World War II (1939-1946) /

Table of Contents: “…Albert Einstein's letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt ; A petition to the president regarding the atomic bomb ; President Truman's announcement of the Hiroshima bombing ; Supreme commander for the Allied powers' general order no. 1 ; Declaration on the atomic bomb ; The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: the nature of an atomic explosion ; The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: the selection of the target ; The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: main conclusions.…”
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The 1920s (1920-1929) /

Table of Contents: “…Harding: "Not nostrums, but normalcy" ; Harding on Americanism ; Franklin D. Roosevelt on Americanism ; On the Transportation Act of 1920 ; On the Teapot Dome Scandal ; The National Origins Act (Immigration Act of 1924) -- The Sacco-Vanzetti case in context. …”
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The 1930s (1930-1939) /

Table of Contents: “…President Roosevelt: Fireside chat on "The forgotten man" ; FDR on government's role in the economy ; Herbert Hoover speaks against the New Deal ; Letter from Herbert Hoover to Franklin D. Roosevelt ; President Roosevelt: Fireside chat outlining the New Deal ; John Maynard Keynes: An open letter to President Roosevelt ; Letter-report concerning the Tennessee Valley ; FDR on Social Security ; Speech against the president's "court packing" plan ; President Roosevelt: Fireside chat on the current recession ; The Hatch Act -- Unemployment and relief. …”
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