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The United States Since 1945
A Documentary Reader

Robert P. Ingalls (Edited by), RP Ingalls (Author), David K. Johnson (Edited by)

9781405167147, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 6 February 2009

256 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.331 kg

Encompassing political, social, and cultural issues, this primary source reader allows students to hear the voices of the past, giving a richer understanding of American society since 1945.

  • Comprises over 50 documents, which incorporate political, social, and cultural history and encompass the viewpoints of ordinary people as well a variety of leaders
  • An extended introduction explains to students how to think and work like historians by using primary sources
  • Includes both written texts and photographs
  • Headnotes contextualize the documents and questions encourage students to engage critically with the sources

List of Figures x

Series Editors' Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Origins of the Cold War 13

1 The Atomic Bomb (1945) 13

2 The Policy of Containment (1947) 17

3 The Truman Doctrine (1947) 21

4 A Critique of Truman's Policies (1946) 24

5 A Soviet View of US Policy (1946) 27

6 The Prosecution of American Communists (1949) 31

7 The Red Scare (1950) 35

8 The Lavender Scare (1950) 37

9 A Defense of Civil Liberties (1952) 40

Chapter 2 Postwar Society and Culture 43

1 The Growth of Suburbia (1949) 43

2 A Critique of Suburbia (1962) 47

3 Consumer Culture and the Home (1947) 49

4 Women's Roles (1950) 50

5 Men's Roles (1956) 54

6 The Beat Generation (1956) 58

Chapter 3 The Black Freedom Struggle 62

1 A Protest against Bus Segregation (1954) 62

2 The Southern Manifesto (1956) 64

3 Remembering the Sit-In Demonstrations (1998) 66

4 Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nonviolent Direct Action (1963) 72

5 Women in the Civil Rights Movement (1964) 77

6 Black Nationalism (1964) 80

7 Economic Justice (1966) 84

Chapter 4 Vietnam 88

1 The "Falling Domino" Principle (1954) 88

2 Escalation of the War (1964) 89

3 A Defense of the War (1965) 91

4 Experiencing the War (1965--70) 94

5 The Tet Offensive (1968) 101

6 Kent State Shootings (1970) 102

7 Vietnam Veterans Against the War (1971) 103

Chapter 5 Politics and Protest in the 1960s 107

1 The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) 107

2 Young Americans for Freedom (1960) 109

3 Students for a Democratic Society (1962) 110

4 The Hippie Counterculture (1967) 114

5 The Great Society (1965) 117

6 Cesar Chavez and la Causa (1966) 120

7 The American Indian Movement (2004) 123

8 Environmental Awareness (1962) 126

9 The Environmental Movement (1971) 131

Chapter 6 Gender and Sexuality in the 1960s and 1970s 135

1 Second Wave Feminism (1963) 135

2 The National Organization for Women (1966) 140

3 Radical Feminism (1973) 144

4 The Gay Liberation Movement (1969) 148

5 Abortion Rights (1973) 152

6 Opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment (1977) 159

7 The Pro-Family Movement (1977) 162

Chapter 7 Conservative Ascendance 167

1 The 1968 Election (1968) 167

2 The Crisis of Confidence (1979) 170

3 The Religious Right (1980) 173

4 A Critique of the Religious Right (1982) 176

5 The Second American Revolution (1985) 180

6 Life in the Rust Belt (1987) 184

7 The Iran--Contra Investigation (1987) 187

8 The End of Big Government (1996) 193

Chapter 8 Society in the New Millennium 198

1 Recent Immigration (2006) 198

2 Organized Labor and "Undocumented" Immigrants (2000) 203

3 Affirmative Action (2003) 206

4 The Culture Wars (2003) 211

5 Family Income (1947--2003) 216

6 Hurricane Katrina: A View from New Orleans (2005) 218

7 Hurricane Katrina: A View from the White House (2006) 220

8 The War on Terrorism (2007) 224

9 The Internet and Political Activism (2004) 225

Bibliography 229

Index 236

Subject Areas: History [HB]
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