TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lingeman,Richard R.
TI  - The noir forties: the American people from victory to Cold War 
SN  - 1568584369 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - E813 .L56 2012
U1  - 973.91 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Nation Books
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Social change
KW  - Film noir
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 1945-1953
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Intellectual life
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1945-
N1  - 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)
N2  - 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
ER  -