* The War Came Early (2021)
*The War Came Early: The American Midwest and World War II (2021)
*The United States in World War I: An Encyclopedia (2013)
*Letters of the Lost Generation (2008)
*America's War with Spain: An Encyclopedia (2006)
*War Slang: American Fighting Words from World War I (2005)
*Sit Down! The General Strike of 1937 (2004)
*Moving Up!: The History of the American Promotion (1790–1995) (2003)
*The American Dream and the Great Depression (1999)
Articles and Essays
* "The Midwest and World War II: A Reappraisal." Mid-America 103.3 (2021): 181-203.
* "General Strike of 1937: A Reconsideration." Labor History 62.3 (2021): 351-376.
* "The American Promotion, Then and Now." The Historian 83.2 (2021): 231-248.
* "The Great Depression and the American Dream." The Annals of Iowa 79.4 (2020): 385-403.
* "World War I and the American Midwest." The Journal of American History 106.4 (2020): 1005-1028.
* "The United States in World War I." The First World War 11.2 (2020): 211-226.
* "The Home Front in World War I: The Midwest." The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 113.1 (2020): 104-126.
* "The Midwest in World War I." The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 118.1 (2020): 5-26.
* "The Great Depression in the Midwest." The Annals of Iowa 78.4 (2019): 375-392.