description: Traces political, economic, cultural and social change from World War II through the Reagan Revolution. Also covers the troubled affluence of postwar America, Truman and the Cold War, the Eisenhower years, the liberal consensus of the 1960s, the crisis of American culture, and the embattled presidencies of Nixon, Ford, and Carter. (Also available: On The Edge: A History of America from 1890 to 1945, and a combined volume, On The Edge: A New History of America in the Twentieth Century). See combined volume description below.
language: English
title: On The Edge: A History of America Since World War II
titlecomplete: On The Edge: A History of America Since World War II
genres: History
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Wadsworth Publishing