The glory and the dream
Subtitle: a narrative history of America, 1932-1972
By: William Manchester
Edition: [1st ed.].
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1697
Subjects: United States -- History -- 1933-1945.; United States -- History -- 1945-
Description: Continuation of Vol 1, the years of 1932 to 1972.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Rendezvous with destiny, 1932-1941; title: The cruelest year; title: Depression montage; title: Roosevelt!; title: Portrait of an American : Eleanor; title: Stirrings; title: Mid-thirties montage; title: The Roosevelt Referendum; title: Portrait of an American : stockbroker Richard Whitney; title: The conservative Phoenix; title: Late thirties montage; title: A shadow of primitive terror; title: Portrait of an American : Norman Thomas; title: Through the night with a light from above; title: Montage : the last of prewar America; title: America on the brink; title: Sacrifice and transformation, 1941-1950; title: Counterattack; title: Pacific montage; title: The Home Front; title: Home Front montage; title: Lilacs in the dooryard; title: ETO montage; title: A new world, under a new sun; title: Portrait of an American : The Redhead; title: The fraying flags of triumph; title: Postwar montage; title: Life with Harry; title: A little touch of Harry in the night; title: Late forties montage; title: The age of suspicion; title: Portrait of an American : Edward Roscoe Murrow; title: Into the abyss; title: Early fifties montage; title: Sowing the wind, 1951-1960; title: A house divided; title: Right turn; title: Montage : the early Eisenhower years; title: What was good for General Motors; title: Portrait of an American : Norma Jean Baker; title: v. 2. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman; title: Montage : the mid-fifties; title: With all deliberate speed; title: - The pursuit of happiness; title: Montage : Eisenhower at flood tide; title: Beep beep; title: Portrait of an American : The Edsel; title: The crusade falters; title: Late fifties montage; title: Tattoo for the General; title: Reaping the whirlwind, 1961-1968; title: A new generation of Americans; title: Montage : the early sixties; title: Now the trumpet summoned us again; title: Portrait of an artist : Peter Carl Goldmark; title: Don't let it be forgot; title: Montage : JFK/LBJ; title: The long arm; title: A dream of greatness, and disenchantment; title: Montage : the Johnson years; title: Up against the wall; title: Portrait of an American : Karl Hess III; title: The year everything went wrong; title: Montage : the late sixties; title: Nixon, after all, 1969-1972; title: The rise of the Silent Majority; title: Portrait of an American : Benjamin McLane Spock, M.D.; title: Nattering nabobs; title: Early seventies montage; title: The divided states of America; title: Portrait of an American : Ralph Nader; title: Pride goeth; title: Epilogue : echoes.