Moving On : The American People Since 1945

by Moss, George Donelson

• ISBN13: 9780130171917
• ISBN10: 0130171913
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Moving On is a comprehensive narrative synthesis covering U.S. History from 1945 until the present. Blending old and new historical approaches. it produces an inclusive account covering the historical experiences of all important groups and their contributions to the most successful multicultural society in human history. Reworked and updated to incorporate recent events and scholarship, the third edition includes the following: a new chapter covering the first few years of the new millennium completely revised bibliographic essays enhanced coverage of social and cultural topics

Table of Contents

Preface	x
Prologue: The American People in 1945	1	(28)
War As Social Revolution	2	(1)
Demographic Change	2	(3)
Economic Transformations	5	(3)
Women in Wartime	8	(3)
African Americans at War	11	(2)
Hispanic Americans in Wartime	13	(1)
Native Americans in Wartime	14	(1)
Asian Americans in Wartime	14	(4)
The Politics of War	18	(2)
The Election of 1944	20	(1)
War and Culture	21	(1)
Hollywood Goes to War	22	(3)
Wartime Radio	25	(1)
World War and Its Legacies	26	(2)
Bibliography	28	(1)
The Rise of the Cold War	29	(34)
The United Nations	30	(1)
Truman Takes Charge	31	(1)
Origins of Cold War	32	(10)
Containing Communism	42	(1)
Two Halves of the Same Walnut	42	(4)
NATO	46	(3)
The Chinese Revolution	49	(3)
Vietnam: The Beginnings	52	(1)
NSC-68	53	(1)
Korea	54	(6)
The Cold War Consensus	60	(1)
Bibliography	61	(2)
Postwar America	63	(24)
The Man from Missouri	63	(2)
Postwar Politics	65	(2)
Labor Troubles	67	(1)
The Election of 1946	68	(1)
The 80th Congress	69	(2)
Women	71	(1)
Civil Rights	72	(2)
The Election of 1948	74	(3)
The Fair Deal	77	(2)
Cold War at Home	79	(7)
Bibliography	86	(1)
The American People at Mid-Century	87	(26)
Demographic Patterns	88	(1)
An Economy of Abundance	89	(1)
The Car Culture	89	(2)
Growth Industries	91	(1)
The Mixed Economy	91	(2)
Labor at Mid-Century	93	(1)
Poverty amidst Plenty	94	(1)
The Rise of Suburbia	95	(2)
Class and Status	97	(1)
The Culture of Affluence	98	(2)
Women: Family Life and Work	100	(2)
Religion Revived	102	(1)
Social Critics	103	(1)
The Advent of Television	104	(4)
Rock 'n' Roll	108	(2)
Rebels	110	(1)
Bibliography	111	(2)
The Politics of Consensus	113	(28)
The Election of 1952	114	(1)
The War Hero	115	(1)
Dynamic Conservatism	116	(2)
McCarthy: Zenith and Ruin	118	(2)
Consensus Politics	120	(1)
Civil Rights	121	(2)
The New Look	123	(2)
Vietnam: Getting in Deeper	125	(3)
The China Crisis	128	(1)
At the Summit	129	(1)
The CIA at Work	130	(1)
Trouble in Suez	130	(4)
Sputnik	134	(1)
Cuba and Castro	135	(2)
Controversy in Europe	137	(1)
End of an Era	138	(1)
Bibliography	139	(2)
New Frontiers	141	(36)
A Path to the Presidency	141	(2)
The Election of 1960	143	(4)
The Kennedy Style	147	(3)
The Cold Warrior	150	(1)
The Bay of Pigs	150	(2)
The Third World	152	(1)
Berlin	153	(1)
The Missile Crisis	154	(5)
Vietnam: Raising the Stakes	159	(3)
The Space Race	162	(2)
Social Reform	164	(1)
The Economy	165	(1)
Let Freedom Ring	166	(4)
Tragedy in Dallas	170	(3)
The Legacy of Camelot	173	(2)
Bibliography	175	(2)
Great Society and Vietnam	177	(27)
The Tall Texan	177	(2)
Johnson Takes Command	179	(2)
The Election of 1964	181	(1)
Great Society	182	(4)
The Warren Court	186	(3)
Lyndon Johnson and the World	189	(3)
Vietnam: Going to War	192	(4)
The American Way of War	196	(3)
War at Home	199	(1)
Tet-68 and Its Consequences	200	(3)
Bibliography	203	(1)
Rebellion and Reaction	204	(29)
Young Radicals	205	(3)
The Greening of America	208	(5)
The Fire This Time	213	(2)
Black Power	215	(1)
Malcolm X	216	(1)
Freedom's Martyr	217	(1)
