num_pages: 640
description: Coming of age during World War I and attaining their finest hour in World War II and the Cold War, these men -- FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Marshall, MacArthur -- transformed America from an isolated frontier nation into a global superpower. As he tells their stories, Fromkin, author of A Peace to End All Peace, shows how this generation not only made America great but largely succeeded in making it a force for good.
language: English
title: In the Time of the Americans: The Generation That Changed America's Role in the World
titlecomplete: In the Time of the Americans: The Generation That Changed America's Role in the World
genres: Biography, Politics, Nonfiction, American History, History, World War II
ratings_count: 76
publisher: Pan Macmillan