| Holding the Line Contributor(s): Alexander, Charles C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253201934 ISBN-13: 9780253201935 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1976 Annotation: Alexander sees the characteristic feature of the Eisenhower era as an effort to "hold the line" -- against Communism, against big government, against intellectual challenge, against disruptive social change. The period 1952-1961 is examined in trenchant detail by the author, who focuses on domestic politics and foreign policy but also examines economic, social, intellectual, and cultural aspects of the period. He scrutinizes such features of the fifties as McCarthyism, the Korean conflict, Dulles's system of global alliances, the early involvement in Vietnam, the economic boom, the appearance of giant conglomerates, the emergence of Black protest, the gathering crisis of the cities, and the impact of the mass media on popular culture. This book is lively enough for general readers and students of American history since the Second World War, yet probing and scholarly enough to interest specialists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 320.973 |
| LCCN: 74011714 |
| Lexile Measure: 1490 |
| Series: America Since World War II |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5" W x 8" (0.83 lbs) 326 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Alexander sees the characteristic feature of the Eisenhower era as an effort to hold the line--against Communism, against big government, against intellectual challenge, against disruptive social change. The period 1952-1961 is examined in trenchant detail by the author, who focuses on domestic politics and foreign policy but also examines economic, social, intellectual, and cultural aspects of the period. He scrutinizes such features of the fifties as McCarthyism, the Korean conflict, Dulles's system of global alliances, the early involvement in Vietnam, the economic boom, the appearance of giant conglomerates, the emergence of Black protest, the gathering crisis of the cities, and the impact of the mass media on popular culture. This book is lively enough for general readers and students of American history since the Second World War, yet probing and scholarly enough to interest specialists. |