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Truman, Congress and the Struggle for War and Peace In
TRUMAN, CONGRESS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR WAR AND PEACE IN KOREA A Dissertation by LARRY WAYNE BLOMSTEDT Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May 2008 Major Subject: History TRUMAN, CONGRESS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR WAR AND PEACE IN KOREA A Dissertation by LARRY WAYNE BLOMSTEDT Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved by: Chair of Committee, Terry H. Anderson Committee Members, Jon R. Bond H. W. Brands John H. Lenihan David Vaught Head of Department, Walter L. Buenger May 2008 Major Subject: History iii ABSTRACT Truman, Congress and the Struggle for War and Peace in Korea. (May 2008) Larry Wayne Blomstedt, B.S., Texas State University; M.S., Texas A&M University-Kingsville Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Terry H. Anderson This dissertation analyzes the roles of the Harry Truman administration and Congress in directing American policy regarding the Korean conflict. Using evidence from primary sources such as Truman’s presidential papers, communications of White House staffers, and correspondence from State Department operatives and key congressional figures, this study suggests that the legislative branch had an important role in Korean policy. Congress sometimes affected the war by what it did and, at other times, by what it did not do. Several themes are addressed in this project. One is how Truman and the congressional Democrats failed each other during the war. The president did not dedicate adequate attention to congressional relations early in his term, and was slow to react to charges of corruption within his administration, weakening his party politically. -
The Rise of Nixon by Megan Kimbrell
The Rise of Nixon by Megan Kimbrell Richard Milhous Nixon is one of the most central political figures in American history. Therefore, an analysis of how he rose to national prominence, and so quickly at that, is a worthwhile discussion. For example, Nixon entered the United States House of Representatives in 1946 by defeating the popular Democratic incumbent, Jerry Voorhis. Without previous political experience, Nixon was thrown into Congress where he was promptly placed on the infamous House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). There he gained national fame in the case of Alger Hiss, an accused communist spy. He followed this with a stunning victory in the 1950 senatorial race against Helen Gahagan Douglas. Soon after, Nixon was nominated as the vice presidential candidate in 1952. At the young age of forty, and just six years after his first political campaign, Nixon entered the White House as Dwight D. Eisenhower's vice president. Nixon's meteoric rise to power begs the question of just how exactly he accomplished this feat. The answer to this question is quite simple: Nixon used the issue of communist subversion to further his political career. In fact, the perceived communist threat of the post-World War II era was the chief catalyst in Nixon's rise to the forefront of American politics. His career gained momentum alongside the Red Scare of this era with his public battles against accused communist sympathizers. Following World War II, Americans became obsessed with the fears of communist subversion. The Cold War produced unstable relations with the Soviet Union and other pro-communist countries, which made for a frightening future. -
UCLA HISTORICAL JOURNAL Vol
''Cocktail Picket Party" The Hollywood Citizen—News Strike, The Newspaper Guild, and the Popularization of the "Democratic Front" in Los Angeles Michael Furmanovsky The ten-week strike of Hollywood Citizen-News editorial workers in the spring and summer of 1938 left an indelible mark on the history of Los Angeles labor. Almost unmatched in the city's history for the large size and glamorous composition of its picket lines, the strike's transformation into a local "cause celebre" owed much to the input of the Communist Party of Los Angeles (CPLA) and its widely diffused allies. While the Communists were not responsible for calling the walkout in May 1938, the subsequent development of the strike into a small-scale symbol of the potential inherent in liberal-labor-left unity was largely attributable to the CPLA's carefully planned strategy, which attempted to fulfill the goals set by the American Communist Party during the "Democratic Front" period (1938-39); namely, to mobilize the broadest possible network of pro- Roosevelt groups and individuals, integrated with the full complement of Party-led organizations. These would range during the Citizen-News strike from CIO unions and liberal assemblymen, to fellow-travelling Holly- wood celebrities and Communist affiliated anti-fascist organizations.' The Hollywood Citizen-News strike was far from an unqualified success either for the strikers or for the broader political movement envisaged by the Communist Party in 1938-39, nevertheless it became a rallying point for those on the Communist and non-Communist left who looked to the New Deal and the CIO as the twin vehicles for a real political transforma- tion and realignment in the United States. -
Dataset of Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament Elections Since 1979 Codebook (July 31, 2019)
