The noir forties : the American people from victory to Cold War /
Lingeman, Richard R.
The noir forties : the American people from victory to Cold War / Richard Lingeman. - New York, NY : Nation Books, 2012. - xi, 420 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-399) and index.
Prologue: Confessions of a Cold Warrior (I) -- Victory Dreams -- DOA -- Reconversion Jitters -- Home Strange Home -- The Big Walkout -- Red Dawn on Sunset Strip -- Urban Noir -- The Guns of March -- The Lonely Passion of Henry Wallace -- Korea : Drawing a Line -- Epilogue: Why Korea? Why Nagasaki? -- Confessions of a Cold Warrior (II).
Examines the social, political, and popular culture of America in the period between VJ Day and the start of the Korean War, discussing the country's anxieties and insecurities at the onset of the Red Scare and the Cold War.
1568584369 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781568584362 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Perseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440 SAN 631-760X
2012024868
Social psychology--History--United States--20th century.
Social change--History--United States--20th century.
Film noir--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Film noir--History and criticism.--United States
United States--History--1945-1953.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1945-
E813 / .L56 2012
973.91
The noir forties : the American people from victory to Cold War / Richard Lingeman. - New York, NY : Nation Books, 2012. - xi, 420 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-399) and index.
Prologue: Confessions of a Cold Warrior (I) -- Victory Dreams -- DOA -- Reconversion Jitters -- Home Strange Home -- The Big Walkout -- Red Dawn on Sunset Strip -- Urban Noir -- The Guns of March -- The Lonely Passion of Henry Wallace -- Korea : Drawing a Line -- Epilogue: Why Korea? Why Nagasaki? -- Confessions of a Cold Warrior (II).
Examines the social, political, and popular culture of America in the period between VJ Day and the start of the Korean War, discussing the country's anxieties and insecurities at the onset of the Red Scare and the Cold War.
1568584369 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781568584362 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Perseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440 SAN 631-760X
2012024868
Social psychology--History--United States--20th century.
Social change--History--United States--20th century.
Film noir--Social aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Film noir--History and criticism.--United States
United States--History--1945-1953.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1945-
E813 / .L56 2012
973.91