Bubble in Time - America During the Interwar Years, 19892001

Informationen zum Autor William L. O'Neill Klappentext The all-too-brief period of relative tranquility that extended from the end of the Cold War to the beginning of the War on Terror is the subject of William L. O'Neill's brilliant new study of recent American history. Mr. O'Neill's sharp eye for the telling incident and the apt quotation combine with an acute historical judgment to make A Bubble in Time a compellingly readable informal history. Zusammenfassung The all-too-brief period of relative tranquility that extended from the end of the Cold War to the beginning of the War on Terror is the subject of William L. O'Neill's brilliant new study of recent American history. Mr. O'Neill's sharp eye for the telling incident and the apt quotation combine with an acute historical judgment to make A Bubble in Time a compellingly readable informal history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Elder Bush Chapter 2: Slaughter: The First Persian Gulf War Interlude: The Enola Gay Exhibition Chapter 3: Clinton and the 1992 Election Chapter 4: What's Right and What's Wrong Interlude: Buffalo Commons Chapter 5: Clinton Arrives Chapter 6: Sex and Other Scandals Interlude: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chapter 7: The Trial of the Century Chapter 8: Higher Education in Crisis Interlude: Alan Greenspan: The God That Failed Chapter 9: Clinton: The Second Term Epilogue

Produktdetails

• Autoren: &apos, William L. Neill, O&apos, William O'Neill, William L O'Neill, William L. O'Neill, William L. O''neill
• Verlag: Ivan R. Dee
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 16.09.2009
• EAN: 9781566638067
• ISBN: 978-1-56663-806-7
• Seiten: 448
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung