American Paradox

A History of the United States Since 1945

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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This reader for courses in recent American history emphasizes political participation and popular culture. Its main theme is the relationship of Americans to their government, for example, how Americans as a people remain skeptical of big government even as they expect it to facilitate large programs such as Social Security. The Second Edition features a range of content enhancements, including increased coverage of events from 1970 to the present. In addition to the author's vivid, accessible writing style, the text maintains its focus on the tension between popular culture and social realities, the dynamics of minority groups and their place in American society, and the ambivalent feelings of many Americans concerning the U.S.'s role in the world during the postwar period.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-07-20
Mått164 x 233 x 17 mm
Vikt608 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Upplaga2
FörlagCengage Learning, Inc
ISBN9780618660865

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Every chapter ends with selected readings. 1. The Specter of Appeasement: The Cold War, 1945-1949 Roots of the Cold War Harry Truman Takes Charge The Fall of the Iron Curtain Containing Communism: The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan Mounting Tensions, Precarious Solutions Debating Containment Primary Sources: George Kennan, The Sources of Soviet Conduct Harry Wallace, The Last Chance for Peace Harry Truman, The Truman Doctrine 2. In the Shadow of FDR From War to Peace The Rise of Harry Truman Truman and the Divided Democrats The 1948 Election Trying for a Fair Deal The Vital Center Primary Sources: Harry Truman, Acceptance Speech, 1948 3. The Cold War Heats Up The Cold War in Asia The Korean War: From Invasion to Stalemate Truman-MacArthur and the Trials of Containment Consequences of Korea The Politics of Fear Cold War Popular Culture Joseph McCarthy Primary Sources: National Security Council, NSC-68 Joseph McCarthy, Final, All-Out Battle Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Declaration of Conscience 4. The Consumer Society, 1945-1960 The Baby Boom and the Rise of Mass Consumption The Rise of the Suburbs The Changing World of Work Shaping National Culture: The Shared Images of Television The Car Culture Teenagers and the Rise of Rock and Roll Mass Culture and Its Critics Primary Sources: Billy Graham, America's Greatest Sin Life magazine, The New Teen Market U.S. News and World Report, Perils of Mass Culture 5. The Politics of Moderation, 1951-1960 The Election of 1952 Dynamic Conservatism at Home Taking on McCarthy The 1956 Presidential Campaign The "New Look" Abroad The Rhetoric and Reality of Liberation The Threat of Third-World Nationalism Primary Sources: Richard Nixon, The Checkers Speech 6. American Ideals and Social Realities, 1952-1960 Intellectuals and the Celebration of Consensus The New Poverty Women During the 1950s The Struggle for Black Equality The Montgomery Bus Boycott Civic Nationalism/ Cultural Pluralism The Quest for National Purpose, 1957-1960 Political and Economic Uncertainties Kennedy and the 1960 Presidential Election Primary Sources: Betty Friedan, The Problem That Has No Name The Southern Manifesto, 1956 Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery Bus Boycott Inauguration Speech How to Respond to a Nuclear Attack, 1950 7. The Kennedy Presidency 1961-1963 JFK andthe New Frontier JFK and Civil Rights From Birmingham to Montgomery New Frontiers Abroad The Bay of Pigs Kennedy and Khrushchev The Cuban Missile Crisis The Life of Kennedy's Death Primary Sources: SNCC Statement of Purpose, 1960 8. The Liberal Travail: Lyndon Johnson, the Great Society, and the Unraveling of America, 1963-1967 Lyndon Johnson Takes Charge The The War on Poverty The Conservative Revival The 1964 Election The Great Society The Reforms of the Warren Court We Shall Overcome Black-Power / White Backlash The Youth Culture The New Left Primary Sources: Young Americans for Freedom, The Sharon Statement Malcom X, The Black Revolution To the Women of the Left Tet and the Anguish of Lyndon Johnson Kennedy and King The Center Holds: The Election of 1968 9. Into the Big Muddy: America in Vietnam, 1945-1968 The First Fateful Steps JFK and Vietnam Vietnam: The Decision to Escalate America's War The Soldier's War Primary Sources: Dwight Eisenhower, The Domino Theory The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964 George Ball, Memorandum for the President 10. Richard Nixon and the New Republican Majority, 1969-1974 The Rise of the Middle Americans The Rise of Richard Nixon Vietnam: The War at Home and Abroad The Cambodian Incursion Peace with Honor? Nixon, Kissinger, and the World The Limits of Realism Playing the Race Card The 1972 Presidential Campaign Watergate and the Downfall of Richard Nixon Primary Sources: Richard Nixon, The Silent Majority The Smoking Gun 11. The Clash of Cultures, 1969-1980 The Me Decade The Flowering of 1960s Culture African Americans: Progress and Poverty The New Cultural Pluralism The Modern Gay-Rights Movement The Women's Movement Saving the Environment The Conservative Response Cultural Crosscurrents The Battle over the Equal Rights Amendment Busing Anita Bryant and the Struggle over Gay Rights Primary Sources: Cesar Chavez, The Grape Boycott A Radical Manifesto, 1969 Phyllis Schlafly, The Power of the Positive Woman 12. America's Crisis of Confidence, 1974-1980 Watergate Legacies: The Diffusion of Power The Politics of Austerity A Time to Heal: The Brief Presidency of Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter and the New Democrats The Democrats' Discontent 1979: The Year of Crisis The 1980 Presidential Campaign Primary Sources: Gerald Ford, Pardon of Richard Nixon Jimmy Carter, The Crisis of Confidence 13. The Reagan Presidency, 1981-1989 The Style and Substance of Ronald Reagan The Reagan Agenda Attacking the Liberal State Reagan Justice The 1984 Presidential Campaign Reagan and the Cold War The New Arms Race The Cold War in Central America The Threat of International Terrorism The Reagan Legacy Primary Sources: Ronald Reagan, Inaugural Address Geraldine Ferraro, 1984 Democratic Convention Speech Oliver North, Iran-Contra Testimony 14. Culture and Consumerism: 1980-1992 The Politics of Family Values AIDS and the Struggle for Gay Rights Black, Brown, and Yellow The Money Culture The MTV Generation The Hourglass Society American Apartheid Primary Sources: Jerry Falwell, Return to Traditional Religious Values A. Barlett Giamatti, Letter to Yale Freshmen, 1981 Ryan White, AIDS Testimony 15. The End of the Cold War, 1988-1992 The Search for Reagan's Successor 1989: The Year of Miracles The New World Order War with Iraq Problems on the Homefront The 1992 Presidential Campaign Primary Sources: Congress Debates War or Peace with Iraq 17. The Clinton Presidency, 1993-2001 The Clinton Agenda Moving to the Center Winning a Second Term: The 1996 campaign The New Internationalism Trouble Spots: Yugoslavia and Iraq Impeachment The Clinton Legacy Primary Sources: The Contract with America, 1994 Bill Clinton, Apology to the Nation 18. The Prosperous Nineties The Computer Revolution and the Information Society The Birth of the World Wide Web Wall Street Boom Globalization and Its Discontents From Wall Street to Main Street Sex, Violence, and the Culture Wars Hip-Hop Nation Race and American Justice The Many Shades of Color in America Global Terror The Prosperity Paradox The 2000 Presidential Election Primary Sources: U.S. Supreme Court, Bush v. Gore Epilogue: The Challenges of the New Century September 11, 2001 War with Iraq The Paradox of Power Primary Sources: George W. Bush, Declaration of War on Terrorism