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Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2026) The “American Paradox”: The Constitution, Race, Rights, and the Pursuit of Justice. In: Rights and Justice Festival, 11 June 2026, The Hive, Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2026) “Kill Bill 1776”: The Mothers’ Movement, Maternalism, and the ‘Defense of the United States’, 1940-1941’. In: The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering, 5-6 February 2026, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2025) The “American Experiment”. In: Rights and Justice Festival, 08/07/2025, The Hive, Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2025) Pitching Patriotism: Baseball in American World War II Propaganda Posters. In: Combat, Spectacle, Sport and War, 23-24 October 2025, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2024) ‘The hope of this country lies in its mothers’: We, the Mothers, Mobilize for America Inc.’s Vilification of World War Two. In: Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (HOTCUS) Winter Symposium, The United States and World War II: Impacts and Legacies at Home and Abroad, University of Gloucestershire. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2024) Women and the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam During the Early 1970s: A Case Study. In: Special Supplementary Lunchtime Lecture, 6 March 2025, London School of Economics, Department of International History. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2024) A “Sports-loving people” at War: Team USA in the Propaganda of “the most important game of all” – World War II. In: Sport and Leisure History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, 24 June 2024, Senate House, Malet Street, London. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2024) “Probably the Most Perfect Symbol of Our Democracy”: The Army, Sports, and the Re-education of German Youth during the Early American Occupation of Germany, 1945–1946. Journal of American Studies, 58 (2). pp. 220-247. ISSN 0021-8758 (print); 1469-5154 (web)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2024) “There were only a few women around”: Female Anti-war Activists in the GI Movement During the Early 1970s. In: North American History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, 16 May 2024, Senate House, Malet Street, London. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2023) ‘“Bring The Boys Home!”: We, the Mothers, Mobilize for America’s Women’s Voice Dissents Against World War II and the Korean War’. In: Pro- and Anti-War Voices, 11 November 2023, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2023) Women Protest World War II: Women’s Voice and Women Oppose the Vietnam War. [Show/Exhibition]
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2023) Pro- and Anti-War Voices. [Show/Exhibition]
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2023) ‘The Greatest Team in the World!’: Sporting Metaphors in American Recruitment and Morale Propaganda During World War Two. In: British Society of Sports History 2023 Annual Conference, 24-25 August 2023, Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2022) Rights and The Rule of Nine. In: Stanford History Group 2022 Lecture Series, 7 November 2022, Upper Sapey Village Hall. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2022) The Essentials of American Republicanism and the Creation of the United States of America. In: Stanford History Group 2022 Lecture Series, 31 October 2022, Upper Sapey Village Hall. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2022) “Real war ammunition:” Artists for Victory, the National War Poster Competition, and the Hostile Imagination on the United States World War II Home Front. The Journal of American Culture, 45 (1). pp. 63-85. ISSN Print: 1542-7331 Online ISSN: 1542734X
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2022) “Real war ammunition”: Artists for Victory, the National War Poster Competition and the Hostile Imagination on the United States World War II Home Front. In: School of Humanities, Research Seminar Series, 23 March 2022, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2021) Japan and the Early Twentieth Century World. In: Stanford History Group Autumn Program 2021, 8 November 2021, Upper Sapey Village Hall. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2021) Japan and the Nineteenth Century World. In: Stanford History Group Autumn Program 2021, 1 November 2021, Upper Sapey Village Hall. ISSN https://stanfordhistorygroup.com/past-programmes/ (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2019) "The Good Occupation: American Soldiers and the Hazards of Peace" by Susan L. Carruthers (Book Review). Intellect.