Red and Brown Power	218	(1)
Gay-Lesbian Liberation	219	(1)
The Rebirth of Feminism	219	(3)
Women's Liberation	222	(1)
Backlash	223	(1)
The Election of 1968	224	(6)
Summing Up the 1960s	230	(1)
Bibliography	231	(2)
Calming Down	233	(28)
The Politician	234	(2)
Pragmatic Centrism	236	(2)
Nixonomics	238	(1)
The Southern Strategy	239	(2)
The Burger Court	241	(1)
Activists and Reformers	242	(3)
Ecology and Consumerism	245	(1)
The Election of 1972	246	(3)
Watergate	249	(4)
The Decline and Fall of Richard Nixon	253	(5)
Postmortem	258	(1)
Bibliography	259	(2)
The World and Richard Nixon	261	(22)
Nixon and Kissinger	262	(1)
Detente	262	(4)
The China Opening	266	(3)
Vietnam: A War to End a War	269	(6)
The Middle Eastern Dilemma	275	(3)
Chaos in Chile	278	(1)
Troubles in Europe	279	(1)
The Emergence of Japan	280	(1)
Nixonian Diplomacy in Perspective	280	(2)
Bibliography	282	(1)
Era of Limits	283	(28)
A Ford, Not a Lincoln	283	(2)
Economic and Energy Woes	285	(3)
Ford, Kissinger, and the World	288	(1)
Vietnam: Denouement	288	(2)
The Election of 1976	290	(4)
Mr. Carter Goes to Washington	294	(4)
Carter and the World	298	(2)
The Decline of Detente	300	(2)
Disaster in Iran	302	(2)
The Election of 1980	304	(4)
A Time of Troubles	308	(1)
Bibliography	309	(2)
The American People in the 1970s	311	(29)
A Demographic Profile	312	(2)
Economic Stasis	314	(2)
Cars and Computers	316	(3)
New Immigrants	319	(2)
African Americans: A Dual Society	321	(2)
Women: Changing Attitudes and Roles	323	(4)
Education	327	(2)
Religion	329	(1)
The Rise of the Religious Right	329	(1)
The ``Me'' Decade	330	(2)
Popular Culture	332	(5)
A Dismal Decade	337	(1)
Bibliography	338	(2)
Conservatives Resurgent	340	(23)
The Media Man	341	(2)
The Advent of Reaganomics	343	(3)
Recession and Recovery	346	(3)
The Cold War Revived	349	(4)
The Pacific Rim	353	(1)
Disaster in Lebanon	354	(1)
Policing the Western Hemisphere	355	(3)
Reagan: The First Term	358	(1)
The Election of 1984	359	(3)
Bibliography	362	(1)
Thawing the Cold War	363	(27)
The Second Term	364	(2)
The ``Go-Go'' Economy	366	(6)
The Reagan Court	372	(1)
Foreign Policy	373	(2)
The Iraqi-Iranian War	375	(1)
Central America	376	(1)
The Iran-Contra Scandal	377	(5)
The Sleaze Factor	382	(1)
Thawing the Cold War	383	(3)
The Election of 1988	386	(3)
Bibliography	389	(1)
The American People in the 1990s	390	(17)
A Demographic Profile for the 1990s	391	(1)
The Decline of the Middle Classes	392	(2)
A Nation of Immigrants	394	(1)
Black and White, but Not Together	395	(3)
The Assault on Affirmative Action	398	(1)
A Fragmented Society	399	(2)
Culture Wars	401	(1)
Women and Work	402	(2)
The Information Superhighway	404	(1)
The Good Earth	405	(1)
Bibliography	406	(1)
The Post-Cold War World	407	(42)
The Patrician As President	408	(2)
The Supreme Court in the 1990s	410	(2)
The End of the Cold War	412	(2)
The Reappearance of Russia	414	(1)
Bush and the Post-Cold War World	415	(2)
War in the Persian Gulf	417	(4)
The Election of 1992	421	(2)
The Democrats Return	423	(3)
The Republican Earthquake	426	(2)
The Election of 1996	428	(1)
The Impeachment of President Clinton	429	(10)
Clinton and the Post-Cold War World	439	(8)
2000 and Beyond	447	(1)
Bibliography	448	(1)
Appendices	449	(12)
Appendix A The Declaration of Independence	449	(2)
Appendix B Amendments to the United States Constitution Since 1945	451	(2)
Appendix C Presidential Elections Since 1944	453	(1)
Appendix D Population of the United States Since 1940	453	(1)
Appendix E Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Cabinet Officers Since 1945	454	(2)
Appendix F Immigration to the United States by Region and Selected Countries of Last Residence since 1941	456	(2)
Appendix G Chronology of Significant Events Since 1945	458	(3)
Index	461