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Books:

Landmark Speeches of National Socialism (College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press, 2008).

Bending Spines: The Propagandas of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2004). The book is currently being translated into French (Paris: Editions Klincksieck) and Chinese (Singapore: Shanghai Sanhui Culture and Press Ltd.).

Julius Streicher: The Man Who Persuaded a Nation to Hate Jews (New York: Stein and Day, 1983). Reprinted by Dorset Press, New York, 1988. Second edition published by Cooper Square Press, 2001.

Internet Sites:

German Propaganda Archive: A large and still growing collection of translations of German propaganda from the Nazi and East German eras.

Association of Contemporary Church Historians: I maintain the web site for Professor John Conway's monthly newsletter on church history, focusing on German church history.

Eastern German Studies Association: The web site of a scholarly association interested in the former German Democratic Republic. The EGSA is now defunct, but the web site will remain for a while.

Chapters in Books:

"Propaganda," in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008).

"Words as Weapons," in Paper War: Nazi Propaganda in One Battle, on a Single Day, Cassino, Italy, May 11, 1944 (New York: Mark Batty Publisher, 2005).

"Julius Streicher" and "Der Stürmer," entries in Encyclopedia of Antisemitism, Anti-Jewish Prejudice and Persecution (ABC-CLIO Press, 2005).

"Julius Streicher" and "Joseph Goebbels," entries in Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity (Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2005).

"The Pleasures of Unanimity in the GDR," in After the GDR: New Perspectives on Divided and Reunited Germany (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2001), 109-124.

"Die nationalsozialistische Versammlungspraxis. Die Anfänge vor 1933," in Propaganda in Deutschland. Zur Geschichte der politischen Massenbeeinflussung im 20. Jahrhundert (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1996).

"Western and Totalitarian Views of Propaganda," in Propaganda: A Pluralistic Perspective (New York: Praeger, 1989), 37-48.

"Ronald Reagan's Eulogy of the Challenger," in Great Speeches for Criticism and Analysis (Greenwood, IN: Alistair Press, 1988), 311-320.

"Fritz Reinhardt and the Rednerschule der NSDAP," in Rhetorik: Ein internationales Jahrbuch, Vol. 2 (Stuttgart: Frommann-Holzboog, 1981), 7-18.

Articles in Professional Journals:

"Grassroots Propaganda in the Third Reich: The Reich Ring for National Socialist Propaganda and Public Enlightenment," German Studies Review 33 (in press, 2010).

"The Argument for Genocide in Nazi Propaganda," Quarterly Journal of Speech 91 (2005), 37-62.

"A Calvinist and a Scholar," Rhetoric & Public Affairs 7 (2004), 461-468.

"The Failure of the Propaganda of the German Democratic Republic," Quarterly Journal of Speech 85 (1999), 400-416.

"The Propagandas of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic," Communication Studies 49 (1998), 158-171.

"Is It Really That Simple? A Response to Goldhagen (and Newman)," Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 1 (1998), 425-433.

"The Dolt Laughs: Satirical Publications under Hitler and Honecker," Journalism Quarterly, 69 (1992), 1029-1038.

"The `Just a Minute' Impromptu Exercise," The Speech Communication Teacher, V (Winter 1991), 3.

"The Millionaire on the Beach: The Language of Get-Rich-Quick Plans," Etc.: A Review of General Semantics, 47 (1990), 239-250 (with Quentin J. Schultze).

"Teaching Public Speaking via Correspondence," The American Journal of Distance Education, 3 (1989), 30-37 (with Grover Diehl).

"Official Satire in Propaganda: The Treatment of the United States in the GDR's Eulenspiegel," Central States Speech Journal, 39 (1988), 304-314.

"Teaching Parliamentary Procedure in Group Communication," The Speech Communication Teacher, 2 (Winter 1988), 4-5.

"U.S. News Media Citations in Neues Deutschland," Journalism Quarterly, 63 (1986), 170-174 (with Stuart Bullion).

"Impromptu Speaking Exercises," Communication Education, 34 (1985), 148-149.

"Handling Unpleasant News in the East German Press," Journalism Quarterly, 62 (1985), 136-138.

"Fritz Reinhardt and the Rednerschule der NSDAP," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 67 (1981), 298-309.

"Rhetorical Aspects of Nazi Holidays," Journal of Popular Culture, 13 (1979), 239-247.

"The SST Controversy: A Case Study in the Rhetoric of Technology," Central States Speech Journal, 30 (1979), 187-198.

