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Drew McKevitt

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I’m Andrew C. McKevitt, though I prefer to be called Drew. I’m the John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University.

My new book is Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America.

My first book was Consuming Japan: Popular Culture and the Globalizing of 1980s America.

For more details on my research and writing, please see my publications.

I teach undergraduate and graduate classes at Louisiana Tech on many subjects. I work with graduate students on graduate theses and comprehensive exams in the field of U.S. foreign relations history.

Nov. 6, 2023

Gun Capitalism & Gun Control in the U.S. after World War II

In 1945, the population of the United States was around 140 million people, and those Americans owned an estimated 45 million guns, or about one gun for every three people. By 2023, the population of the United States stood …
Guest: Drew McKevitt