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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: "The Buck Stops Here!": The Harry Truman Administration; The Truman Doctrine and Containment; Document: Harry S. Truman: The TrumanDoctrine (1947); Document: George C. Marshall: The Marshall Plan (1947); Postwar Domestic Reorganization; The Red Scare; Document: Joseph R. McCarthy:Communists in the State Department (1950); The Korean War; The Hollywood Ten; Chapter 2: Linking Ike: The Dwight Eisenhower Administration; Peace, Growth, and Prosperity; Eisenhower's Second Term. |
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Document: Dwight D. Eisenhower: The Crisis in the Middle East (1957)Domestic Issues; World Affairs; An Assessment of the Postwar Era; Document: Dwight D. Eisenhower: Farewell Address (1961); Chapter 3: From Camelot All the Way with LBJ: The John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson Administrations; The New Frontier; Document: John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address (1961); Document: John F. Kennedy: Soviet Missiles in Cuba (1962); The Great Society; Document: Lyndon B. Johnson: The Great Society (1964); The Civil Rights Movement; Civil Rights Act; Latino and Native American Activism; Social Changes. |
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Roe V. WadeHippies; The Vietnam War; Document: Lyndon B. Johnson: Withdrawal Speech (1968); Chapter 4: "Nixon's the One": The Richard M. Nixon Administration; Foreign Affairs; Document: Richard M. Nixon: The Moscow Summit (1972); Domestic Affairs; Equal Rights Amendment (ERA); The Watergate Scandal; Document: Richard M. Nixon: Resignation from the Presidency (1974); Chapter 5: The National Nightmare Ends, the National Malaise Begins: The Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Administrations; The Gerald R. Ford Administration; Pardoning Nixon; Troubled Economy; The 1976 Election. |
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The Jimmy Carter AdministrationForeign Affairs; Domestic Policy; Document: Jimmy Carter: A National Malaise (1979); Chapter 6: Morning in America: The Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations; The Ronald Reagan Administration; Reagonomics; Document: Ronald Reagan: A Tax System that Is Unwise, Unwanted, and Unfair (1985); The Reagan Doctrine; Second Term and the Iran-Contra Affair; Document: Ronald Reagan: Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin (1987); Iran-Contra Affair; Economic Legacy; The George Bush Administration; Foreign Policy; Iraq War; "Read My Lips." |
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The 1992 ElectionDocument: George Bush: Operation Desert Storm (1991); Chapter 7: "It's the Economy, Stupid": The Bill Clinton Administration; Early Policy Initiatives; Document: Hillary Clinton: Attempts at Health Care Reform (1993); Document: Contract with America (1994); Mid-Term Challenge; The 1996 Election; The Lewinsky Affair; Document: Kenneth Starr: Starr Report (1998); Chapter 8: America After 9-11: The George W. Bush Administration; Congressional Resistance; The September 11 Attacks; Document: George W. Bush:Declaration of War on Terrorism (2001); The Iraq War. |
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So rapid has been the growth of the United States since the mid-20th century and so profound the changes it has experienced that its current superpower status in the world sometimes obscures the radical social, political, economic, and technological transformations it has experienced in that time. Although international and domestic challenges--from the Cold War to the war on terror to healthcare--as well as successes on each front have alternately stunted and accelerated the country's ascent, its role in world affairs is undeniable. With seminal documents of the each era complementing relevant. |
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Since 1945 |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 -- Sources. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- -- Sources. |
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United States -- History -- 1945- -- Sources. |
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History. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
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United States -- History -- 1945- -- Sources.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Sources.
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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History.
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Sources.
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781615307371 : $34.95 |
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1615307370 : $34.95 |
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