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Subtitle: a journey through the 1950s
By: by Nora Sayre.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
Subjects: Sayre, Nora -- Childhood and youth.; Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Political and social views.; Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
Description: Nora Sayre, author of Sixties Going on Seventies and a National Book Award nominee, continues to explore our century's history as she turns her witty, insightful eye on the dramas of the 1950s. The major figures of the Cold War landscape, such as J. Edgar Hoover and Joseph McCarthy, are alive in these pages, but what makes Sayre's montage of narrative and documentary unique is her focus on the connections between private lives and public events.

She follows some of the luminaries of the mid-century through the best and worst chapters of their lives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-447) and index.