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Articles by Bruce Kuklick
WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FASCISM
Fascism Comes to America: A Century of Obsession in Politics and Culture. By . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022. Pp. 264. In October 1968, the segregationist Alabama lawmaker George Wallace spoke to a crowd of 15,000 in the Boston Common as part of his controversial third-party presidential campaign. Journalists estimated that the assembled onlookers were split fifty-fifty between Wallace supporters and protestors, though the jeers reportedly outweighed the cheers.
Tassafaronga: Night of the Long Lances
Bill Eaton was surprised to discover that his life really did flash before his eyes. It was dark, and the young sailor was struggling to stay afloat in the waters off Tassafaronga after his cruiser, Northampton, was hit by a Japanese torpedo just before midnight on Nov. 30, 1942. As he floated, Eaton remembered his childhood in Colorado and playing drums in the school band, which led to his enlistment in the Navy’s School of Music, then graduation on May 26, 1942.
The deaths of these 5 sailors changed how US manned military units
In the late evening and early morning of Nov. 12-13, 1942, the United States and Japan engaged in one of the most brutal naval battles of World War II. Minutes into the fight, north of Guadalcanal, a torpedo from Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze ripped into the port side of the American light cruiser Juneau, taking out its steering and guns and killing 19 men in the forward engine room. The keel buckled and the propellers jammed.
Society for US Intellectual History
Leo Ribuffo did not make it easy for us by dying suddenly and telling us in his will that he wanted no memorials. So I don’t call this a memorial, but I do want to make a stab at saying who he was to me. Leo was often – and quietly — gracious to students starting out in university life, and to various persons who were in trouble or who had been set upon by the world. This generosity of spirit was often in evidence. But it is a serious error to over-emphasize that part of his extraordinary character.
A Band of Brothers: The Story of the Sullivans
Five brothers serving together in the U.S. Navy made for a compelling story—one even more so after their late-1942 deaths. From left, Joseph, Francis, Albert, Madison, and George. National Archives Bruce Kuklick A U.S. Navy recruiting poster released March 22, 1943 featuring all five brothers. (National Archives) In the late evening and early morning of November 12-13, 1942, the United States and Japan engaged in one of the most brutal naval battles of World War II.
William Thomas Fontaine (1909-1968)
Courtesy Artstor Library, University of Pennsylvania (UARC20070904016) William Thomas Fontaine taught philosophy at Lincoln University, Southern University, Morgan State College, and for twenty years at the University of Pennsylvania. He was born in Chester Pennsylvania on December 2, 1909, the son of steelworker William Charles Fontaine and Mary Elizabeth Boyer. At age sixteen he matriculated at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, and received his B. A. in 1930.
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