From Truman to Kennedy, 1946-1962
By: edited by Richard B. Morris, James Woodress.
Contributors: Morris, Richard Brandon, 1904-; Woodress, James Leslie.; Morris, Richard Brandon, 1904- ed.; Educational Challenges, inc.
Edition: 2d ed. / rev. by Educational Challenges, incorporated.
Series: Voices from America's past
Publisher: Webster Division, McGraw-Hill
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 -- Sources.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961 -- Sources.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 -- Sources.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961 -- Sources.
Description: Uses excerpts from letters, diaries, novels, poetry, press reports, documents, and other contemporary sources to portray that turbulent period in United States history which included the first American in orbit, the Salk vaccine, and McCarthyism.
Notes: Published in 1961 under title: Turbulent times, America in the nuclear age, 1946-1962.
Includes index.