The American century
By: by Harold Evans with Gail Buckland and Kevin Baker.
Contributors: Buckland, Gail.; Baker, Kevin, 1958-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 710
Subjects: United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 667-689) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. The last frontier. 2. Showdown for democracy. 3. The lure of empire. 4. Old and new americans. 5. Workers take a stand. 6. Good times, bad times. 7. The turmoil of normalcy. 8. The dream turns to dust. 9. The road to world war II. 10. The citadel of democracy. 11. America leads. 12. The dawn of a new freedom. 13. The war of lost illusions. 14. The imperial presidency. 15. Put out more fa