The May 2017 issue of Social History of Medicine includes two articles that may be of interest to AHP readers. The first piece explores cases of jealousy, madness, and murder in the context of admissions to the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum; the second...
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Filed under: General, Journals, gender, film, shell shock, murder, madness, WWI, masculinity, asylums, WWII, jealousy, class, nation, Arthur F. Hurst
The Spring 2017 issue of the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences is now online. Articles in the issue explore the promotion of the scientific status of polling, Robert H. Lowie and the concept of culture, the work of Lawrence Krader, and...
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Filed under: General, Journals, anthropology, culture, Alfred Binet, WWII, testing, individual differences, Lawrence Krader, Robert Lowie, mental association, public opinion, polling
This summer I read Thomas Pynchon’s legendary, post-modern novel Gravity’s Rainbow. Published in 1973, the novel takes place during the latter part of WWII, beginning in London and eventually traversing the European (and occasionally other...
As part of week 3 of the ongoing Gearin’ Up to Get an Agent ; contest on Deana Barnhart’s website, I’m posting a query for my YA historical novel. Even though my MS still needs editing before submitting it to an agent, I’d like some suggestions on my...
The ability to be a hero resides in each individual, but only a few have the opportunity and/or the gumption to bring it forth. For some, it comes forth in ways that defy expectations. Rather than rushing into a burning building to save lives, or choosing to die so that others may live in typical Hollywood...
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08-21-2010
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Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten, Normandy, France, WWII, Flowers of the Forest, Highland Laddie, bagpipes, D-Day, Road to the Isles, Bill Millen, Lord Lovat, Hero
My early morning check found three stories that you need to read. First, another MOH winner has returned home. I wish I could have met him, not the least as the last time he was stalked the stalker ended up in the freezer to be served up as dinner... Godspeed. The Dude Goes To Washington. I truly do...
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07-15-2010
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Filed under: Current Affairs, WWII, CwtT, Cooking with the Troops, Vernon J. Baker, MoH, Alex Horton, Italy, VA, Army of Dude, Congress, Veterans Administration, Medal of Honor
It's been 65 years, and a few months, since our troops went ashore at bloody Bloody Omaha. Far too many never made it fully onto the beach, much less off of it. Today, the view from the top of the bluffs is far different than it was on that miserable June day. Trees and brush have grown up, dunes...