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The unfinished journey : America since World War II / William H. Chafe, Duke University.
- 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.
- Political science.
- Social history.
- Physical Description:
- x, 662 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Eighth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, Inc., 2014.
- Summary:
- Brilliantly written by a prize-winning historian, The Unfinished Journey, Eighth Edition, Considers both the paradoxes and the possibilities of postwar America. William H. Chafe portrays the significant cultural and political themes that have colored our country's past and present, including issues of race, class, gender, foreign policy, and economic and social reform. He examines such subjects as the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, the origins and the end of the Cold War, the culture of the 1970s, the rise of the New Right, the events of September 11th and their aftermath, and various presidencies. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The War Years 1
- 2 Origins of the Cold War 28
- 3 Truman and the Cold War 50
- 4 "The Other Half of the Walnut": Social Reform and Activism in the postwar Years 73
- 5 The Paradox of Change: American Society in the Postwar Years 105
- 6 The Civil Rights Movement: "The Gods Bring Threads to Webs Begun" 139
- 7 John F. Kennedy: The Reality and the Myth 169
- 8 LBJ: The Trial of Consensus 211
- 9 Vietnam-The Early Years 236
- 10 "Lyndon's War" 260
- 11 Coming Apart at Home 289
- 12 1968 328
- 13 "Bringing Us Together" 365
- 14 An Era of Political Malaise 412
- 15 A Divided Culture, a Divided Society 429
- 16 The Reagan Years 448
- 17 The 1990s: A Referendum on the Post-World War II Years 475
- 18 2000 and Beyond 523
- 19 Barack Obama: A Utopian Vision Confronts Political Reality 571.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199347995
- 0199347999
- OCLC:
- 879662467
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