The Gilder Lehrman Institute. Modules on American History

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Students at the Notre Dame School, New York, N.Y.

Books

David Kennedy, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945

The literature on World War II is vast.

Click here for a useful guide to the major books on the conflict -- its causes, history, and consequences.

Films

Casablanca
Much more than a story of star-crossed lovers, Casablanca metaphorically traces the awakening of an isolationist America to the need to fight Nazi Germany.

View the movie trailer (requires Windows media player):

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/

Web Sites

Recommended Web Sites:

People at War

http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/a_people_at_war/ a_people_at_war.html
This exhibit highlights the contributions of the thousands of Americans, both military and civilian, who served their country during World War II.

Interviews with leading World War II historians

http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interviews/kennedy.htm
Interview with David M. Kennedy

http://www.pbs.org/fmc/interviews/oneill.htm
Interview with William O'Neill

Related Web Sites:

America Goes to War
	The Avalon Project: World War II Documents http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm Official documents, including treaties, military directives, policy statements, and records of wartime conferences. Baltimore Afro-American Black History Museum http://www.afro.com/history/index.html This archive includes articles on the Tuskegee Airmen and the African American troops during the war. Poster Art from World War II http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/powers_of_persuasion/ powers_of_persuasion_home.html An online exhibit featuring 33 posters and one sound file examines the way that the government mobilized the public for war. The National D-Day Museum http://www.ddaymuseum.org/exhibits/online.html This website includes online exhibits on WWII themes. Rutgers Oral History Archive of World War II http://oralhistory.rutgers.edu Interviews in which men and women describe their wartime experience. Women Come to the Front http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html This site examines the experiences of wartime women journalists. World War II Song Lyrics http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/ww2.html World War II Resources http://metalab.unc.edu/pha/index.html An extensive collection of primary sources including diplomatic documents, the Pearl Harbor attack hearings, documents relating to military intelligence, and Roosevelt's speeches.
Dawn of the Atomic Age
	A-bomb WWW-Museum http://www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/index.html A Japanese site that contains information on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagisaki, which includes photographs and oral histories. Atomic Bomb: Decision http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html Documents on the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagisaki. Rare Footage Documents Devastation at Hiroshima http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9608/10/japan.hiroshima.film/index.html Footage of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.