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Surveys the social, cultural, and political history of the United States during the decade of the 1950's.
An American Stand: Senator Margaret Chase Smith and the Communist Menace, 1948-1972 focuses on the unique perspective of a female Cold Warrior fascinated with the "masculine" issue of national security. Avoiding any sanitization of the ruthless actions of communists abroad, th...
"Takes us back to that moment between the fifties and the sixties when a new music called free jazz took root in the coffeehouses and nightclubs of New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles."—John Szwed, author of So What: The Life of Miles Davis
Schroth recounts the history of the Jesuits in the United States, focusing on the key periods of the Jesuit experience beginning with the era of European explorers-- some of whom were Jesuits themselves.
Consists of 42 addresses to the Senate delivered between 1981 and 1987. These speeches have been compiled, revised, and edited to present the United States Senate's history and traditions of the past 200 years.
Why America Fights explores how the U.S. government has sold war aims designed to rally public support throughout the 20th century.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.
Kofsky reveals how Truman and the two most important members of his cabinet, Marshall and Forrestall, systematically deceived Congress and the public into thinking that the USSR was about to start World War III.