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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 (Unpublished)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 (2025) “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 (Unpublished)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 (Unpublished)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 (Unpublished)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 (Unpublished)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 (Unpublished)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 (Unpublished)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)	310
2.	‘“Bring The Boys Home!”: We, the Mothers, Mobilize for America’s Women’s Voice Dissents Against World War II and the Korean War’	241	1
3.	"The Cold War: The Essential Readings” edited by Klaus Larres & Ann Lane (Book Review)	235
4.	Jekyll and Hyde: The Forgotten History of the VW Beetle	234	35
5.	"Women Scientists in America: Forging a New World Since 1972" by Margaret W. Rossiter (Book Review)	230
6.	Office of War Information	228
7.	"The United States and World War II: The Awakening Giant" by Martin Folly (Book Review)	227
8.	"Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945" by David M. Kennedy (Book Review)	226
9.	‘Real war ammunition’: The National War Poster Competition, 1942	213	5
10.	Hirohito	199
11.	MacArthur, Douglas	198
12.	Diagnosing the Nazis	192	7
13.	"Genocide on Trial: War Crimes Trials and the History of Holocaust Memory” by Donald Bloxham (Book Review)	192
14.	America and Japan	190
15.	Anthropologists at War: Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict and the ‘principal danger in the world … the spread of fascism’	189	85
16.	Shirer, William Lawrence	189
17.	Japanese Americans	188
18.	America and Germany	187
19.	‘Reorientation should be our principal justification and objective’: The Rockefeller Foundation and the Reeducation of Germany and Japan, 1945-1950	183	28
20.	The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980): Image versus Reality	179	2
21.	German Aliens	176
22.	Candy Floss and Cowgirls: Cultural Transmission and the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Volksfest, Berlin	174	56
23.	"Fall‐Out Shelters for the Human Spirit: American Art and the Cold War" by Michael L. Krenn (Book Review)	167
24.	"Harry, Tom, and Father Rice: Accusation and Betrayal in America's Cold War" by John Hoerr (Book Review)	165
25.	Sports, Democracy and Reeducation during the American Occupation of Germany	164	11
26.	Know Your Enemy: The Pathological Enmification of Germany and Japan, 1942-45	160	30
27.	Bat Bomb: “Japs”, Bats, “Nuts”, and a Tiger!	150	10
28.	“There were only a few women around”: Female Anti-war Activists in the GI Movement During the Early 1970s	150
29.	A “Sports-loving people” at War: Team USA in the Propaganda of “the most important game of all” – World War II	148
30.	Pathologies of War: The Medical Model of the German and Japanese Enemy in World War II	142	7
31.	‘The Greatest Team in the World!’: Sporting Metaphors in American Recruitment and Morale Propaganda During World War Two	125
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	124	595
33.	“Not like U.S.”: Enemy Image Creation and American National Identity	122	8
34.	Women and the Military: Who Will Answer the Call?	121
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	120
36.	Prescriptions for Peace: The Pathological Enmification of Germany and Japan, 1942-45	117	27
37.	'American Women and World War One'	116
38.	Prescriptions for Peace: The Pathological Enmification of Germany and Japan, 1942-1945	113	14
39.	Women Protest World War II: Women’s Voice and Women Oppose the Vietnam War	105
40.	“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	103	132
41.	Japan and the Early Twentieth Century World	74
42.	Pro- and Anti-War Voices	22
43.	Pitching Patriotism: Baseball in American World War II Propaganda Posters	9
44.	Women and the GI Movement to End the War in Vietnam During the Early 1970s: A Case Study	9
45.	‘The hope of this country lies in its mothers’: We, the Mothers, Mobilize for America Inc.’s Vilification of World War Two	9
46.	Japan and the Nineteenth Century World	9
47.	The “American Paradox”: The Constitution, Race, Rights, and the Pursuit of Justice	8
48.	Rights and The Rule of Nine	8
49.	The Essentials of American Republicanism and the Creation of the United States of America	6
50.	“Kill Bill 1776”: The Mothers’ Movement, Maternalism, and the ‘Defense of the United States’, 1940-1941’	5
51.	The “American Experiment”	4

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