Themes & Threads: Defense and War
Defending the League of Nations: “The Pueblo Speech”
. . . But, you say, "We have heard that we might be at a…
The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved
Source: The Union must and shall be preserved. Air.- Star Spangled Banner. H. De Marsan,…
A Society of Patriotic Ladies at Edenton in North Carolina
[caption id="attachment_24160" align="aligncenter" width="773"] Robert Sayer And John Bennett , Publisher, and Philip Dawe. A…
Redcoats in South Carolina
Source: Caroline Gilman, ed., Letters of Eliza Wilkinson (New York, 1839), 24, 27-31. https://archive.org/details/lettersofelizawi00wilk/page/24 All…
In the Event of a Moon Disaster: “The Safire Memo”
To: H. R. Haldeman From: Bill Safire July 18, 1969. IN EVENT OF MOON DISASTER: Fate has…
The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
Source: Mary Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God . . . (1682). We have…
Personal Reactions In Time of War
Source: Jane Addams, “Personal Reactions In Time of War,” Peace and Bread in Time of…
Address at Rice University on the Nation’s Space Effort
Source: John F. Kennedy, Address at Rice University, Houston, Texas, 12 September 1962, NARA, JFKPOF-040-001. We meet at…
D-Day Dress, Platoon Leader
Source: illustration 20a from the 29th Infantry Combat Narrative by Lieutenant Jack Shea. DOD via…
Special Address to the Nation on Syria
Source: Barack Obama, “Address to the Nation on Syria,” September 10, 2013 , White House…
Boumediene v. Bush
Source: United States Reports. Volume 553, Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term,…
Memorandum on the President’s Constitutional Authority to Conduct Military Operations Against Terrorists and Nations Supporting Them
Source: Nathan A. Forrester, ed., Opinions of the Legal Counsel of the United States Department…
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
Source: United States Reports. Volume 343, Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term,…
Special Message to the Congress Reporting on the Situation in Korea
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Harry S. Truman. Containing the…
First Inaugural Address (1861)
Source: Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, Final Version, March 1861, Abraham Lincoln Papers (Series 1: General Correspondence, 1833 to 1916), Library…
Proclamation on the Whiskey Rebellion
Source: President George Washington, Proclamation, 7 August 1794, Founders Online, National Archives, https://goo.gl/yu6KcC. Proclamation Calling…
The American Presidency
Woodrow Wilson was probably right when he said that it is easier to speak of…
The Fugitive Slave Clause
Source: Gordon Lloyd ed., Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 by James Madison, a…
“United States Relations with the Soviet Union” (National Security Directive 23)
Source: National Security Archive, Electronic Briefing Book no. 293 (November 7, 2009). Available at https://goo.gl/PNLfRA.…
Address at Commencement Exercises at the University of Notre Dame
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1977, Book I…
Telephone Conversation about Chile
Source: National Security Archive, Electronic Briefing Book no. 255 (September 10, 2008). Available at https://goo.gl/Bfwimb.…
Statement on the War in Vietnam
Source: Wisconsin Historical Society, Freedom Summer Collection, Lucile Montgomery Papers, 1963-1967, Historical Society Library Microforms…
A Compromise Solution For South Vietnam
Source: Document 40, The Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968, Vol. III, Vietnam, June-December…
Special Message to the Congress on U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia
Sources: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-64, Book…
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Source: United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, Vol. 14, part 2 (Washington, D.C.: U.S.…
Minutes of the Meeting of the Special Group (Augmented) on Operation MONGOOSE
Document 24: Laurence Chang and Peter Kornbluh, eds., “The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: The Documents”…
Soviet Reactions to Certain U.S. Courses of Action on Cuba
Source: Mary S. McAuliffe, ed., CIA Documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 (Washington, D.C.:…
Statement on Cuba
Source: “United States Reaffirms Policy on Prevention of Aggressive Actions by Cuba,” Department of State…
Report to President Kennedy on South Vietnam
Source: The Pentagon Papers as published by The New York Times (New York and Chicago:…
Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Developments in Eastern Europe and the Middle East
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 (Washington,…
National Security Council Directive, NSC 5412/2, Covert Operations
Source: National Security Council Directive, NSC 5412/2, December 28, 1955 [Document 250], The Foreign Relations…
Organized Evacuation of Civilian Populations in Civil Defense
Source: Papers of Harry S. Truman, President’s Secretary’s Files, National Security Files, box 217, folder…
Report to the American People on Korea
Source: Report to the American People on Korea, University of Virginia, Miller Center. April 11,…
Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey (The Truman Doctrine)
Source: Address of the President of the United States, Recommendation for Assistance to Greece and…
Report on the Nuremberg Trials
Source: Report of Robert H. Jackson, United States Representative to the International Conference on Military…
The Effects of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Source: Chapter IV: “Signposts,” United States Strategic Bombing Survey (Government Printing Office: Washington, D.C., 1946),…
Press Release Alerting the Nation About the Atomic Bomb
Source: Press Release by the White House, August 6, 1945 (Ayers Papers, U. S. Army…
Potsdam Declaration
Source: Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, Issued, at Potsdam, July 26, 1945 (Birth of…
Korematsu v. US
Source: 323 U.S. 214 (1944). Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. https://goo.gl/eMj7eS Mr. Justice Black1…
Radio Address Upon Returning to the Philippines
Source: AmericanVoices, Vincent Voice Library, MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences,…
Manzanar: Excerpt from Born Free and Equal
Source: Ansel Adams, Born Free and Equal: The Story of Loyal Japanese-Americans (NY: U.S. Camera,…
Timeline of the American Founding
This timeline covers the period of from the end of the French and Indian War…
Stopping the Holocaust
Source: Letter from Assistant Secretary of War John McCloy to World Jewish Congress Rescue Department…
D-Day Statement to the Allied Expeditionary Force
Sources: Dwight D. Eisenhower, “D-day statement to soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary…
Letters to Yank Magazine
Source: Rupert Trimmingham, letters to the editor, Yank, April 28, 1944 and July 28, 1944.…
“The Death of Captain Waskow”
Source: Ernie’s War: The Best of Ernie Pyle’s World War II Dispatches, edited by David…
Questions and Answers About the WAAC
Source: United States Army Women’s Auxiliary Corps, “73 Questions and Answers About the WAAC,” World…
Executive Order No. 9346: Establishing a Committee on Fair Employment Practice
Source: Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Executive Order 9346 Establishing a Committee on Fair Employment Practice,” May…
“Why Should We March?”
Source: A. Philip Randolph, “Why Should We March?” Survey Graphic 31 (November 1942), pp 488-89.…
Pacific War Diary
Source: Excerpts from Pacific War Diary, 1942–1945 by James J. Fahey (New York: Houghton Mifflin,…
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