Dataset of Electoral Volatility in the European Parliament elections since 1979 Vincenzo Emanuele (Luiss), Davide Angelucci (Luiss), Bruno Marino (Unitelma Sapienza), Leonardo Puleo (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna), Federico Vegetti (University of Milan) Codebook (July 31, 2019) Description This dataset provides data on electoral volatility and its internal components in the elections for the European Parliament (EP) in all European Union (EU) countries since 1979 or the date of their accession to the Union. It also provides data about electoral volatility for both the class bloc and the demarcation bloc. This dataset will be regularly updated so as to include the next rounds of the European Parliament elections. Content Country: country where the EP election is held (in alphabetical order) Election_year: year in which the election is held Election_date: exact date of the election RegV: electoral volatility caused by vote switching between parties that enter or exit from the party system. A party is considered as entering the party system where it receives at least 1% of the national share in election at time t+1 (while it received less than 1% in election at time t). Conversely, a party is considered as exiting the part system where it receives less than 1% in election at time t+1 (while it received at least 1% in election at time t). AltV: electoral volatility caused by vote switching between existing parties, namely parties receiving at least 1% of the national share in both elections under scrutiny. OthV: electoral volatility caused by vote switching between parties falling below 1% of the national share in both the elections at time t and t+1. -
The Politics of Globalisation: a Comparative Analysis of the New Radical Centre in France, Italy and Spain
Department of Political Science Chair: Political Science The Politics of Globalisation: A Comparative Analysis of the New Radical Centre in France, Italy and Spain SUPERVISOR CANDIDATE Prof. Lorenzo De Sio Giuliano Festa Student Reg. No. 078422 ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER ONE – MACRON, RENZI, RIVERA: THE REVENGE OF THIRD WAY POLITICS? ................... 3 1.1 BEYOND LEFT AND RIGHT? ................................................................................................................ 3 1.1.1 The legacy of Tony Blair ....................................................................................................... 4 1.1.2 A new triumvirate ................................................................................................................ 5 1.1.3 “What Emmanuel Macron grasped” ................................................................................... 5 1.2 EMMANUEL MACRON: TALE OF AN UNPRECEDENTED ELECTION ................................................................. 5 1.2.1 The candidature ................................................................................................................... 6 1.2.2 The road to success .............................................................................................................. 7 1.2.3 The glorious verdicts ........................................................................................................... -
Onto the National Stage
Onto the National Stage congresswomen in an age of crises, 1935–1954 Thirty-six women entered Congress between 1935 and 1954, a tumultuous two decades that encompassed the Great Depression, World War II, and the start of the Cold War. Women participated in America’s survival, recovery, and ascent to world power in important and unprecedented ways; they became shapers of the welfare state, workers during wartime, and members of the military. During this time the nation’s capital took on increasing importance in the everyday lives of average Americans. The Great Depression and the specter of global war transformed the role of the federal government, making it a provider and protector. Like their male counterparts, women in Congress legislated to provide economic relief to their constituents, debated the merits of government intervention to cure the economy, argued about America’s role in world affairs, and grappled with challenges and opportunities during wartime. Distinct trends persisted from the pioneer generation of women in Congress. Second-generation women still made up only a small fraction of the total congres- sional membership. At their peak, 15 women served in the 83rd Congress Senators Joseph T. Robinson (far left) and Hattie W. Caraway of Arkansas at the June 1936 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at which President Franklin Roosevelt was nominated to a second term. Caraway was a supporter of the Roosevelt administration’s New Deal economic recovery programs, many of which benefited constituents in her agriculture-based state. image courtesy of the national archives and records administration (1953–1955)—about 2.8 percent. -
Helengahaganpro01dougrich.Pdf
. x /\ \X Regional Oral History Office University of California The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California Women in Politics Oral History Project HELEN GAHAGAN DOUGLAS PROJECT Volume I THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS Interviews with: Tilford Dudley Byron Lindsley India Edwards Helen 0. Lustig Leo Goodman Alvin Meyers Kenneth Harding Frank Rogers Interviews Conducted by Eleanor Glaser, Fern Ingersoll, Gabrielle Morris, and Ingrid Scobie in 1976, 1977, 1978 Underwritten by grants from: National Endowment for the Humanities, Rockefeller Foundation, Members and Friends of the Los Angeles Democratic Women's Forum Copyright (c) 1981 by the Regents of the University of California This manuscript is made available for research purposes. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Director of The Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Library, and should include identification of the specific passages to be quoted, anticipated use of the passages, and identification of the user. i It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows: To cite the volume: Helen Gahagan Douglas Project, Volume I, "The Political Campaigns," an oral history series conducted 1976-1978, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1981. To cite individual interview: India Edwards, "California Democrats: A View from Washing ton," an oral history conducted 1978 by in Gabrielle Morris , Helen Gahagan Douglas Oral History Project, Volume I, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1981. Copy No. -
UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES Government and Water
