In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 - Hardcover
by Nick Bunker
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541675544ISBN-10:1541675541UPC:9781541675544Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Modern, American GovernmentBook Topic:20th Century, NationalSize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCVF5GSJXG
An evocative portrait of a divided America at the dawn of the Cold War Halfway through the twentieth century, the United States towered over the world in industrial might. After winning the 1948 election, Harry Truman hoped to use this economic strength to build on FDR's achievements with new liberal reforms. But then, in just ten months between September 1949 and June 1950, the president's ambitions were overtaken by events that left the country gripped by rage and fear. The Soviets tested an atomic bomb, Mao's army swept through China, and at home Truman faced labor unrest and a Republican Party desperate for power. In the Shadow of Fear is an innovative and gripping history of this pivotal moment. Recounting the launch of Senator Joe McCarthy's anti-communist crusade, the defeat of Truman's liberal program, and the start of the Korean War, prizewinning historian Nick Bunker shows us a polarized nation facing crises at home and abroad--a story with deep resonances today.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9781541675544ISBN-10:1541675541UPC:9781541675544Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Modern, American GovernmentBook Topic:20th Century, NationalSize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.6513Product ID:SCVF5GSJXG
Nick Bunker won the 2015 George Washington Book Prize with An Empire on the Edge, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History. His other books include Making Haste from Babylon, which was long listed for the UK's Samuel Johnson Prize, and Young Benjamin Franklin.
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