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Back to SearchLectures in History: 1992 Republican National Convention
The 1992 Republican National Convention speeches by former President Ronald Reagan and Pat Buchanan - who had run for the GOP nomination that year ag…
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FEED DROP: BN+ Richard J. Evans, "Hitler's People"
Sir Richard J. Evans has been writing about Germany and Adolf Hitler for his entire professional life. He was knighted in Britain in 2012 for his ser…
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James Broussard, Colonial America Before the Revolution
Professor James Broussard taught a class on the lead-up to the American Revolution. He described actions by the British government, such as the Stamp…
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Eric Hinderaker, Western Lands Before and After the American Revolution
University of Utah Professor Eric Hinderaker taught a class about western settlement before, during and after the American Revolution. Using the Kent…
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Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm, Benedict Arnold
Law professor and author Joyce Lee Malcolm discussed Benedict Arnold's triumphs as an American army general in the Revolutionary War and questioned w…
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Garrett Graff, "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky"
Historian Garrett Graff discusses his oral history of the development, testing and deployment of the atomic bomb in August 1945.
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George Washington's Character
Gene Allen Smith, a Texas Christian University history professor, taught a class about George Washington's character. He examined how the first presi…
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Colonial Tensions Pre-Revolution
Ithaca College professor Michael Trotti discussed the escalating tensions between colonists and the British government before the American Revolution…
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1607 Jamestown Settlement
College of William & Mary lecturer Amy Stallings discussed the history of the 1607 Jamestown fort and settlement in Virginia, and how Americans have …
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Army Explorers of the West
Texas Woman's University history professor Cecily Zander discussed the federal government's efforts to explore and control the American west from the…
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