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The Crucial Decade - and After America, 1945-1960
The Crucial Decade and After America 19451960 Author:Eric F. Goldman This is the first book-lenght history of the United Stares from the end of WWII to 1960. The original volume was published in 1955. Two rich chapters and an epilogue,extending the story to 1960, have been added for this edition. When in first appeared, critics compared it to F. L. Allen's "Only Yesterday" for its movement and color, its wit ... more »and irony, and its evocation of the shifting moods of the decade.« less