Category Archives: World War II
Notes on a New Book: “Landing in Las Vegas: Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Tourist City”
Landing in Las Vegas: Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Tourist City. By Daniel K. Bubb. Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press, 2012. Shepperson Series in Nevada. How did Las Vegas become the gambling capital of the world, outstripping … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Book Review: “School Book Nation: Conflicts over American History Textbooks from the Civil War to the Present”
School Book Nation: Conflicts over American History Textbooks from the Civil War to the Present. By Joseph Moreau. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003. The premise of School Book Nation: Conflicts over American History Textbooks from the Civil War … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Book Review: “Testing the Limits: Aviation Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight”
Testing the Limits: Aviation Medicine and the Origins of Manned Space Flight. By Maura Phillips Mackowski. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2005. Centennial of Flight Series. Maura Phillips Mackowski has written a very interesting, readable, and significant book that I … Continue reading
The Federal Government and the Development of Aerospace Technology
Since 1903, the United States has spent hundreds of billions of dollars developing aerospace technology, on the management of the infrastructure necessary to support its operations, and on the military and other practical applications that it affords. Accordingly, through a … Continue reading
Remembering Wernher von Braun on his 100th Birthday: Blog Repost
I published a blog post on the National Air and Space Museum this morning on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wernher von Braun. For anyone who might be interested in reading that post it is here. I wanted to … Continue reading
Conspiracy Theories in Aerospace History: A Lesson in Critical Thinking for the Internet Age
Check out the educational webinar that I participated in on Friday, October 28. “Conspiracy Theories in Aerospace History: A Lesson in Critical Thinking for the Internet Age” brought together several curators from the National Air and Space Museum, an educator … Continue reading
Conspiracy Theories in Aerospace History: A Lesson in Critical Thinking for the Internet Age
Mark your calendars for Friday, October 28, 2011. We are presenting a webinar at the National Air and Space Museum on critical thinking and aerospace history. We will be using four conspiracy theories to focus on this issue. Calling all … Continue reading
Great Kisses Well Remembered
This photograph is of nurse Edith Shain and a Navy sailor celebrating the end of World War II in August 1945. Published in Life magazine, this photo captured the euphoria of the end of war. She had been working at … Continue reading
Reconsidering the Cold War: A Review of Melvin Leffler’s “For the Soul of Mankind”
For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War. By Melvyn P. Leffler. New York: Hill and Wang, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-8090-9717-3. xv + 586 pp. $35.00. Hardcover with dustjacket. University of Virginia historian Melvyn … Continue reading
