Events That Changed America in the Twentieth Century

JOHN E. FINDLING is co-editor of the Greewood Press Events that Changed America series and the Greenwood Press Events that Changed the World series, which includes Events That Changed The World In the Twentieth Century (Greenwood, 1995). He is the author of Dictionary of American Diplomatic History (Greenwood Press, rev. ed. 1989), and Close Neighbors, Distant Friends: U.S.-Central American Relations (1987). He is the editor of Historical Dictionary of World's Fairs and Expositions (1990) and co-editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World: A Bio-Bibliographical Dictionary of Diplomacy (Greenwood Press, 1993). He is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast.FRANK W. THACKERAY is co-editor of the Greenwood Press Events That Changed America series, and the Greenwood Press Events that Changed the World series, which includes Events That Changed The World In the Twentieth Century (Greenwood, 1995). He is co-editor of Statesmen Who Changed the World: A Bio-Bibliographical Dictionary of Diplomacy (Greenwood Press, 1993), and author of Antecendents of Revolution: Alexander I and the Polish Congress Kingdom, 1815-1825 (1980). He is Professor of History at Indiana University Southeast. He received a Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant to Poland and has written extensively about Russo-Polish relations in the 19th and 20th centuries.

• Illustrations Preface Progressivism, 1901-1914 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Laura Hague World War I, 1914-1918 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Jacob Vander Meulen The Great Depression, 1929-c. 1939 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Anders Greenspan World War II, 1939-1945 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Larry Thornton The Development of Atomic Energy, 1945-1995 Introduction Interpretive Essay by James W. Kunetka The Cold War, c. 1946-1991 Introduction Interpretive Essay by David Mayers The Rise of Television, c. 1948-present Introduction Interpretive Essay by James E. St. Clair The Civil Rights Movement, c. 1954-present Introduction Interpretive Essay by Thomas Clarkin The Vietnam War, c. 1950-1975 Introduction Interpretive Essay by Jerry A. Pattengale The Reagan Revolution, 1981-1989 Introduction Interpretive Essay by John Robson Appendix B: Timeline Appendix C: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Secretaries of State Index