"One-volume edition"--cover. Material in this volume appeared previously in different form in America: the last best hope, volume 1; America: the last best hope, volume 2; and A century turns. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Reagan and revival (1981-1989). Reflection and choice: framing the Constitution (1783-1789) -- The new republic (1789-1801) -- The Jeffersonians (1801-1829) -- Jackson and democracy (1829-1849) -- The rising storm (1849-1861) -- Freedom's fiery trail (1860-1863) -- A new birth of freedom (1863-1865) -- To bind up the nation's wounds (1865-1877) -- An age more golden than gilded? (1877-1897) -- The american dynamo - shadowed by war (1897-1914) -- America and the Great War (1914-1921) -- The boom and the bust (1921-1933) -- FDR and the New Deal (1933-1939) -- America's rendezvous with destiny (1939-1941) -- America victorious (1943-1945) -- Truman defends the free world (1945-1953) -- Eisenhower and happy days (1953-1961) -- Passing the torch (1961-1969) -- Nixon's the one (1969-1974) -- The year the locusts ate (1974-1981) -- Reagan and revival (1981-1989).
Summary:
Endeavors to present the history of the United States from a balanced perspective, describing both positive and negative events, and illuminating the powerful leaders who steered the country on the path of freedom, revised and updated into a single-volume.
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