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The Fifties
About this book
This vivid
New York Times bestseller about 1950s America from a Pulitzer Prizeâwinning journalist is "an engrossing sail across a pivotal decade" (
Time).
Joe McCarthy. Marilyn Monroe. The H-bomb. Ozzie and Harriet. Elvis. Civil rights. It's undeniable: The fifties were a defining decade for America, complete with sweeping cultural change and political upheaval. This decade is also the focus of David Halberstam's triumphant The Fifties, which stands as an enduring classic and was an instant New York Times bestseller upon its publication. More than a survey of the decade, it is a masterfully woven examination of far-reaching change, from the unexpected popularity of Holiday Inn to the marketing savvy behind McDonald's expansion. A meditation on the staggering influence of image and rhetoric, The Fifties is vintage Halberstam, who was hailed by the Denver Post as "a lively, graceful writer who makes you . . . understand how much of our time was born in those years."
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This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.
Joe McCarthy. Marilyn Monroe. The H-bomb. Ozzie and Harriet. Elvis. Civil rights. It's undeniable: The fifties were a defining decade for America, complete with sweeping cultural change and political upheaval. This decade is also the focus of David Halberstam's triumphant The Fifties, which stands as an enduring classic and was an instant New York Times bestseller upon its publication. More than a survey of the decade, it is a masterfully woven examination of far-reaching change, from the unexpected popularity of Holiday Inn to the marketing savvy behind McDonald's expansion. A meditation on the staggering influence of image and rhetoric, The Fifties is vintage Halberstam, who was hailed by the Denver Post as "a lively, graceful writer who makes you . . . understand how much of our time was born in those years."
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This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.
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INDEX
A | B | C | D | E
F | G | H | I | J
K | L | M | N | O
P | R | S | T
U | V | W | Y | Z
F | G | H | I | J
K | L | M | N | O
P | R | S | T
U | V | W | Y | Z
Aaron, Henry, 692
Abbott, Robert S., 443-44
ABC, 183, 630
Abernathy, Ralph, 543, 553, 554, 560
Ace, Goodman, 187
Acheson, Dean, 388, 390, 395, 397, 703, 722
on anti-Communists, 56, 58-59
background of, 10-11
Guatemalan policy and, 378, 379
Hiss affair and, 11-12, 15, 17-18
Korean War and, 62, 66, 70, 106
on Little Rock desegregation efforts, 686
on loss of China, 66-67
MacArthur and, 84, 109, 114
McCarthy and, 54
Mossadeghâs meeting with, 364
on Nixon-Kennedy debate, 732
nuclear weapons policy and, 36, 44, 45-46
Oppenheimerâs briefing of, 35
Trumanâs relationship with, 21, 23, 24
Adams, Sherman, 210, 239, 310-11, 326, 623-24, 689
Adams, Tom, 490, 491
Adler, Julius Ochs, 383
Adler, Mortimer, 664
Adler, Stella, 269, 270
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The, 509-11
advertising, 199, 224-27, 497-505, 644-46
by Chevrolet, 629-33
consumerism and, 505-6
political, 224-25
television spot, 225, 227
tobacco industry and, 502-4
Advertising Age, 628, 629
Agate, Betty, 169
Agate, Sandy, 169
Agee, James, 53
Agriculture Department, U.S., 169
Ailes, Roger, 314
Air Force, U.S., 25, 37-38, 71, 72, 330, 341, 616-17, 703, 704
Alabama Journal, 556
Aldrich, Winthrop, 505
Alfhem, 380, 382
alienation, 485, 527-28, 530
Allen, Fred, 180-86, 201
Allen, George, 234
Allen, Lee, 189
Alien, Steve, 477, 4...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- Image Gallery
- Author Interviews for The Fifties
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
- Author's Note
- A Biography of David Halberstam
- Copyright