The Making of Modern America

The Nation from 1945 to the Present

Gary A. Donaldson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

378 Seiten

2009
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-4819-0 (ISBN)

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When World War II ended in 1945, America emerged as the only superpower. It had defeated Germany and Japan, it was the only nation with the bomb, and much of the rest of the world lay in ruins as a result of the war. In addition, the wartime economy had dragged the nation out of the worst depression in modern history. The United States seemed on the verge of its greatest age, and from that starting point, its people embarked on a journey through the next several decades of change. The Making of Modern America is the story of that journey.

Gary A. Donaldson is the Keller Foundation Chair in American History at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. He is the author of numerous books on American political and diplomatic history, including, The First Modern Campaign: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960, Liberalism's Last Hurrah: The Presidential Campaign of 1964, Truman Defeats Dewey, and America at War since 1945.

Chapter 1: Postwar Adjustments Chapter 2: The Early Cold War Chapter 3: Affluence and Anxiety: America in the 1950s Chapter 4: The Eisenhower Presidency Chapter 5: Kennedy at Home and Abroad Chapter 6: "We Shall Continue" Chapter 7: The Nation in the 1960s Chapter 8: Out of the 1960s and into the 1970s: The Agony of Change Chapter 9: America in the 1970s: The Post-Watergate Years Chapter 10: The Reagan Years Chapter 11: The Kinder, Gentler Conservatism of George H. W. Bush Chapter 12: Bill Clinton's America Chapter 13: Taking Stock: America at the New Millennium Chapter 14: The Life and Times of George W. Bush Epilogue: The Obama Election: A Defining Moment?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.4.2009
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, maps
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 240 mm
Gewicht	726 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7425-4819-8 / 0742548198
ISBN-13	978-0-7425-4819-0 / 9780742548190
Zustand	Neuware