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Murray, Robert Keith was born on April 9, 1922 in Union City, Indiana, United States. Son of Darrell Richard and Orpha Alice (Michael) Murray.
(The 1920's challenge the historian and the general reader...)
The 1920's challenge the historian and the general reader with the controversial and misunderstood figure of Warren G. Harding, president from 1921 until his death in 1923. Professor Murray re-examines and re-evaluates Harding's nomination, election, and presidency in the light of newly available materials, especially the Harding Papers. He demonstrates that Harding was not a bumbling nonentity as heretofore pictured and that his administration was surprisingly successful in solving its immediate problems. Inheriting domestic and international chaos, the administration engineered an efficient transition from the postwar turmoil of the late Wilson years to a time of prosperity under Collidge. Significantly also, it established the basic outlines of Republican party policy for the rest of the decade. As Professor Murray makes clear, Harding was more than a bystander in these accomplishments; he was a catalytic influence, succeeding where a different personality might have failed. Harding's failure, the author concludes, was not in the nature of his administration but in himself and his friends. His own flaws, coupled with the corrupt activity of such associates as Forbes, Miller, and Fall, tipped the scales in the public's eyes against his administration's achievements. In the process, many persistent myths were created. Now, in this book, the myths are analyzed and, wherever necessary, dispelled.
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(The Red Scare followed World War 1. The famous Palmer rai...)
The Red Scare followed World War 1. The famous Palmer raids of that era are still remembered as one of the most fantastic miscarriages of justice ever perpetrated upon the nation. The violent labor strife still make those who lived through it shudder as they recall the Seattle general strike and the Boston police strike. For just as America was swept by a wave of unreasoning fear and was swayed by sensational propaganda in those days, so have we been tormented by similar tensions in the climate of the cold war.
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( Red Scare was first published in 1955. Minnesota Archiv...)
Red Scare was first published in 1955. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Few periods in American history have been so dramatic, so fraught with mystery, or so bristling with fear and hysteria as were the days of the great Red Scare that followed World War I. For sheer excitement, it would be difficult to find a more absorbing tale than the one told here. The famous Palmer raids of that era are still remembered as one of the most fantastic miscarriages of justice ever perpetrated upon the nation. The violent labor strife still makes those who lived through it shudder as they recall the Seattle general strike and Boston police strike, the great coal and steel strikes, and the bomb plots, shootings, and riots that accompanied these conflicts. But, exciting as the story may be, it has far greater significance than merely that of a lively tale. For, just as American was swept by a wave of unreasoning fear and was swayed by sensational propaganda in those days, so are we being tormented by similar tensions in the present climate of the cold war. The objective analysis of the great Red Scare which Mr. Murray provides should go a long way toward helping us to avert some of the tragic consequences that the nation suffered a generation ago before hysteria and fear had finally run their course. The author traces the roots of the phenomenon, relates the outstanding events of the Scare, and evaluates the significant effects of the hysteria upon subsequent American life.
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Murray, Robert Keith was born on April 9, 1922 in Union City, Indiana, United States. Son of Darrell Richard and Orpha Alice (Michael) Murray.
Bachelor, Ohio State University, 1943. Bachelor of Science in Education, Ohio State University, 1943. Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1947.
Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1949.
Research associate American Red Cross, 1948. Instructor history Ohio State University, 1949. Faculty Pennsylvania State University, 1949-1984, professor American history, 1959-1984, head department history, 1959-1969.
Assistant to dean Pennsylvania State University (Graduate School), 1959-1964. Member board overseers Pennsylvania State University Press, 1960-1964, 72-75, 81-84. Adviser American Council on Education, 1963-1964.
Member National Archives Commission, 1971-1974. Senior fellow Arts and Humanities Studies Institute, 1974-1984. Commonwealth Bicentennial lecturer, 1976.
(The 1920's challenge the historian and the general reader...)
( Red Scare was first published in 1955. Minnesota Archiv...)
(The Red Scare followed World War 1. The famous Palmer rai...)
Chairman Joint Community Fund drive, State College, 1958. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American History Association, Pennsylvania History Association (secretary 1952-1957), American Association University Professors (chapter president 1968-1970), Organization American Historians (treasurer 1975-1984), National Education Association, Fraternity Marketing Association (board 1950-1956), University Christian Association (board 1955-1959), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta (National Book award 1970), Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Sigma.
Married Evelyn Fay Keller, December 7, 1943. Children: Vicki Lynn, William Michael, Constance Lane.