Recent Undergraduate Research

Selected Recent Historical Research projects on WWII-

(the majority developed from papers for the London Seminar)

"Prelude to Bretton Woods: The Keynes and White Plans." (Best Paper Award, 1996)

"The Politics of Retribution: British Mediation in Establishing a System for Prosecuting Nazi War Crimes." (Best Paper Award, 1997).

"British & American Diplomatic Relations with the French During the Second World War: The Case of Madagascar." (Best Paper Award, 1998)

"Learning from Adversity: The Allies and the Campaign in Sicily, 1943." (Best Paper Award, 1999)

"At Cross Purposes: The Anglo-American Response(s) to the Greek Crisis, 1943-1945." (Best Paper Award, 2001)

"Brick Against Stone: The China Problem, the Western Allies, and the Clash between General Stilwell and Chiang Kai-Shek."

"A Forgotten Story: The Office of Strategic Services in South Africa & Portuguese East Africa During World War II." (Best Paper Award, 2002)

"Resisting the `Good War’: A Comparison of American and British Responses to Conscientious Objectors in the Second World War."

"An Underestimated Resource: The Allies and the French Resistance in Operation Overlord, June 1944."

"Paranoia or Fact? Explaining How Stalin Interpreted Intelligence Preceding Operation Barbarossa." (Best Paper Award, 2004)

"The `Other Losses’ Debate: American and British Treatment of German Prisoners of War in the Second World War."

"Shrine of the Little Fascist? A Critical Reassessment of the Political Rhetoric of Father Charles Coughlin, 1933-1941." (Best Paper Award, 2004)

"Allied Operations in the Dodecanese (1943): A Reassessment." (Best Paper Award, 2005).