America in the forties
By: Ronald Allen Goldberg ; foreword by John Robert Greene
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780815632924; 9780815632658
Subjects: Social conditions; Nineteen forties; World War, 1939-1945; History
Description: "America in the Forties is a readable and concise narrative that tells the story of the forties in the United States. The book argues that the forties were an important period in American life, shaped by charismatic, brilliant, and sometimes controversial leaders. It traces the entire decade, from the first stirrings of war in a nation consumed by the Great Depression, through the fights with Europe and Japan and through to the start of the Cold War and the dawn of the atomic age. America in the Forties is a readable and concise narrative that tells the story of the forties in the United States. The book argues that the forties were an important period in American life, shaped by charismatic, brilliant, and sometimes controversial leaders. It traces the entire decade, from the first stirrings of war in a nation consumed by the Great Depression, through the fights with Europe and Japan and through to the start of the Cold War and the dawn of the atomic age. Hide"-- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A prelude to war; title: Life on the home front; title: The war against Germany; title: War in the Pacific; title: Postwar America: prosperity and problems; title: Truman: the embattled president; title: The rise of the Cold War; title: Legacies.