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Recent America: The United States Since 1945, 3rd EditionISBN: 978-0-88295-276-5
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636 pages
January 2011, ©2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface and Acknowledgments xi
Chapter 1 The Transition from WWII to the Cold War: Confrontation and Containment 1
Chapter 2 Harry Truman, the Korean War, and the Politics of Stalemate 45
Chapter 3 Politics of Moderation: Eisenhower, the New Look, and Brinksmanship 87
Chapter 4 Leading the World: Economic Expansion, Affluence, and Social Change 134
Chapter 5 Inspiration, Crises, and Tragedy: John F. Kennedy and the New Frontier 181
Chapter 6 The Culture of Affluence and Anxiety: Postwar America 226
Chapter 7 Great Changes, Great Failings: LBJ, the Great Society, and the Vietnam War 263
Chapter 8 The End of Innocence: National Limits, Richard Nixon, and Watergate 321
Chapter 9 The Search for Solutions in a “Crisis of Confidence” 378
Chapter 10 The Reagan Revolution and Return of Confidence 413
Chapter 11 The United States and the New World Order 450
Chapter 12 The Booming Nineties: Clinton, Impeachment, and the High Flying Economy 473
Chapter 13 Time of Tragedy: George W. Busch, 9/11, Two Wars, and the Great Recession 507
Chapter 14 Changing America 565
Index 614
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