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In the brief biographical essays of The Human Tradition in America since 1945, students will meet a wide range of diverse individuals-both men and women, rich and poor, powerful and vulnerable-who represent key elements of post-World War II America.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Global Power and Social Revolution since 1945 Part 2 I Cold War Globalism and the Rise of the National Security State Chapter 3 John J. McCloy: Architect of the American Century Chapter 4 General Andrew Jackson Goodpaster: Managing National Security Chapter 5 Wesley Fishel and Vietnam: "A Special Kind of Friend" Part 6 II Domestic Reactions to American Globalism Chapter 7 Father Daniel J. Berrigan: The FBI's Most Wanted Peace Activist Chapter 8 Jerry McCuistion: POW Wife and Public Activist Chapter 9 Clement J. Zablocki: The Politics of Personality and Presidential Power Part 10 III Social Change in the Cold War Era Chapter 11 Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Cold Ware Politics of Gender Chapter 12 Daisy Bates: The Struggle for Racial Equality Chapter 13 Mary Crow Dog: A Story of the American Indian Movement and the United States Chapter 14 Alix Kates Shulman: Novelist, Feminist, Twentieth-Century Woman Part 15 IV Politics in Cold War America Chapter 16 Jacob M. Arvey: Post-World War II Political Reform Chapter 17 Charles W. Thayer: Purged from the State Department Chapter 18 John Dean: The Watergate Scandal Chapter 19 David Stockman: Reagan's Revolutionary Chapter 20 Index
About the author
David L. Anderson is professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Indianapolis.
Summary
In the brief biographical essays of The Human Tradition in America since 1945, students will meet a wide range of diverse individuals-both men and women, rich and poor, powerful and vulnerable-who represent key elements of post-World War II America.
