About the Books:
War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences (forthcoming Feb. 2012, Oxford University Press)
"Closely argued and clearly written, this is a scholarly work with popular appeal." -- Publisher's Weekly
Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African Journey
"In this gem of a book, Mary Dudziak brings vividly to life the important but little known history of Thurgood Marshall's intense involvement with Kenya during its journey toward independence in the 1960s....A powerful and poignant story, beautifully told." -- Gary Gerstle, Vanderbilt University
Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy
"Impressively researched and vividly written. . . . Convincingly demonstrates how Cold War pressures both empowered and constrained the civil rights movement's quest to build a more just America." Rogers M. Smith author of Civic Ideals: Conflicting Visions of Citizenship in U.S. History
"Groundbreaking."--American Lawyer
"Dudziak's book will inspire a reconsideration of postwar civil rights history."--Alex Lubin, American Quarterly
September 11 in History
"I am exhilarated by the collective wisdom, creativity, and insight of this unusual yet riveting distillation of perspectives on September 11."—Bruce Lawrence, author of Shattering the Myth: Islam beyond Violence
Legal Borderlands: Law and the Construction of American Borders
"By weaving together colorful and contentious strands of culture, history and law, these essays make a compelling argument that "it is in its bleeding borders that law itself, and with it American identity, is constructed, contested, and made meaningful." Harvard Law Review