Modern America
Subtitle: 1964-present
By: Tim McNeese ; consulting editor, Richard Jensen
Contributors: Jensen, Richard
Series: Discovering U.S. History; Discovering U.S. history
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781604133615
Description: Examines the history of the United States from the assassination of president Kennedy to the present, focusing on such events as the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, the fall of communism, the War on Terror, and the current economic crisis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: LBJ's America; title: The Nixon years; title: The fall of Richard Nixon; title: Ford and Carter; title: The Reagan revolution; title: Bush : the last cold warrior; title: The Clinton White House; title: Bush and Obama.