Crises and the rise to World Power, 1920-75 - History

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Contents

US Presidents - Franklin D. Roosevelt

US Presidents - Harry Truman

US Presidents - Dwight D. Eisenhower

US Presidents - John F. Kennedy

US Presidents - Lyndon B. Johnson

US Presidents - Richard Nixon

US Presidents - Ronald Reagan

US Presidents - Bill Clinton

Events - Domestic politics

Events - Foreign politics

US Presidents - Franklin D. Roosevelt

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1933-45

Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency

Prof. Iwan Morgan, UCL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1933-45

Roosevelt and the First Hundred Days

Prof. Iwan Morgan, UCL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1933-45

Roosevelt the Reformer

Prof. Iwan Morgan, UCL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1933-45

The Battle with the Supreme Court

Prof. Iwan Morgan, UCL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 1933-45

Roosevelt the Party Leader

Prof. Iwan Morgan, UCL

US Presidents - Harry Truman

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 Presidents - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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

US Presidents - John F. Kennedy

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

US Presidents - Lyndon B. Johnson

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

The Civil Rights Movement

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

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

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 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

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 Presidents - Richard Nixon

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

US Presidents - Ronald Reagan

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

Introduction

Dr James Cooper, York St John University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

The Economy

Dr James Cooper, York St John University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

Government

Dr James Cooper, York St John University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

Social Change

Dr James Cooper, York St John University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

The Presidency

Dr James Cooper, York St John University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

Foreign Policy

Dr James Cooper, York St John University

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

The Economy

Prof. Iwan Morgan, UCL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

Big Government

Prof. Iwan Morgan, UCL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

Social Change

Prof. Iwan Morgan, UCL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

Political Change

Prof. Iwan Morgan, UCL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF RONALD REAGAN, 1981-89

The Presidency

Prof. Iwan Morgan, UCL

US Presidents - Bill Clinton

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF BILL CLINTON, 1993-2001

How did Clinton rise to power?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF BILL CLINTON, 1993-2001

Why did Clinton win the 1992 presidential election?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF BILL CLINTON, 1993-2001

What was the significance of Clinton's image?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF BILL CLINTON, 1993-2001

How did the issue of Clinton's character affect his political career?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

US HISTORY – THE PRESIDENCY OF BILL CLINTON, 1993-2001

How successful was Clinton as a presidential policymaker?

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

Events - Domestic politics

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Late 1940s to the Mid-1950s

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

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

Black Power and the Changing African American Freedom Struggle

Dr Tom Davies, Sussex University

US HISTORY – THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1945-70

The ‘Classical Phase’ of the Civil Rights Movement

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 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 – THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, 1966-82

The Problem of Huey P. Newton

Dr Joe Street, Northumbria University

US HISTORY – THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, 1966-82

The FBI and White Oppression

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 successful was Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society?

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

Events - Foreign politics

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

The Atomic Bombs (1945)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

The Beginnings of the Cold War (1945)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

The American Occupation of Japan (1945 - 1948)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

The Reverse Course (1948 - 1952)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

Before Pearl Harbour (1853 - 1941)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima (1941 - 1945)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

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

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

Origins: The Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and NATO

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

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Globalisation of the Cold War: Decolonisation, Nuclear Weapons and the Space Race

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

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

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Détente

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

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

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Introduction

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Origins

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Escalation

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Stalemate

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Tet and After

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Legacies

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin