The Reading List



READING LIST FOR March 13 ,2011 Program: Third Largest Nuclear Power: North Dakota and the Cold War

Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Minuteman Missile Sites: Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.
Richard Rhodes. Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race
Martin Walker. The Cold War: A History.
Michael Wolverton. A Life in Twilight: The Final Years of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Steven Michael Younger. The Bomb: A New History
Garry Wills. Bomb Power. (2010)
Nicholas Thompson. The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War. (2010)
Neil Sheehan. A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon. (2009)

 

READING LIST FOR January 9, 2011 Program: The Little Big Horn Reconsidered: Lt. Col. Custer's Footprint on the Great Plains

Lewis and Clark Among the Indians, James Rouda
The Fate of the Corps: What Became of the Lewis and Clark Explorers after the Expedition, Larry E. Morris
A Vast and Open Plain: The Writings of Lewis and Clark Expedition in North Dakota, 1804-1806, Clay Jenkinson, editor
The Character of Meriwether Lewis, Clay Jenkinson
Wilderness Journey, William Foley
Meriwether Lewis, Thomas C. Danisi and John C. Jackson

 

READING LIST FOR SEPT 12,2010 Program: The Death of Meriwether Lewis: Murder or Suicide on the Natchez Trace?

John DW Guice, editor. By His Own Hand? The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis. 2006.
Clay Jenkinson. The Character of Meriwether Lewis: "Completely Metamorphosed in the American West". 2000.
Thomas C. Danisi & John C. Jackson. Meriwether Lewis. 2009.