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Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies
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Blacklisted by History is an excellent introduction to American history from roughly 1935 to 1955. It reads like a thriller and is immensely entertaining in a morbid sort of way. While it centers around the travails on one person, Joe McCarthy, it instructs in history, politics, and sociology as well. Mr. Evans' book raises numerous questions, most ans... »
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The Fifties
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"In retrospect," writes David Halberstam, "the pace of the fifties seemed slower, almost languid. Social ferment, however, was beginning just beneath this placid surface." He shows how the United States began to emerge from the long shadow of FDR's 12-year presidency, with the military-industrial complex and the Beat movement simultaneously growing str... »
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Parting the Waters : America in the King Years 1954-63 (America in the King Years)
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The first book of a formidable three-volume social history, Parting the Waters is more than just a biography of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the decade preceding his emergence as a national figure. Branch's thousand-page effort, which won the Pulitzer Prize as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction, prof... »
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