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America in the forties / Ronald Allen Goldberg ; foreword by John Robert Greene.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldberg, Ronald Allen, author.
- Series:
- America in the twentieth century.
- America in the Twentieth Century
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Nineteen forties.
- United States--History--1933-1945.
- United States.
- United States--History--1945-1953.
- United States--Social conditions--1933-1945.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 213 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In America in the Forties, Goldberg energetically argues that the decade of the 1940s was one of the most influential in American history: a period marked by war, sacrifice, and profound social changes. With superb detail, Goldberg traces the entire decade from the first stirrings of war in a nation consumed by the Great Depression to the conflicts with Europe and Japan to the start of the Cold War and the dawn of the atomic age. Richly drawn portraits of the period's charismatic, brilliant, and often controversial leaders-Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman-demonstrate their immense importance in shaping the era and, in turn, the course of American government, politics, and society. Goldberg chronicles U.S. heroic accomplishments during World War II and the early Cold War, showing how these military and diplomatic achievements helped lay the foundation for the country's current role in economic and military affairs worldwide. Combining an engrossing narrative with intelligent analysis, America in the Forties enriches our understanding of that pivotal era.
- Contents:
- A prelude to war
- Life on the home front
- The war against Germany
- War in the Pacific
- Postwar America : prosperity and problems
- Truman : the embattled president
- The rise of the Cold War
- Legacies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780815650614
- 0815650612
- OCLC:
- 821725608
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