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Death on Base: The Fort Hood Massacre

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When Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan walked into the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Processing Center and opened fire on soldiers within, he perpetrated the worst mass shooting on a United States military base in our country’s history. Death on Base is an in-depth look at the events surrounding the tragic mass murder that took place on November 5, 2009, and an investigation into the causes and influences that factored into the attack. The story begins with Hasan's early life in Virginia, continues with his time at Fort Hood, Texas, covers the events of the shooting, and concludes with his trial. The authors analyze Hasan's connections to radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and demonstrate how radical Islam fueled Hasan’s hatred of both the American military and the soldiers he treated. Hasan's mass shooting is compared with others, such as George Hennard's shooting rampage at Luby's in Killeen in 1991, Charles Whitman at the University of Texas, and Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho. The authors explore the strange paradox that the shooting at Fort Hood was classified as workplace violence rather than a terrorist act. This classification has major implications for the victims of the …
Date: May 2015
Creator: Porterfield, Anita Belles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Making JFK Matter: Popular Memory and the 35th President

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In Making JFK Matter, Paul Santa Cruz examines how popular memory of John F. Kennedy has been used politically by various interest groups, primarily the city of Dallas, Lyndon Johnson, and Robert Kennedy, as well as how the memory of Kennedy has been portrayed in various museums. Santa Cruz argues that we have memorialized JFK not simply out of love for him or admiration for the ideals he embodied, but because invoking his name carries legitimacy and power. Memory can be employed to accomplish particular ends: for example, the passage of long overdue civil rights legislation, or even successfully running for political office. Santa Cruz demonstrates the presence and use of popular memory in an extensive analysis of what was being said, and by whom, about the late president through White House memoranda and speech material, museum exhibits (such as the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas and the JFK Presidential Library and Museum in Boston), public correspondence, newspapers and periodicals of the time, memoirs, and archival research. He also explores how JFK has been memorialized in films such as Bobby, JFK, and Thirteen Days. Written in an accessible manner to appeal to both historians and the general public, Making JFK …
Date: May 2015
Creator: Cruz, Paul H. Santa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bulletin of McMurry University, 2015-2016 (open access)

Bulletin of McMurry University, 2015-2016

Bulletin describes the governance, faculty, course offerings, and campus life of McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. Index starts on page 223.
Date: May 2015
Creator: McMurry University
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Translation of "Ordnung und Regeln"] (open access)

[Translation of "Ordnung und Regeln"]

Translation of German portions of a book containing the rules and regulations for the operation of the institutional property of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. Included is a cover page with translation notes.
Date: May 31, 2015
Creator: Huenlich, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of Texas Tech University, 2015-2016, Undergraduate and Graduate (open access)

Catalog of Texas Tech University, 2015-2016, Undergraduate and Graduate

Catalog of undergraduate and graduate courses offered by Texas Tech University for the year 2015-2016, as well as general information about the university, programs, and policies.
Date: May 2015
Creator: Texas Tech University
System: The Portal to Texas History
FCC Record, Volume 30, No. 6, Pages 4442 to 5406, May 1 - May 29, 2015 (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 30, No. 6, Pages 4442 to 5406, May 1 - May 29, 2015

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: May 2015
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library
FCC Record, Volume 30, No. 7, Pages 5407 to 6000, Supplement (March - May 2015) (open access)

FCC Record, Volume 30, No. 7, Pages 5407 to 6000, Supplement (March - May 2015)

Biweekly, comprehensive compilation of decisions, reports, public notices, and other documents of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Date: May 2015
Creator: United States. Federal Communications Commission.
System: The UNT Digital Library