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2017) 'American Women and World War One'. In: Women’s History Network, Midlands Region Annual Conference, 'North American Women and World War One', 4 November 2017, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2017) Sports, Democracy and Reeducation during the American Occupation of Germany. In: The British Society of Sport History Annual Conference, 1-2 September 2017, The Arena, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2016) Diagnosing the Nazis. In: Public Lecture, 21 July 2016, The Chapel, City Campus, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2016) Pathologies of War: The Medical Model of the German and Japanese Enemy in World War II. In: Institute of Humanities and Creative Arts Research Seminar, 4 May 2016, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2015) ‘Real war ammunition’: The National War Poster Competition, 1942. In: Symposium on Art from the Second World War, 20 November, University of St Andrews. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2015) America and Germany. In: Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. Routledge, London, pp. 13-14. ISBN 076560440X
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2015) America and Japan. In: Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. Routledge, London, pp. 16-17. ISBN 076560440X
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2015) German Aliens. In: Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. Routledge, London, p. 152. ISBN 076560440X
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2015) Hirohito. In: Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. Routledge, London, pp. 172-173. ISBN 076560440X
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2015) Japanese Americans. In: Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. Routledge, London, pp. 201-202. ISBN 076560440X
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2015) MacArthur, Douglas. In: Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. Routledge, London, pp. 235-236. ISBN 076560440X
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2015) Office of War Information. In: Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. Routledge, London, pp. 286-287. ISBN 076560440X
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2015) Shirer, William Lawrence. In: Historical Dictionary of the 1940s. Routledge, London, p. 350. ISBN 076560440X
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2014) Women and the Military: Who Will Answer the Call? Women’s History Magazine, 76 (Autumn). pp. 4-5. ISSN 1476-6760
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2013) "Women Scientists in America: Forging a New World Since 1972" by Margaret W. Rossiter (Book Review). Taylor and Francis.
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2011) “Not like U.S.”: Enemy Image Creation and American National Identity. In: World War II and the Media, 22 June 2011, Warrington Campus, University of Chester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2010) Bat Bomb: “Japs”, Bats, “Nuts”, and a Tiger! In: Institute of Humanities and Creative Arts, Academic Staff Seminars, 8 December 2010, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2009) The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980): Image versus Reality. In: Women’s History Network, Midlands Region Conference, ‘Women and War: Activists and Observers’, 25 April 2009, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2008) Know Your Enemy: The Pathological Enmification of Germany and Japan, 1942-45. In: 'Justifying War: Propaganda, Politics and War in the Modern Age', 8-10 July 2008, University of Kent, Canterbury. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2008) Anthropologists at War: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict and the ‘principal danger in the world … the spread of fascism’. In: Women’s History Network, Midlands Region Conference, ‘She Does What? The Unexplored Expertise of Women, 3 May 2008, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2007) Prescriptions for Peace: The Pathological Enmification of Germany and Japan, 1942-45. In: Staff Seminar Series, Faculty of Humanities, 5 December 2007, De Montfort University. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2007) "Harry, Tom, and Father Rice: Accusation and Betrayal in America's Cold War" by John Hoerr (Book Review). John Wiley & Sons.
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2007) "Fall‐Out Shelters for the Human Spirit: American Art and the Cold War" by Michael L. Krenn (Book Review). John Wiley & Sons.
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2007) Prescriptions for Peace: The Pathological Enmification of Germany and Japan, 1942-1945. In: Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Academic Staff Seminar, 7 March 2007, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2006) "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945" by David M. Kennedy (Book Review). American Studies Resources Centre, Liverpool John Moores University.
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2005) Jekyll and Hyde: The Forgotten History of the VW Beetle. In: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Research Focus Day, 16 March 2005, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2003) ‘Reorientation should be our principal justification and objective’: The Rockefeller Foundation and the Reeducation of Germany and Japan, 1945-1950. In: The Foundations of Globalization?, 6-7 November 2003, University of Manchester. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2003) "The United States and World War II: The Awakening Giant" by Martin Folly (Book Review). Cambridge University Press.
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2002) Candy Floss and Cowgirls: Cultural Transmission and the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Volksfest, Berlin. In: 'Americanization and Anti-Americanism: The Impact of American Culture on Germany After 1945', 16-20, October, 2002, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. (Unpublished)
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2002) "Genocide on Trial: War Crimes Trials and the History of Holocaust Memory” by Donald Bloxham (Book Review). Institute of Historical Research.
Toon, Wendy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-3214 (2002) "The Cold War: The Essential Readings” edited by Klaus Larres & Ann Lane (Book Review). American Studies Resources Centre, Liverpool John Moores University.

