I will be teaching a mini-course dealing with the above title. If anyone is interested I have posted this course description and brief bibliography.
Steven Z. Freiberger, Ph.D
George Santayana has stated: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” it is as true today as it has been at any time in our history. Catastrophic warfare, plague, racism, anti-immigration, political divisions bordering on violence are all present today, but it is not an aberration in American history. The purpose of this class is to explore a unique comparison between our current situation and a similar one that existed roughly a century ago. Subjects such as World War I, the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, anti-immigration attitudes resulting in violence, lynchings, political repression involving over 1000 arrests, people accused of treason etc., sound familiar? All will be compared to our contemporary life and how America emerged from this cataclysm a hundred years ago, and hopefully how can be reengaged and overcome what we face today. While lecture-based, the course will rely on a great deal of class discussion.
Classes:
April 19, 2023 1917-1921: Woodrow Wilson’s administration, World War I and its Aftermath,
and the Rise of Intolerance in American Politics and Society.
April 26, 2023 2017-2021: Donald Trump’s administration, the Bifurcation of America, and its
Impact for the Future.
May 10, 2023 Psychological Profile of Donald Trump
BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Abutaleb, Yasmeen; Paletta, Damian. NIGHMARE SCENARIO: INSIDE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC THAT CHANGED HISTORY
Akerman, Kenneth D. THE YOUNG J. EDGAR HOOVER, THE RED SCARE, AND THE ASSAULT ON CIVILIBERTIES
Alexander, Dan. WHITE HOUSE, INC.: HOW DONALD TRUMP TURNED THE PRESIDENCY INTO A BUSINESS
Avrich, Paul. SACCO AND VANZETTI: THE ANARCHIST BACKGROUND
Avrich, Paul and Karen. SASHA AND EMMA
Baker, Peter; Glasser, Susan. THE DIVIDER: TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE 2017-2021
Barnes, Harper. NEVER BEEN A TIME: THE 1917 RACE RIOT THAT SPARKED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Berg, Scott. WILSON.
Brands, H.W. WOODROW WILSON
Coben, Stanley. A. MITCHELL PALMER: POLITICIAN
Cooper, John Milton, Jr. WOODROW WILSON
Davis, Julie Hirschfeld; Shear, Michael D. BANNED: INSIDE TRUMP’S ASSAULT ON IMMIGRATION
Draper, Robert. WEAONS OF MASS DELUSION: WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LOST ITS MIND
Fleming, Thomas. THE ILLUSION OF VICTORY: AMERICA IN WORLD WAR I
Ginger, Ray. THE BENDING CROSS: A BIOGRAPHY OF EUGENE VICTOR DEBS
Guerrero, Jean. HATEMONGER: STEPHEN MILLER, DONALD TRUMP AND THE WHITE NATIONALIST AGENDA
Haberman, Maggie. CONFIDENCE MAN: THE MAKING OF DONALD TRUMP AND THE BREAKING OF AMERICA.
Heckshear, August. WOODROW WILSON: A BIOGRAPHY
Hochschild, Adam. AMERICAN MIDNIGHT: THE GREAT WAR, A VIOLENT PEACE, AND DEMOCRACY’S FORGOTTEN CRISIS
House Judiciary Committee. THE JANUARY 6TH REPORT
Isikoff, Michael; Corn, David. RUSSIAN ROULETTE: THE INSIDE STORY OF PUTIN’S WAR ON AMERICA AND THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP
Johnston, David Cay. THE MAKING OF DONALD TRUMP
Krehbiel, Randy, TULSA 1921
Lee, Brandy, M.D. THE DANGEROUS CASE OF DONALD TRUMP
Lee, Phyllis Lee. EDITH AND WOODROW: THE WILSON WHOTE HOUSE
Lemire, Jonathan. THE BIG LIE: ELECTION CHAOS, POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM, AND THE STATE OF AMERICAN POLITICS AFTER 2020
Leonnig, Carol; Rucker. I ALONE CAN FIX IT: DONALD J. TRUMP’S CATASTROPHIC FINAL YEAR
Madigan, Tim. THE BURNING: MASSACRE, DESTRUCTION, AND THE TULSA RIOT OF 1921
MacMillan, Margaret. PARIS 1919: THE SIX MONTHS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
McAdams, Dan P. THE STRANGE CASE OF DONALD J. TRUMP: A PSYCHOLOGICAL RECKONING
McLaughlin, Malcom. POWER, COMMUNITY AND RACIAL KILLING IN EAST ST. LOUIS
Miller, Nathan. NEW WORLD COMING: THE 1920S AND THE MAKING OF MODERN AMERICA.
Murray, Robert K. THE RED SCARE: A STUDY IN NATIONAL HYSTERIA, 1919-1920
Okrent, Daniel. THE GUARDED GATE: BIGOTRY, EUGENICS AND THE LAW THAT KEPT TWO GENERATIONS OF JEWS, ITALIANS, AND OTHER EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS OUT OF AMERICA
O’Brien, Tim. TRUMP NATION: THE ART OF BEING THE DONALD
O’Toole, Patricia. WOODROW WILSON AND THE WORLD HE MADE.
Schier, Steven. THE TRUMP EFFECT: DISRUPTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR US POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
Schmidt, Michael. DONALD TRUMP: THE UNITED STATES: INSIDE THE STRUGGLE TO STOP A PRESIDENT
Stelter, Brian. HOAX: FOX NEWS AND THE DANGEROUS DISTORTION OF TRUTH
Unger, Craig. THE HOUSE OF TRUMP THE HOUSE OF PUTIN
Washington Post. THE MUELLER REPORT
Weissmann, Andrew. WHERE LAW ENDS: INSIDE THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION
Woodward, Bob, Costa, Robert. PERIL
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