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES Government and Water: A Study of the Influence of Water upon Governmental Institutions and Practices in the Development of Los Angeles A thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science by Vincent A. Ostrom June, 1950 ii In Memory of CLARENCE A. DYKSTRA who gave so freely of time and effort during the last months of his life to guide this study to its completion. iii Control of water to secure maximum supply at costs determined by the economic situation is the engineering problem, and that problem is solvable. Ahead of the engineering accomplishment is the engineering of men. The decision of the community at large must be made. For accomplishment, its public body, its semipublic water organizations, and its individuals must unite in team work to pool, rearrange and compromise existing interests, to legislate and to create a competent organization to carry out the engineering solution. California, Department of Public Works, Division of Engineering and Irrigation, Santa Ana Investigation, p. 32. iv PREFACE The motivation for this study is rooted in personal experience. During my first stay of several years in the Los Angeles area, I had been relatively oblivious to the existence of a water problem. An unlimited quantity of water was always available at the water tap and seemingly no critical problem of water shortage existed for any of the water consumers of the area. After leaving the Los Angeles area, I became a resident of a small city in Wyoming where the problem of an adequate water supply was a daily concern to the community. -
Elections '79 7 -Lojune
Elections '79 7 -lOJune 110m voters elect 410 MEPs to European Parliament Voting figures and winners0 Directorate-General for Information and Public Relations Publications Division ·,·,., Ever.y effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the data in this publication but no guarantee can be givea that the figures or other entries will be completely consistent with ':.he final details published by the authorities in each of the Member States in every case. - 2 - ----.--- ---,- ---~---,----- ·-.-·--------- ·------·· --·- ..... ··-···- ·~--. ~~: ,__...:...:;To""""'t~,J _J____ B 1 DK 1 0 1 F 1 IRL _! __ L -+--~!:_ __j UK ;~.:L.:?.:'f' --+ ___ - ·------· 29.507.6921 1.274.778 382.721111.377.8181 4.756.77 193.898 5.368.75 (37.166) I 1.721.91!91 4.393.832 s 26,6% 23,4% 21,9% 40,8%1 23,611, 14,5% 15,3 21,7% 30,4% 32,7% ... 18 , J) 112~ 7 I 3 35 22 4 ~13 J 1 :1 9 1 1-- !32.820.~09 ~~:3.~-~~ -- 30.970 13.707.713(1.556.397) ~43.652 12.94-8~- ·;::.829) ~~::7~692 ~ CD I 29,6% 37,7% 1,8% 49,2% (7,7%) 33,1% 37,1- 36,1% 35,6% ~ 105 10 1'i\ o I 42 I 6 I 4_1_~-4----_2_- ---10 --·--- 6.861. 208 6.508.481 c (') 6,2% 35~~~~~ L j -r- 48,4% I) 63 ---+---3+-- ___ -----+ I -----+-~0- 14.940.043 145.804 81.933 112.1841 4.151.261 ---+10.343.10 (8.%1) 97.196 ~ COM 13,5% 2,7% 4,7% o. -
Anglo-Italian Relations in the Red Sea and Zanzibar, 1880-1888
ANGLO-ITALIAN RELATIONS IN THE RED SEA AND ZANZIBAR, 1880-1888 by TIMOTHY JOHN DAVIES A thesis submitted to the University of Birmingham for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS BY RESEARCH Department of History School of Arts and Laws University of Birmingham November 2017 University of Birmingham Research Archive e-theses repository This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder. ABSTRACT When Italy became a fully united country in 1870, Britain was an enthusiastic supporter of the new state. This feeling was reciprocated, with Italy regarding Britain as her most sincere friend in Europe. In February 1887 Britain joined Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary in the Mediterranean Agreements, by which Britain guaranteed support for Italy in the event of attack upon her. However, by then circumstances had changed. The British occupation of Egypt and the Mahdist uprising had led to Britain becoming a significant Power in North-East Africa. During the same period, Italy had started establishing colonial settlements on the Red Sea. This led to a conflict in the region between Italian and British interests. In addition, Franco-Italian friction increased as Crispi, the Italian Premier since August 1887, continually provoked France, culminating in a crisis which nearly tipped Europe into a full-scale war in 1888. -
……………………………………………… the Politics of Immigration: a New Electoral Dilemma for the Right
Review of European and Russian Affairs vol. 2 issue 3/2006 © RERA 2006 all rights reserved ……………………………………………… The Politics of Immigration: a new electoral dilemma for the right and the left? Andrej Zaslove Abstract The success of radical right, anti-immigrant political parties and the recent riots in France are only two of the more publicized examples of how volatile the issue of immigration has become across Western Europe. It is often believed that the dichotomy between racism and anti-racism is quite clear. Right-wing and center-right parties and their electoral constituencies are less accepting of immigrants, while center-left and left-wing political parties and their supporters are more accommodating. In this paper, however, I argue that this distinction is not as clear as it is often perceived. Using Italy as my case study, I outline the various ideological positions on the left and the right, and within the left and right, vis-à-vis immigration legislation and important related issues such as integration and multiculturalism. In the second section, I then examine how these ideological positions respond to the realities of immigration and to new pressures from voters within civil society. The question is whether immigration has created a new electoral dilemma for both sides of the political spectrum. I examine whether: 1) left-wing parties are experiencing pressures from their traditional working class constituencies to be tougher on immigration and issues of law-and-order. How does this mesh with more liberal attitudes regarding policies that permit immigrants to enter, find work, and integrate into society? 2) The question is whether right-wing political forces are also experiencing an electoral dilemma between center-right voters who support less liberal immigrant legislation and their traditional business constituency who support center-right economic policy but also realize that they require immigrant labour. -
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