My Most Viewed As Author

#	Item title
1.	"The Good Occupation: American Soldiers and the Hazards of Peace" by Susan L. Carruthers (Book Review)	327
2.	‘“Bring The Boys Home!”: We, the Mothers, Mobilize for America’s Women’s Voice Dissents Against World War II and the Korean War’	277	1
3.	Jekyll and Hyde: The Forgotten History of the VW Beetle	270	46
4.	"The United States and World War II: The Awakening Giant" by Martin Folly (Book Review)	259
5.	"The Cold War: The Essential Readings” edited by Klaus Larres & Ann Lane (Book Review)	258
6.	"Women Scientists in America: Forging a New World Since 1972" by Margaret W. Rossiter (Book Review)	253
7.	Office of War Information	251
8.	"Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945" by David M. Kennedy (Book Review)	232
9.	‘Real war ammunition’: The National War Poster Competition, 1942	228	5
10.	Diagnosing the Nazis	218	7
11.	MacArthur, Douglas	218
12.	Hirohito	216
13.	Japanese Americans	211
14.	America and Japan	209
15.	"Genocide on Trial: War Crimes Trials and the History of Holocaust Memory” by Donald Bloxham (Book Review)	206
16.	Shirer, William Lawrence	206
17.	German Aliens	205
18.	Anthropologists at War: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict and the ‘principal danger in the world … the spread of fascism’	203	97
19.	America and Germany	203
20.	‘Reorientation should be our principal justification and objective’: The Rockefeller Foundation and the Reeducation of Germany and Japan, 1945-1950	198	33
21.	Candy Floss and Cowgirls: Cultural Transmission and the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Volksfest, Berlin	196	80
22.	The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980): Image versus Reality	196	2
23.	Bat Bomb: “Japs”, Bats, “Nuts”, and a Tiger!	191	10
24.	"Harry, Tom, and Father Rice: Accusation and Betrayal in America's Cold War" by John Hoerr (Book Review)	190
25.	Know Your Enemy: The Pathological Enmification of Germany and Japan, 1942-45	187	33
26.	"Fall‐Out Shelters for the Human Spirit: American Art and the Cold War" by Michael L. Krenn (Book Review)	185
27.	Sports, Democracy and Reeducation during the American Occupation of Germany	184	11
28.	A “Sports-loving people” at War: Team USA in the Propaganda of “the most important game of all” – World War II	183
29.	“There were only a few women around”: Female Anti-war Activists in the GI Movement During the Early 1970s	178
30.	Pathologies of War: The Medical Model of the German and Japanese Enemy in World War II	168	7
31.	“Not like U.S.”: Enemy Image Creation and American National Identity	144	8
32.	“Real war ammunition:” Artists for Victory, the National War Poster Competition, and the Hostile Imagination on the United States World War II Home Front	143	676
33.	‘The Greatest Team in the World!’: Sporting Metaphors in American Recruitment and Morale Propaganda During World War Two	142
34.	Women and the Military: Who Will Answer the Call?	142
35.	“Real war ammunition”: Artists for Victory, the National War Poster Competition and the Hostile Imagination on the United States World War II Home Front	142
36.	Women Protest World War II: Women’s Voice and Women Oppose the Vietnam War	136
37.	Prescriptions for Peace: The Pathological Enmification of Germany and Japan, 1942-45	135	37
38.	'American Women and World War One'	132
39.	“Probably the Most Perfect Symbol of Our Democracy”: The Army, Sports, and the Re-education of German Youth during the Early American Occupation of Germany, 1945–1946	127	159
40.	Prescriptions for Peace: The Pathological Enmification of Germany and Japan, 1942-1945	125	23
41.	Japan and the Early Twentieth Century World	91
42.	Pro- and Anti-War Voices	38
43.	The “American Experiment”	31
44.	The “American Paradox”: The Constitution, Race, Rights, and the Pursuit of Justice	29
45.	Pitching Patriotism: Baseball in American World War II Propaganda Posters	28
46.	Women and the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam During the Early 1970s: A Case Study	28
47.	Japan and the Nineteenth Century World	27
48.	‘The hope of this country lies in its mothers’: We, the Mothers, Mobilize for America Inc.’s Vilification of World War Two	27
49.	The Essentials of American Republicanism and the Creation of the United States of America	26
50.	“Kill Bill 1776”: The Mothers’ Movement, Maternalism, and the ‘Defense of the United States’, 1940-1941’	23
51.	Rights and The Rule of Nine	23

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