Kenneth O'Reilly
Biographic Data
| ID | 4532375 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth O'Reilly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Reilly |
| SIGNATURE | REILLY K O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alaska Anchorage Emeritus, , Anchorage, Alaska |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Question of Standing: The History of the Cia
Enemies among Us: The Relocation, Internment, and Repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during the Second World War
Journal Article Enemies among Us: The Relocation, Internment, and Repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during the Second World War Get access Enemies among Us: The Relocation, Internment, and Repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during the Second World War. By John E Schmitz. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2021. xxx, 386 pp. $65.00.) Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly Emeritus, University of Alaska An…
Separate and Unequal: The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
John Dos Passos wrote these words in The Big Money (1936): “all right we are two nations.” His target was nativist rot, and he quite nearly applauded the antinativist rage—a bomb-chucking rage—after the 1927 execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The Kerner Commission wrote these words decades later: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, and one white—separate and unequal.” Its target was racist rot. President Lyndon …
Sylvia Ellis. Freedom's Pragmatist: Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights
Stepping Stones to Nowhere: The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945
The Cold War and the Color Line: American Race Relations in the Global Arena
The Race Card: Campaign Strategy, Implicit Messages, and the Norm of Equality
List of Illustrations vii List of Tables ix Preface xi PART ONE: THE ORIGIN OF IMPLICIT RACIAL APPEALS 1 Chapter 1. A Theory of Racial Appeals 3 Chapter 2. The Norm of Racial Inequality Electoral Strategy and Explicit Appeals 28 Chapter 3. The Norm of Racial Equality Electoral Strategy and Implicit Appeals 67 PART TWO: THE IMPACT OF IMPLICIT RACIAL APPEALS 109 Chapter 4. The Political Psychology of Implicit Communication 111 Chapter 5. Crafting C…
Red Scare: FBI and the Origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943
The anticommunist crusade of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its legendary director J. Edgar Hoover during the McCarthy era and the Cold War has attracted much attention from historians during the last decades, but little has been known about the Bureau's political activities during its formative years. This work breaks new ground by tracing the roots of the FBI's political surveillance to the involvement of the Bureau's predecessor, the …
The Presidency and the Politics of Racial Inequality: Nation-Keeping from 1831 to 1965
IntroductionPart One: Abolition Chapter 1. The Origins and Politics of AbolitionChapter 2. A Thirty Years War: The Presidency and the AbolitionistsChapter 3. The Making of a Great EmancipatorPart Two: Civil Rights Chapter 4. From Reconstruction to the Great Depression: Latency YearsChapter 5. The Rise of Black Political Power: Roosevelt and TrumanChapter 6. Race Returns to Center Stage: The Eisenhower YearsChapter 7. Emancipation Act II: Pressure…
Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files
Journal Article Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files. By Jon Wiener. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. viii, 344 pp. Cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-520-21646-6. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0520-22246-6.) Get access Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 4, March 2001, Pages 1579–1580, https…
Nixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton
An evaluation of the racial policies of 42 American presidents. This book argues that American presidents have used their power of office to impede racial equality. It shows how many leaders campaigned and governed in a way that sacrificed civil rights for white votes
Nixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton
Journal Article Nixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton. By Kenneth O'Reilly. (New York: Free Press, 1995. xii, 525 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-02-923685-1.) Get access Bruce S. Jansson Bruce S. Jansson University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 4, March 1997, Pages 1390–1391, https://doi.o…
J. Edgar Hoover and Civil Rights
Birmingham, JFK and the Civil Rights Act of 1963: Implications for Elite Theory. American University Studies
Army Surveillance in America, 1775-1980
Journal Article Army Surveillance in America, 1775–1980. By Joan M. Jensen. New Haven: Yale University Press and Negative Intelligence: The Army and the American Left, 1917–1941. By Roy Talbert, Jr. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi Get access Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly University of Alaska, Anchorage Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, September 1…
Racial Matters: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972
Spy Saga: Lee Harvey Oswald and U.S. Intelligence
Spy Saga: Lee Harvey Oswald and U.S. Intelligence. By Philip H. Melanson. (New York: Praeger, 1990. xviii + 201 pp. $21.95.) Congress Oversees the United States Intelligence Community, 1947–1989. By Frank J. Smist, Jr. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1990. xvi + 336 pp. Paper, $24.95.) Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly University of Alaska, Anchorage Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Am…
Racial Matters: Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs
"Racial Matters": The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972.
