Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy delivers a talk on American participation in World War II on June 6, 2012, on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy's presentation was part of The Making of Modern America, a teacher institute cosponsored by Humanities Texas and SMU's Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. The program was made possible with funding from the State of Texas and the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support from the Sid W. Richardson Foundation.