ISSUE 5, JANUARY 2013COVER: “A group of officers and their wives leaving Capt. Harloe’s residence to listen in on the radio of the Army-Yale game (Nicaragua, ca. 1930)” |
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Benjamin Guterman
Roger R. Trask Lecture
The Value of Federal History
Raymond W. Smock
Articles
“A Wet, Nasty Job”: Army Engineers and the Nicaragua Canal Survey of 1929–1931
Michael J. Brodhead
Making Amends: Coal Miners, the Black Lung Association, and Federal Compensation Reform, 1969–1972
Richard Fry
Universal Military Training and the Struggle to Define American Identity During the Cold War
John Sager
The Kennedy Administration’s Alliance for Progress and the Burdens of the Marshall Plan
Christopher Hickman
Making Friends with Perón: Developmentalism and State Capitalism in U.S.-Argentine Relations, 1970–1975
David M. K. Sheinin
Defending a Controversial Agency: Edward C. Banfield As Farm Security Agency Public Relations Officer, 1941–1946
Kevin R. Kosar and Mordecai Lee
Federal History features scholarship on all aspects of the history and workings of the federal government, and of critical historical interactions between American society and the government, including the U.S. military, 1776 to the present. It also publishes articles examining contemporary issues and challenges in federal history work. The journal highlights the research of historians working in or for federal agencies, academic historians, and independent scholars.
For submissions or inquiries, e-mail the Federal History editors at:
federalhistory@gmail.com
ISSN 2163-8144 (print) — sent to members
ISSN 1943–8036 (online)