In the Shadow of Vietnam: The United States and the Third World in the 1960s
By Mark Lawrence At the dawn of the 1960s, John F. Kennedy and other American liberals expressed boundless optimism about the ability of the United States to promote democracy and economic development in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. So vast were American power, resources, and know-how that almost anything seemed possible in […]
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This is Democracy: Vietnam War Legacies
In this episode, Jeremi and Zachary talk with special guest Dr. Mark Atwood Lawrence about the
This is Democracy: NATO Alliance
In this episode, Jeremi and Zachary talk with special guests, Dr. James Goldgeier and Dr. Joshua
This is Democracy: Shadow Docket and Abortion
Guest: Stephen I. Vladeck holds the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of
This is Democracy – Cuba and Democracy in the Caribbean
Guest: Dr. Alan McPherson is a professor of history at Temple University, where he directs the
15 Minute History – History of the Second Ku Klux Klan
Guest: Linda Gordon, Professor Emerita of History at New York University Host: Alina Scott, PhD
This is Democracy – Afghanistan War
Guest: Dr. Aaron O’Connell is an Associate Professor of History at UT Austin and Director of
This is Democracy – Black Resistance to Slavery in Early America and its Legacies
Guest: Daina Ramey Berry is the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History and Chairperson of the
15 Minute History – Climate and Environmental History in Context
Guests: Megan Raby, Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin & Erika