The noir forties : the American people from victory to Cold War / Richard Lingeman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Nation Books, 2012.Description: xi, 420 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1568584369 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781568584362 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.91 23
LOC classification:
  • E813 .L56 2012
Contents:
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).
Summary: 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.
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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.

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