1945-1953

Collects nineteen essays that provide varying perspectives on Joseph McCarthy's obsession over Communism in the United States after World War II, providing historical background on the McCarthy era, and providing primary source documents and personal stories from Joseph McCarthy, Harry S. Truman, journalists, and Americans whose lives were affected by Red Scare accusations.

Presents a comprehensive examination of the personal and professional lives of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon during the post-war 1940s when they were young congressmen, and describes the choices they made that would carry all three of them to the Presidency.

Contains eleven essays in which the authors present varying viewpoints on the methods used by Senator Joseph McCarthy in his efforts to expose communists in U.S. government, and offer their assessments of McCarthy and McCarthyism.

Text and photographs focus mainly on the U.S. victory in World War II.

Presents an analysis of the man and his achievements during his crisis-burdened years in office.

Assesses the Truman administration's influences and accomplishments.

A history chronicling life in the U.S. from the Depression to the opening scenes of Watergate.

Chronicles political, social, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the 1950s in the U.S.

Chronicles political, social, economic, and cultural events and developments that shaped the 1940s in the U.S.

In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values.