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The unfinished journey : America since World War II / William H. Chafe.
LIBRA E743 .C43 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chafe, William H., 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 626 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Seventh edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- The war years
- Origins of the Cold War
- Truman and the Cold War
- "The other half of the walnut" : social reform and activism in the postwar years
- The paradox of change : American society in the postwar years
- The civil rights movement : "The gods bring threads to webs begun"
- John F. Kennedy : the reality and the myth
- LBJ : the trial of consensus
- Vietnam : the early years
- "Lyndon's war"
- Coming apart at home
- 1968
- "Bringing us together"
- An era of political malaise
- A divided culture, a divided society
- The Reagan years
- The 1990s : a referendum on the post-World War II years
- 2000 and beyond
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199760251
- 019976025X
- OCLC:
- 649927334
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