The son of Jewish immigrants, war correspondent Cecil Brown (1907–1987) was a member of CBS’ esteemed Murrow Boys. This comprehensive overview of the discipline of parapsychology, written by one of its most notable investigators, offers the reader a full understanding of both its concepts, theories and methods, and its controversies, problems and prospects.Ĭecil Brown: The Murrow Boy Who Became Broadcasting’s Crusader for Truth Parapsychologists argue that the impasse is not due to a lack of evidence but to the challenge their claims pose to the worldview of science in general. Yet despite tight experimental controls and numerous significant results the subject remains controversial. Rhine and researchers who came after him struggled to present sufficient evidence to gain scientific credibility for the existence of extrasensory abilities. Rhine at Duke University, resulting in the publication of Extra-Sensory Perception (1934) followed by Extra-Sensory Perception After Sixty Years (1940). Systematic experimentation began with the work of J.B. Psychic phenomena, recorded throughout human history, remained a mystery or a matter of faith rather than a subject of serious study until scientists began to investigate them roughly a century and a half ago. A memorable but overlooked action of the Pacific War, “Operation Squarepeg” involved a diverse force of Allied sailors, soldiers and airmen that included Charles Lindbergh and future U.S. The seizure of the Green Islands completed the encirclement of the main Japanese base in the South Pacific at Rabaul. After landing, the New Zealanders pushed inland and encountered fanatical Japanese defenders entrenched in thick jungle.Īllied engineers-including the famed Seabees-then built airfields, roads and shipping facilities. The Japanese contested the invasion with air power and inflicted heavy damage on the American cruiser USS St. The New Zealand Army’s largest amphibious operation of World War II followed two weeks later. In late January 1944 a force of New Zealand soldiers and Allied specialists undertook a daring behind the lines reconnaissance of the Japanese-held Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. Operation Squarepeg: The Allied Invasion of the Green Islands, February 1944 By casting Germans as “barbarians” and spreading stories of atrocities, the Wilson administration persuaded the public-including millions of German Americans-that siding with the Allies was a just cause. Just before the war, British and American elites set aside former disputes and recognized their potential for dominating the international stage. Key to this shift in policy and public opinion was the belief that the English-speaking peoples were inherently superior and fit for world leadership. government gradually became more sympathetic with the Allies, until President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany to “make the world safe for democracy.” Despite its declared neutrality, the U.S. World War I was a global cataclysm that toppled centuries-old dynasties and launched “the American century.” Yet at the outset few Americans saw any reason to get involved in yet another conflict among the crowned heads of Europe. The Yanks Are Coming Over There: Anglo-Saxonism and American Involvement in the First World War Results were mixed-the company found itself at odds with social movements and new media outlets, and Textile Field became a magnet for conflict with all of professional baseball. Textile Field, the most advanced stadium in New England outside of Boston when it was built in 1913, was the centerpiece of this effort. Amoskeag worked to promote company pride and to Americanize its many foreign-born workers through benevolence programs, including a baseball club. When a 1912 strike in nearby Lawrence, Massachusetts, threatened to bring the Industrial Workers of the World union to Manchester, the company sought to reassert its influence. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Manchester, New Hampshire, remained successful by controlling its workforce, the local media, and local and state government. In the early 20th century, immigration, labor unrest, social reforms and government regulations threatened the power of the country’s largest employers. When Baseball Met Big Bill Haywood: The Battle for Manchester, New Hampshire, 1912–1916
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