"Und Ihr habt doch gesiegt: Rhetorical Aspects of a Nazi Holiday," Etc.: A Review of General Semantics, 36 (1979), 134-146.

"The Early History of Der Stürmer: 1923-33," Journalism History, 5 (1978), 74-79.

"The Rhetoric of Defeat: Nazi Propaganda in 1945," Central States Speech Journal, 29 (1978), 44-52.

"Julius Streicher and Der Stürmer," Wiener Library Bulletin, 29 (1976), 47-55.

"Rhetorical Aspects of the Nazi Meeting: 1926-1933," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 61 (1975), 307-318.

Published Translations:

Three translations in Western Civilizations Digital Reader (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2008).

Articles by Julius Streicher and Joseph Goebbels, in Marvin Perry and Frederick M. Schweitzer, Antisemitic Myths: A Historical and Contemporary Anthology (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2008), 183-184, 186-188, 191-193.

"The Drones," translated from Ernst Hiemer, Der Pudelmopsdackelpinscher (Nuremberg: Stürmer Verlag, 1940), in Douglas Brinkley, ed., World War II: The Allied Counteroffensive, 1942-1945 (New York: Times Books, 2003), 33-36.

"The Matter of the Plague," translated from Joseph Goebbels, Das eherne Herz (Munich: Franz Eher, 1943), in Annette Duffner, ed, History of Nations: Germany (Greenhaven Press, 2002), 12-15.

Book Reviews:

Review of Claudia Schmölders, Hitler's Face: The Biography of an Image, in Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 12 (2009), 125-126.

Review of Jo Fox, Film Propaganda in Britain and Nazi Germany: World War II Cinema, in American Historical Review, 113 (April 2008), 567-568.

Review of Peter Longerich, "Davon haben wir nichts gewusst!" Die Deutschen und die Judenverfolgung 1933-1945 and Jeffery Herf, The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda during World War II and the Holocaust, in Books & Culture, 13 (July/August 2007), 23.

Review of John Rodden, Repainting the Little Red Schoolhouse: A History of East German Education, 1945-1995, in The Midwest Quarterly, 44 (Winter 2003), 235-236.

Review of Horst J. P. Bergmeier and Rainer E. Lotz, Hitler's Airwaves: The Inside Story of Nazi Radio Broadcasting and Propaganda Swing, in Journal of Communication (1998).

Review of Kurt Ritter and David Henry, Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator, in Quarterly Journal of Speech, 79 (1993), 248-249.

Review of Ian Kershaw, The "Hitler Myth:" Image and Reality in the Third Reich, in Quarterly Journal of Speech, 75 (1989), 120-121.

Review of Edith Slembek, ed., Miteinander Sprechen und Handeln: Festschrift für Hellmut Geissner, in Quarterly Journal of Speech, 73 (1987), 358-359.

Review of Heinrich F. Plett, Rhetorik: Kritische Positionen zum Stand der Forschung, in Quarterly Journal of Speech, 65 (1979), 460.

Non-Academic Writing:

"Winston Churchill in Nazi Propaganda," Finest Hour: The Journal of Winston Churchill (Summer 2009), 20-24.

"Presidential visit an honor, no matter who's in office," Grand Rapids Press, May 21, 2005.

Afterword to Christa Giessler's novel Ein Augenblick ein Leben, (Leipzig: Forum Verlag, 1993).

"Überredungskünste--wie widersteht man ihnen?, Üniversitätszeitung Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 3 24 May 1993, 6.

"`It was a Most Famous Day,' Say East and West Germans" [Interview], World, IV (November 18, 1989), 5-8.

"Open to the Promises?," The Reformed Journal, 39 (October 1989), 4-5.

"Raising Christian Cash," The Banner, CXXIII (25 April 1988), 6-7.

"Life of a Gastprofessor," The Christian Science Monitor, 24 February 1988, 27.

"The Power of Home Study," NHSC News, Fall 1986, 23-24 (with Grover Diehl).

"My Presidential Platform," College Board Review, Fall 1982, 24-25.

"Don's Diary," The Times Higher Education Supplement, 4 April 1980, 24.

"Why is Wilderness Important," Southern Illinoisan, 23 August 1980.

"Effects of Birth Order on Academic Success," The Worm Runner's Digest, 18 (1977), 118.

"Preaching = Adventure," The Banner, CVI (30 July 1971), 4-5.