Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Gerber, Larry"

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Atomic Apartheid: United States-South African Nuclear Relations from Truman to Reagan, 1945-1989

Frazier, Javan (2006-05-15)

This dissertation analyzes nuclear cooperation between the United States and South Africa from the Truman to Reagan administrations. The focus of this work is to examine how and why the United States became involved in ...

‘Bring God to the Negro, Bring the Negro to God’: Thomas Joseph Toolen, Archbishop of Mobile (1927-1969), His Culture, His Religion, and His Mission

Claridy, Keith (2006-05-15)

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Toolen was the Bishop of Mobile through some rather turbulent times for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mobile. One of the most frequently occurring questions he had to deal with was the question ...

The Captain America Conundrum: Issues of Patriotism, Race, and Gender in Captain America Comic Books, 1941-2001

Hall, Richard (2011-08-04)

“The Captain America Conundrum: Issues of Patriotism, Race, and Gender in Captain America Comic Books, 1941-2001” represents a comprehensive examination of Captain America comic books as a primary source for the study ...

Civil Wars and Civil Beings: Violence, Religion, Race, Politics, Education, Culture, and Agrarianism in Perry County, Alabama, 1860-1875

English, Bertis (2006-12-15)

The years 1860 to 1875 were of immense importance to Alabama history. Following a controversial secession debate, its residents faced a life-changing war. In the aftermath of war, Alabamians wrestled with the changes ...

“Girls” in Name Only: A Study of American Red Cross Volunteers On the Frontlines of World War II

Ramsey, Julia (2011-05-09)

This thesis reviews the wartime contributions and achievements of the women who volunteered for the American Red Cross during World War II driving Clubmobiles along the frontlines in the European theatre. The work posits ...

Minimum Moral Rights: Alabama Mental Health Institutions And The Road To Federal Intervention

Belcher, Deborah (2008-12-15)

This thesis explores the history of the abuse to the patients in Alabama’s Mental Health Hospitals from 1860 to 1970. It addresses the social norms that encouraged the abuse, the legal aspects that endorsed the abuse, ...

NASA's Hidden Power: NACA/NASA Public Relations and the Cold War, 1945-1967

Starr, Kristen (2008-12-15)

During the 1960s, NASA’s human spaceflight program commanded national and international attention. The program created American images infused with heroic values. What were these images? How and why did the process of image ...

Pieces of Peace: An Evaluation of the Nixon Administration's Response to the Rise of Arab Radicalism in the Persian Gulf, Libya and Jordan

Markow, John (2008-05-15)

This thesis is an examination and evaluation of the Nixon Administration’s response to the emergence of Arab radicalism in three areas: the Persian Gulf, Libya and Jordan. It examines the foundations of the Nixon ...

The Presidential Records Act of 1978: Its Development From the Right to Know and the Public's Demand for Federal Records Ownership

Burge, Kevin (2008-05-15)

The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978 established public ownership of presidential records, erasing the previous tradition of presidents retaining records ownership. In 1974, Richard Nixon broke with tradition by ...

The Revolt of the Majors: How the Air Force Changed After Vietnam

Michel, Marshall L., III (2006-12-15)

During the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force had performed inconsistently and after the war was faced with a number of challenges. Many of the Air Force senior leadership felt that the challenges could be resolved ...

Senators Hill and Sparkman and Nine Alabama Congressmen Debate National Health Insurance, 1935-1965

Markley, Gregory (2008-12-15)

From the 1930s to the 1960s, Senator Lister Hill of Alabama was admired for his experience with issues like national health insurance (NHI). Senator John Sparkman, also from Alabama, was fiscally conservative yet sensitive ...