A study of the decade that swept America into the modern age and changed it forever, this book looks at the 1920s as framed by the aspirations, scandals, and attitudes of the Wilson, Harding, Collide and Hoover presidencies, examining how Victorian values transformed into the Jazz Age.
A study of the decade that swept America into the modern age and changed it forever, this book looks at the 1920s as framed by the aspirations, scanda...
America in the Forties is a readable and concise narrative that tells the story of the forties in the United States. The book argues that the forties were an important period in American life, shaped by charismatic, brilliant, and sometimes controversial leaders. It traces the entire decade, from the first stirrings of war in a nation consumed by the Great Depression, through the fights with Europe and Japan and through to the start of the Cold War and the dawn of the atomic age.
America in the Forties is a readable and concise narrative that tells the story of the forties in the United States. The book argues that the forties ...
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 through 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...
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...