The Security State in America: Inside J. Edgar Hoover's FBI
Racial Matters: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972
Journal Article “Racial Matters”: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960–1972. By Kenneth O'Reilly. (New York: Free Press, 1989. viii + 456 pp. $24.95.) Get access Robert Justin Goldstein Robert Justin Goldstein Oakland University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 1, June 1990, Pages 370–371, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078782 Published: 01 June 1990
Racial Matters: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972
Journal Article “Racial Matters”: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960–1972 Get access O'Reilly Kenneth, “Racial Matters”: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960–1972. New York: Free Press, 1989. viii, 456 pp. $24.95. Gerald Horne Gerald Horne University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 1990, Pages 198–19…
The FBI and the Civil Rights Movement during the Kennedy Years--from the Freedom Rides to Albany
Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover
The FBI and the Politics of the Riots, 1964-1968
Journal Article The FBI and the Politics of the Riots, 1964–1968 Get access Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly associate professor of history University of Alaska, Anchorage Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Pages 91–114, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889656 Published: 01 June 1988
The FBI and the Politics of the Riots, 1964-1968
Journal Article The FBI and the Politics of the Riots, 1964–1968 Get access Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly associate professor of history University of Alaska, Anchorage Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Pages 91–114, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889656 Published: 01 June 1988
Separate and Unequal: The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
John Dos Passos wrote these words in The Big Money (1936): “all right we are two nations.” His target was nativist rot, and he quite nearly applauded the antinativist rage—a bomb-chucking rage—after the 1927 execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The Kerner Commission wrote these words decades later: “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, and one white—separate and unequal.” Its target was racist rot. President Lyndon …
A New Deal for the FBI: The Roosevelt Administration, Crime Control, and National Security
Journal Article A New Deal for the FBI: The Roosevelt Administration, Crime Control, and National Security Get access Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly assistant professor of history at Marquette University for academic year 1982–1983 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 3, December 1982, Pages 638–658, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903141 Published: 01 December 1982
The Roosevelt Administration and Legislative-Executive Conflict: The FBI vs. The Dies Committee
Grounded in the manuscript collections of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and FBI files recently declassified under the Freedom of Information Act, this article examines the response of the FBI and the Roosevelt administration to the Special House Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities. Concentrating for the most part on the events surrounding a late 1940 confrontation between the FBI and the socalled Dies Committee, the a…
Stepping Stones to Nowhere: The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945
Red Scare: FBI and the Origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943
The anticommunist crusade of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its legendary director J. Edgar Hoover during the McCarthy era and the Cold War has attracted much attention from historians during the last decades, but little has been known about the Bureau's political activities during its formative years. This work breaks new ground by tracing the roots of the FBI's political surveillance to the involvement of the Bureau's predecessor, the …
A New Deal for the FBI: The Roosevelt Administration, Crime Control, and National Security
Journal Article A New Deal for the FBI: The Roosevelt Administration, Crime Control, and National Security Get access Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly assistant professor of history at Marquette University for academic year 1982–1983 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 3, December 1982, Pages 638–658, https://doi.org/10.2307/1903141 Published: 01 December 1982
The FBI and the Origins of McCarthyism
Additional informationNotes on contributorsKenneth O'reillyThe author is Assistant Professor of History at Marquette University. He wishes to acknowledge financial support for the preparation of this article from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association and the Harry S. Truman Library Institute
The Roosevelt Administration and Legislative-Executive Conflict: The FBI vs. The Dies Committee
Grounded in the manuscript collections of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and FBI files recently declassified under the Freedom of Information Act, this article examines the response of the FBI and the Roosevelt administration to the Special House Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities. Concentrating for the most part on the events surrounding a late 1940 confrontation between the FBI and the socalled Dies Committee, the a…
Hoover and the Un-Americans: The FBI, Huac, and the Red Menace
Journal Article Hoover and the Un-Americans: The FBI, HUAC, and the Red Menace. By Kenneth O'Reilly. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983. xiii + 411 pp. Notes, selected bibliography, and index. $34.95.) Get access Ronald Radosh Ronald Radosh Queensborough Community College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 1, June 1984, Pages 170–171, https://doi.org/10.…
The Roosevelt Administration and Black America: Federal Surveillance Policy and Civil Rights during the New Deal and World War II Years
The FBI and the Civil Rights Movement during the Kennedy Years--from the Freedom Rides to Albany
Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover
The FBI and the Politics of the Riots, 1964-1968
Journal Article The FBI and the Politics of the Riots, 1964–1968 Get access Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly associate professor of history University of Alaska, Anchorage Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 1, June 1988, Pages 91–114, https://doi.org/10.2307/1889656 Published: 01 June 1988
"Racial Matters": The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972.
