American dreams
Subtitle: the United States since 1945
By: H. W. Brands
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781594202629
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-400) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Visions of omnipotence: 1945-1965; title: Last one standing: 1945-1946; title: The war that never ended: 1946-1948; title: Agnostics and believers: 1949-1954; title: The golden age of the middle class: 1955-1960; title: Abraham Lincoln walks at midnight: 1961-1965; title: II. The twilight of liberalism: 1965-1986; title: Paved with good intentions: 1965-1968; title: The triumph of cynicism: 1968-1974; title: Days of malaise: 1974-1979; title: South by southwest: 1979-1983; title: Fire or Iceland: 1983-1986; title: III. Silicon schemes and global connections: 1987-2009; title: History without end: 1987-1991; title: The good old bad old days: 1992-1996; title: Culture clash: 1996-2000; title: Blowback: 2000-2004; title: Still dreaming: 2005-2010.