Quest for identity : America since 1945 / Randall Bennett Woods.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, Randall Bennett, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, American.

United States--History--1945-.

United States.

History.

United States--Social conditions--1945-.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 593 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Contents:

The republic in transition : demobilization and reconversion

The origins of the Cold War

Staying the course : Dwight D. Eisenhower and the politics of moderation

Containing Communism and managing the military-industrial complex : the Eisenhower administration and the Cold War

Capitalism and conformity : American society, 1945-1960

Liberalism reborn : John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the politics of activism

The wages of globalism : foreign affairs during the Kennedy-Johnson era

The dividing of America : Vietnam, Black power, the counterculture, and the election of 1968

Realpolitik or imperialism? : Nixon, Kissinger, and American foreign policy

The limits of expediency : Richard M. Nixon and the American presidency

From confidence to anxiety : American society, 1960-1980

Governing in a malaise : the presidencies of Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter

The culture of narcissism : the Reagan era

In search of balance : America into the twenty-first century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521840651

0521549973

OCLC:

56840310

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