| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xx, 492 pages ; 24 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Taking sides |
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McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series |
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Taking sides.
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McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Unit 1. American high: 1945-1962 -- Was it necessary to drop the atomic bomb to end World War II? -- Was President Truman responsible for the Cold War? -- Did communism threaten America's internal security after World War II? -- Should President Truman have fired General MacArthur? -- Was rock and roll responsible for dismantling America's traditional family, sexual, and racial customs in the 1950s and 1960s? -- Was President Kennedy responsible for the Cuban missile crisis? -- Unit 2. From liberation through Watergate: 1963-1974 -- Did Lee Harvey Oswald kill President Kennedy by himself? -- Was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s leadership essential to the success of the Civil Rights revolution? -- Did the great society fail? -- Was the Americanization of the war in Vietnam inevitable? -- Has the women's movement of the 1970s failed to liberate American women? -- Was Richard Nixon America's last liberal president? -- Unit 3. Postindustrial America and the end of the Cold War: 1974-2007 -- Did President Reagan win the Cold War? -- Were the 1980s a decade of affluence for the middle class? -- Is George W. Bush the worst president in American history? -- Should America remain a nation of immigrants? -- Is the environmental crisis "An Inconvenient Truth"? |
| Summary |
This volume presents current controversies that surround United States history since 1945 in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. The issues in this book are arranged in chronological order and can be easily incorporated into any American history survey course. Each issue has an introduction, which sets the stage for the debate that follows in the pro and con selections and provides historical and methodological background to the problem that the issue examines. These topics are framed with a general summary and introduction, and a postscript or challenge questions. This work features an annotated listing of selected websites and an online instructor's resource guide with testing material available. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 1945-
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1945
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Madaras, Larry, editor, writer of introduction.
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| Added Title |
Clashing views in United States history since 1945 |
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United States history since 1945 |
| ISBN |
9780073515199 (paperback) |
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0073515191 (paperback) |
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