Title:
America in the forties / Ronald Allen Goldberg ; foreword by John Robert Greene.
ISBN:
9780815632924
9780815632658
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
Physical Description:
xiii, 213 pages ; 23 cm.
Contents:
A prelude to war -- Life on the home front -- The war against Germany -- War in the Pacific -- Postwar America : prosperity and problems -- Truman : the embattled president -- The rise of the Cold War -- Legacies.
Summary:
"America in the Forties is a readable and concise narrative that tells the story of the forties in the United States. The book argues that the forties were an important period in American life, shaped by charismatic, brilliant, and sometimes controversial leaders. It traces the entire decade, from the first stirrings of war in a nation consumed by the Great Depression, through the fights with Europe and Japan and through to the start of the Cold War and the dawn of the atomic age. America in the Forties is a readable and concise narrative that tells the story of the forties in the United States. The book argues that the forties were an important period in American life, shaped by charismatic, brilliant, and sometimes controversial leaders. It traces the entire decade, from the first stirrings of war in a nation consumed by the Great Depression, through the fights with Europe and Japan and through to the start of the Cold War and the dawn of the atomic age. Hide"-- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
ocn713189566
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