JFK Debate

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

The Kennedy Family

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

Congressman and Senator, 1946-60

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

Battling Nixon: The 1960 Presidential Election

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

Early Disaster: The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

Confronting Khrushchev: The Vienna Summit and the Berlin Crisis

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

Civil Rights

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

Vietnam

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

The Character Question: JFK Behind Closed Doors

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1961-63

An Image

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR – THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962

Background: The Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR – THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962

Nikita Khrushchev’s Decision to Send Missiles to Cuba

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR – THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962

Autumn 1962: Soviet Action and US Reaction

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR – THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962

The First Week of the Crisis (14-22 October)

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR – THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962

The Second Week of the Crisis (22-28 October)

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

The Johnson Presidency, 1963-68 - Johnson as President

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

Introduction

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

Kennedy, Johnson and the Politics of the 1960s

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

The Great Society

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

Protest, Opposition and Legacy

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

How did Johnson rise to power?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

Why did Johnson launch the Great Society and how successful was it?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

What was Johnson's legacy?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

How successful was Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society?

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

The Johnson Presidency, 1963-68 - The Vietnam War

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

The Vietnam War

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

Why did Johnson go to war in Vietnam?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

Why could Johnson not win in Vietnam?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

The Historical Debate

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

Two Assassinations

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

Escalating Events

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

What pressures were there for war?

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

How much did domestic politics influence LBJ’s decision for war?

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

Conclusion

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

The Johnson Presidency, 1963-68 - Civil Rights

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

The Grass Roots Battle for Racial Equality in the 1960s

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

Malcolm X, Watts, and the Emergence of Black Power

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

Martin Luther King and the Birmingham and Selma Campaigns

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1963-69

The Civil Rights Movement

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

US HISTORY – THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, 1966-82

The Roots of the Black Panther Party

Dr Joe Street, Northumbria University

US HISTORY – THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, 1966-82

The Ten-Point Program

Dr Joe Street, Northumbria University

US HISTORY – THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, 1966-82

How did the Black Panthers differ from other African-American groups?

Dr Joe Street, Northumbria University

US HISTORY – THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, 1966-82

Patrolling the Police

Dr Joe Street, Northumbria University

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

Introduction

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

How did the idea of "civil rights" change after the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

How did liberals respond to the demands of the Black Power movement?

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

Which did more to change America: the political activism of the New Left or the freethinking Counterculture?

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

US HISTORY – PROTEST AND REACTION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1961-68

To what extent was 1968 a turning point in American history?

Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, University of East Anglia

Challenges to the American Dream, 1963-80 - Republican reaction: the Nixon Presidency, 1968-74

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Détente

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RICHARD NIXON, 1969-74

Nixon – More Than Just Watergate?

Dr Kevin Yuill, Sunderland University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RICHARD NIXON, 1969-74

The Path to Power, 1913-62

Dr Kevin Yuill, Sunderland University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RICHARD NIXON, 1969-74

Nixon’s the One, 1968

Dr Kevin Yuill, Sunderland University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RICHARD NIXON, 1969-74

The Presidency, 1969-70

Dr Kevin Yuill, Sunderland University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RICHARD NIXON, 1969-74

The Presidency, 1971-74

Dr Kevin Yuill, Sunderland University

Challenges to the American Dream, 1963-80 - The USA after Nixon, 1974-80

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

The End of Détente and the Second Cold War

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Reagan and the End of the Cold War

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University