Kresge Library > Services > Events at Oakland University > President's Day Lecture: Getting into Wars, Getting Out of Wars: Truman, Eisenhower, and Korea

Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society at Oakland University,invites you to join them for the annual President's Day Lecture, Monday, February 16, 2004 from 5:00-6:30 pm in Lake Superior Room A in the lower level of the Oakland Center (campus map). This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

The lecture will feature Bruce Zellers, Oakland University Adjunct Professor of History, presenting the lecture "Getting into Wars, Getting Out of Wars: Truman, Eisenhower, and Korea."

If you have any questions, please contact History Department for further information (370-3510).

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Full-Text Articles about the Korean War*

• Lutzker, Michael A. Presidential decision making in the Korean war: the British perspective. Presidential Studies Quarterly v. 26 (Fall 1996) p. 978-95
• Medhurst, Martin. Text and context in the 1952 presidential campaign: Eisenhower's "I shall go to Korea" speech. Presidential Studies Quarterly v. 30 no3 (Sept. 2000) p. 464-84

Books at Kresge Library about the Korean War:

• Hess, Gary R. Presidential decisions for war : Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf
• Lowe, Peter. The origins of the Korean War
• MacDonald, C. Korea, the war before Vietnam
• Pierpaoli, Paul G. Truman and Korea : the political culture of the early cold war
• Spanier, John. The Truman-MacArthur controversy and the Korean War

*Access to full text resources from off campus is limited to current Oakland students, staff, and faculty.