Loss of innocence : America's scandals in the post-war years / Melvin E. Matthews, Jr.

By:

Matthews, Melvin E [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Algora Publishing, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (x, 210 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1628943564
9781628943566

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Loss of innocence.DDC classification:

303.3/720973 23

LOC classification:

HN90.M6 M38 2019

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Contents:

The $64,000 question and the beginning of quiz mania (1955-1956) -- "Open skies" and the beginning of the U-2 program (1954-1957) -- Twenty-one, Herbert Stempel and Charles Van Doren (1956-1957) -- Sputnik (1957-1958) -- Berlin, the "kitchen debate," and the "spirit of Camp David" (1958-1959) -- The quiz show bubble bursts (1958-1959) -- The U-2 bubble bursts (1960) -- Tying up the loose ends (1960-1962) -- Aftermath : the expanding credibility gap.

Summary: "Loss of Innocence explores the sunny, innocent mood of post-War America and the budding skepticism that began to creep into the minds of an overly-credulous public in the 1950s. Taking the quiz show scandals of the 1950s and the U-2 spy incident of 1960 as examples, the book argues that these two events shook the public and began to erode their blind faith in government and institutions, creating a credibility gap that haunts us to this day"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Loss of Innocence explores the sunny, innocent mood of post-War America and the budding skepticism that began to creep into the minds of an overly-credulous public in the 1950s. Taking the quiz show scandals of the 1950s and the U-2 spy incident of 1960 as examples, the book argues that these two events shook the public and began to erode their blind faith in government and institutions, creating a credibility gap that haunts us to this day"-- Provided by publisher.