Quest for identity : America since 1945 / Randall Bennett Woods.

Author/creator Woods, Randall Bennett, 1944-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxiii, 593 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents The republic in transition : demobilization and reconversion -- The origins of the Cold War -- Staying the course : Dwight D. Eisenhower and the politics of moderation -- Containing Communism and managing the military-industrial complex : the Eisenhower administration and the Cold War -- Capitalism and conformity : American society, 1945-1960 -- Liberalism reborn : John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the politics of activism -- The wages of globalism : foreign affairs during the Kennedy-Johnson era -- The dividing of America : Vietnam, Black power, the counterculture, and the election of 1968 -- Realpolitik or imperialism? : Nixon, Kissinger, and American foreign policy -- The limits of expediency : Richard M. Nixon and the American presidency -- From confidence to anxiety : American society, 1960-1980 -- Governing in a malaise : the presidencies of Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter -- The culture of narcissism : the Reagan era -- In search of balance : America into the twenty-first century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004025179
ISBN0521840651
ISBN0521549973 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks E741 .W88 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold