In America in the Sixties, Greene goes beyond the clichTs and synthesizes thirty years of research, writing, and teaching on one of the most turbulent decades of the twentieth century. Greene sketches
This book argues the thesis that during the Nixon and Ford administrations America discovered the limits of its power, and that both presidents had, therefore, to adjust to new realities in both their
In America in the Sixties, Greene goes beyond the clichTs and synthesizes thirty years of research, writing, and teaching on one of the most turbulent decades of the twentieth century. Greene sketche
A portrait of Betty Ford sheds new light on the role of the outspoken first lady whose public positions did not always coincide with those of her husband.
Blessed by a booming economy, the United States experienced the benefits of technology in the 1950s, with television and the automobile transforming the way people lived, and the space race offering n
Writing for undergraduate history courses, Goldberg (history, Thomas Nelson Community College) chronologically explores the main political, cultural, and economic developments of the United States in
The 1940's were a dynamic decade for the United States, defined by conflict, paradigm shifts, and a coming of age for America. Goldberg (history, Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton, Virginia) p
Chronicles one of the most influential decades in American history, highlighting the conflicts with Europe and Japan, to the beginning of the Cold War and the leaders from Roosevelt to Churchill to Tr
A textbook for a US history survey course, looking at the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations; foreign policy, social movements, what it calls the cultural earthquake of the decade, and limits and
In assessing this tumultuous period in American history, Stephanie A. Slocum-Schaffer provides readers with a visceral experience of the seventies and a comprehensive survey of the important events of
