Category Archives: Cold War

The Vietnam War and American Culture(s), Part 3: “Passionate Historians,” and Selected Sources on the Vietnam War

Posted on November 2, 2020 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: It’s awfully easy to stereotype historians as calm, objective, even bloodless observers of the past, especially when you read a garden-variety history textbook. But, when one moves to more specialized works, there is room for a historian to bring … Continue reading →

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Ben, An American Dad, 1921-1986: Part V: Memories of Ben, as “Dad” (2019)

Posted on January 2, 2020 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: It’s not normal for me to wax retrospective on Father’s Day, but every so often I do. 2019 was one of those years. I had begun work on this blog series about my father, Ben Lamplugh, and I … Continue reading →

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Ben, an American Dad, 1921-1986, Part IV: Postwar America, 1946-1964

Posted on January 1, 2020 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: When Ben Lamplugh returned home early in 1946, he found himself in a house full of women: Betts and her son Rus were living with her sister Gertie, Gertie’s daughter Lynn, and two boarders, the England sisters, in an … Continue reading →

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The Second Reconstruction: The Modern Civil Rights Movement, 1940s-1968, Part 2 (Teaching Civil Rights, 12)

Posted on January 2, 2019 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: This is the concluding post in my treatment of the Modern American Civil Rights Movement from World War II through the assassination of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968. For part 1, go here. A list … Continue reading →

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They don’t call me “Dr. Excitement” for nothin’, you know! (Be True to Your School, 5)

Posted on November 15, 2017 by georgelamplugh

[Note: In a previous post in this series, I discussed how certain personal eccentricities helped me construct a “classroom persona,” one “Dr.,” beard, polyester suit, and awful pun at a time. In this entry, I’d like to offer a few … Continue reading →

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Understanding Recent American History–“Nixonland,” or “The Age of Reagan”?

Posted on April 15, 2015 by georgelamplugh

[NOTE: Historical revisionism occurs when, every generation or so, the scholarly consensus about important events or individuals begins to shift. Revisionism is not a concept that appeals to neophyte historians, or to “average Americans” trying to understand the past, many … Continue reading →

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Read One for the Gipper

Posted on March 16, 2015 by georgelamplugh

A Review of James H. Broussard, Ronald Reagan: Champion of Conservative America. New York and London: Routledge, 2015. [NOTE: One of the joys—and curses—of being a professional historian is the lure of “revisionism.” That’s when, every generation or so, the … Continue reading →

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My Vietnam War–and Welcome to It

Posted on February 16, 2015 by georgelamplugh

I’ve got a long shelf of books about my generation’s war, but none of them presents it as I experienced it. I served in the Army from 1966 to 1968, but I never left the U.S., so my war was very different from the one … Continue reading →

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American Witch-Hunters: Salem & McCarthy (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 7)

Posted on August 15, 2014 by georgelamplugh

[Note: Some of the most interesting “interdisciplinary” projects I undertook were the result, not of a school-wide mandate, but a request from a colleague for a little help in approaching a knotty subject. Such was the case when an English … Continue reading →

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“The Thrill of the Hunt”: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007), On History

Posted on November 15, 2013 by georgelamplugh

[Note: One of the things I tried to do while editor of the History Department Newsletter (1999-2000; 2006-2010) was to keep my colleagues informed of the passing of various noted historians. Usually, I could find an obituary in a historical … Continue reading →

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