The Security State in America: Inside J. Edgar Hoover's FBI
Racial Matters: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972
Journal Article “Racial Matters”: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960–1972. By Kenneth O'Reilly. (New York: Free Press, 1989. viii + 456 pp. $24.95.) Get access Robert Justin Goldstein Robert Justin Goldstein Oakland University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 1, June 1990, Pages 370–371, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078782 Published: 01 June 1990
Racial Matters: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972
Journal Article “Racial Matters”: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960–1972 Get access O'Reilly Kenneth, “Racial Matters”: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960–1972. New York: Free Press, 1989. viii, 456 pp. $24.95. Gerald Horne Gerald Horne University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 1990, Pages 198–19…
Racial Matters: The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960-1972
Spy Saga: Lee Harvey Oswald and U.S. Intelligence
Spy Saga: Lee Harvey Oswald and U.S. Intelligence. By Philip H. Melanson. (New York: Praeger, 1990. xviii + 201 pp. $21.95.) Congress Oversees the United States Intelligence Community, 1947–1989. By Frank J. Smist, Jr. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1990. xvi + 336 pp. Paper, $24.95.) Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly University of Alaska, Anchorage Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Am…
Racial Matters: Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs
Birmingham, JFK and the Civil Rights Act of 1963: Implications for Elite Theory. American University Studies
Army Surveillance in America, 1775-1980
Journal Article Army Surveillance in America, 1775–1980. By Joan M. Jensen. New Haven: Yale University Press and Negative Intelligence: The Army and the American Left, 1917–1941. By Roy Talbert, Jr. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi Get access Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly University of Alaska, Anchorage Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, September 1…
J. Edgar Hoover and Civil Rights
Nixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton
An evaluation of the racial policies of 42 American presidents. This book argues that American presidents have used their power of office to impede racial equality. It shows how many leaders campaigned and governed in a way that sacrificed civil rights for white votes
Nixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton
Journal Article Nixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton. By Kenneth O'Reilly. (New York: Free Press, 1995. xii, 525 pp. $27.50, ISBN 0-02-923685-1.) Get access Bruce S. Jansson Bruce S. Jansson University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 4, March 1997, Pages 1390–1391, https://doi.o…
The Presidency and the Politics of Racial Inequality: Nation-Keeping from 1831 to 1965
IntroductionPart One: Abolition Chapter 1. The Origins and Politics of AbolitionChapter 2. A Thirty Years War: The Presidency and the AbolitionistsChapter 3. The Making of a Great EmancipatorPart Two: Civil Rights Chapter 4. From Reconstruction to the Great Depression: Latency YearsChapter 5. The Rise of Black Political Power: Roosevelt and TrumanChapter 6. Race Returns to Center Stage: The Eisenhower YearsChapter 7. Emancipation Act II: Pressure…
Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files
Journal Article Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files. By Jon Wiener. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. viii, 344 pp. Cloth, $45.00, ISBN 0-520-21646-6. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 0520-22246-6.) Get access Kenneth O'Reilly Kenneth O'Reilly University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 4, March 2001, Pages 1579–1580, https…
The Race Card: Campaign Strategy, Implicit Messages, and the Norm of Equality
List of Illustrations vii List of Tables ix Preface xi PART ONE: THE ORIGIN OF IMPLICIT RACIAL APPEALS 1 Chapter 1. A Theory of Racial Appeals 3 Chapter 2. The Norm of Racial Inequality Electoral Strategy and Explicit Appeals 28 Chapter 3. The Norm of Racial Equality Electoral Strategy and Implicit Appeals 67 PART TWO: THE IMPACT OF IMPLICIT RACIAL APPEALS 109 Chapter 4. The Political Psychology of Implicit Communication 111 Chapter 5. Crafting C…
Red Scare: FBI and the Origins of Anticommunism in the United States, 1919-1943
The anticommunist crusade of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its legendary director J. Edgar Hoover during the McCarthy era and the Cold War has attracted much attention from historians during the last decades, but little has been known about the Bureau's political activities during its formative years. This work breaks new ground by tracing the roots of the FBI's political surveillance to the involvement of the Bureau's predecessor, the …
The Cold War and the Color Line: American Race Relations in the Global Arena
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