Tag Susan Dunn

April 16, 2018
in Current Affairs, History, Political Science

Our Declaration of Interdependence

April 16, 2018
in Current Affairs, History, Political Science

Susan Dunn— In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt SUGGESTED a two-year experiment: he proposed moving the date of Thanksgiving up one week from the customary last Thursday in November. The point was to help businesses and the economy by extending the lucrative shopping season between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Most states agreed

July 2, 2013
in American History, History, Military History, Political Science

Lessons from 1940: An Election on the Brink of War

July 2, 2013
in American History, History, Military History, Political Science

As the world became embroiled in the fight against the Nazis, America gathered to decide on the president who would lead them through it. Susan Dunn’s book, 1940: FDR, Wilkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—the Election amid the Storm, documents this incredible moment in history when the US broke with tradition and elected