A long Cold War : a chronology of American life and culture 1945 to 1991 / Jerry Carrier.

Includes bibliographical references.

"This is the story of America at her peak: a world power deluging the population with consumer goods and entertainment to distract from the fear of nuclear war and the hyper competition with the USSR and China. It allows the reader to understand the impacts of the Cold War on American culture, psyche and politics. A Long Cold War is cultural history covering 1945-1991. Written in an almanac or journal form, it gives the reader details about daily life and international events, from the headlines as they happened and with summaries of average salaries and prices, and the books, music, movies and television shows of the times. It is a good read for the history-minded and the casual reader as well, in its entirety or as a trip down Memory Lane for those with nostalgia for specific years."--Provided by publisher.

Intro; Foreword; Introduction: V is for Victory; A Note about the Cold War; Chapter 1. 1945: Peace at Last, the American Boys Came Home; Chapter 2. 1946: The Best Years of Our Lives; Chapter 3. 1947: The Hunger Winter; Chapter 4. 1948: A Year of Independence, India, Israel and Others; Chapter 5. 1949: The People's Republic Won the Civil War in China and the USSR Developed the Bomb.; Chapter 6. 1950: Credit Cards, Korean War, McCarthyism, and Duck and Cover; Chapter 7. 1951: General MacArthur was Fired and the Korean Peace Negotiations Began

Chapter 8. 1952: More War, the Eisenhower Election and the Birth of Rock and RollChapter 9. 1953: The Korean Conflict Ended, Americans in Vietnam, Communist Xenophobia Peaked, and Color Television; Chapter 10. 1954 : Vietnam, Disneyland, the Disgrace of Joe McCarthy, and the Stock Market Finally Returned to the Pre-crash 1929 High.; Chapter 11. 1955: In God We Trust, Civil Defense, Hurricanes, Davy Crockett, Emmet Till and Rosa Parks; Chapter 12. 1956: School Desegregation Violence, Eisenhower Re-elected, the Hungarian Revolt, and Rock and Roll is Here to Stay.

Chapter 13. 1957: Sputnik I & II, the Rise of Dr. King, Desegregation Violence, Khrushchev on Television, and Ed GeinChapter 14. 1958: Natural Born Killers, the Fraud of Charles Van Doren, Castro's Cuba and Other Latin American Problems, and Independence in Africa; Chapter 15. 1959: Castro's Cuba, the Dawn of Electronics, the Day the Music Died, Barbie, Astronauts, and the Ho Chi Minh Trail; Chapter 16. 1960: Birth Control, US Troops in Vietnam, the founding of the Viet Cong, the US Plans to Destroy Cuba, Sit-Ins and Kennedy Elected

Chapter 17 1961: JFK, the Berlin Wall, the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and Civil Rights and More Racial StrifeChapter 18. 1962: Nuclear Testing, the Space Race, and the Cuban Missile Crisis; Chapter 19. 1963: The Turning Point of the Civil Rights Movement and the Kennedy Assassination; Chapter 20. 1964: Vietnam, the Civil Rights Act, the Beatles, Muhammad Ali, and Topless Swim Suits; Chapter 21. 1965. Vietnam Became America's War; Chapter 22. 1966: Vietnam Escalation, Civil Rights and Riots, and the Beatles vs. Jesus

Chapter 23. 1967: Hippies, the Summer of Love, the Summer of Race Riots, and Vietnam ProtestsChapter 24. 1968: The Violent Year: The Assassinations of King and Kennedy, Riots, Nixon Committed Treason and the Tet Offensive; Chapter 25. 1969: Men on the Moon, Woodstock, the Mega Concerts, the Internet, Environmental and Gay Rights Movements, and Hamburger Hill; Chapter 26. 1970: A year of Violence, Kent State, the Weathermen, More Black Panthers, Police Brutality, Racial Unrest, and the Invasion of Cambodia

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