The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II / Edition 6

by William H. Chafe

Overview

This popular and classic text chronicles America's roller-coaster journey through the decades since World War II. Considering both the paradoxes and the possibilities of postwar America, William H. Chafe portrays the significant cultural and political themes that have colored our country's past and present, including issues of race, class, gender, foreign policy, and economic and social reform. He examines such subjects as the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, the origins and the end of the Cold War, the culture of the 1970s, the rise of the New Right, the Clinton presidency, the events of September 11th and their aftermath, the war in Iraq, the 2004 election, and the beginning of George W. Bush's second term.

In this new edition, Chafe provides a nuanced yet unabashed assessment of George W. Bush's presidency, covering his reelection, the saga of the Iraq War, and the administration's response to the widespread devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Chafe also provides a detailed account of the state of the nation under the Bush administration, including the economic situation, the cultural polarization over such issues as stem cell research and gay marriage, the shifting public opinion of the Iraq War, and the widening gap between the poorest and the wealthiest citizens. Brilliantly written by a prize-winning historian, The Unfinished Journey, Sixth Edition, is an essential text for all students of recent American history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195315370
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/24/2006
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

William H. Chafe is Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History at Duke University. He is the author or coeditor of several books, including Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South (2008), The Rise and Fall of the American Century: The United States from 1890-2009 (OUP, 2007), A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America, Seventh Edition (OUP, 2007), Private Lives/Public Consequences: Personality and Politics in Modern America (2005), and Never Stop Running: Allard K. Lowenstein and the Struggle to Save American Liberalism (1998). He is a former president of the Organization of American Historians and his books have been recognized with the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (1981), the Sidney Hillman Book Award (1994), and the Lillian Smith Book Award (2003).

Table of Contents

Preface

Editorial Reviews

"Provides all the necessary details, critical when it is appropriate, insightful, informative!"—James Edmonson, Emmanuel College

"Still the best-written text on the period."—Paul Barrett, Illinois Institute of Technology

"Beautifully written. . . . Unquestionably the finest history of the post—World War Two era." —Lewis H. Carlson, Western Michigan University

"The Unfinished Journey still makes our students feel the history of the postwar era and is unsurpassed for the civil rights coverage."—Mollie C. Davis, Queens College

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