Robert A. Divine

T. H. Breen

George M. Fredrickson

America Past and Presentintegrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one rich chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. Writing in a lively narrative style by six award-winning historians, America Past and Present tells the story of all Americans–elite and ordinary, women and men, rich and poor, white majority and minorities–the authors, six active, publishing, and award-winning historians, bringing history to life for introductory students. In the new 8thedition of America Past and Present, the authors have streamlined the coverage in the contemporary chapters and added a new feature that explores the connections between the past and the present.

America, Past and Present

Ariela J. Gross

R. Hal Williams

H. W. Brands

Ariela Julie Gross

Richard Hal Williams

"America Past and Present, AP Edition, Ninth Edition strives to achieve the shared goal of the previous editions: to present a clear, relevant, and balanced history of the United States as an unfolding story of national development, from the days of the earliest inhabitants to the present. We emphasize the story because we strongly believe in the value of historical narrative in providing a vivid sense of the past. In each chapter, we seek to blend the excitement and drama of the American experience with insights about the social, economic, and cultural issues that underlie it"--Preface.

America Past and Present

America, Past and Present: To 1877

The Johnson Years: Vietnam, the environment, and science

The Johnson Years: LBJ at home and abroad

A judicious and cogent vindication of Eisenhower's prudent and moderate conduct of statecraft during his two terms.

Eisenhower and the Cold War

Repeatedly, Divine concludes, America seeks to use warfare to create a better and more stable world, only to meet with unexpected outcomes and the seeds of new hostility. Ironically, Divine finds that America's high ideals continually prevent the very peace the nation seeks." "In the epilogue, Divine applies his points to the final American war of the century, the conflict in Kosovo."--BOOK JACKET.

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace

Politics and Diplomacy in Recent American History

Since 1945

An account of the drama and birth of the space age discusses the public uproar, secret U-2 flights, bungled missile tests, spy satellites, political maneuvering, and scientific triumph surrounding Sputnik.

The Sputnik Challenge

Jayd wants a drama-free year at South Bay, but what she gets is a hot new boyfriend from the right side of town - white, rich, Jewish, and unlike anything she's ever known growing up in Compton. The plot contains profanity and sexual references. Book #2.

The Triumph of Internationalism in America During World War II

Second Chance

Foreign Policy and U.S. Presidential Elections, 1940-1948

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched a 184-pound metal ball called Sputnik into orbit around the Earth, and America plummeted into a panic. Nuclear weapon designer Edward Teller claimed that the United States had lost "a battle more important and greater than Pearl Harbor," and magazine articles appeared with such headlines as "Are We Americans Going Soft?" In the White House, President Eisenhower seemed to do nothing, leading Kennedy in 1960 to proclaim a "missile gap" in the Soviet's favor. Rarely has public perception been so dramatically at odds with reality. In The Sputnik Challenge, Robert Divine provides a fascinating look at Eisenhower's handling of the early space race--a story of public uproar, secret U-2 flights, bungled missile tests, the first spy satellite, political maneuvering, and scientific triumph. He recreates the national hysteria over the first two Sputnik launches, illustrating the anxious handwringing that the Democrats (led by Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson) aggressively played for political gain. Divine takes us to private White House meetings, showing how Eisenhower worked closely with science adviser James Killian, allowing him to take the lead in creating a civilian agency--NASA--which provided intelligent and forceful leadership for American space programs. But the President also knew from priceless intelligence from U-2 flights over the U.S.S.R. that he had little to fear from the touted missile gap, and he fought to limit the growth and multiplication of military missile programs. Eisenhower's assurance, however, rested on classified information, and he did little to instill his confidence in the public. Nor could he boast of his early support for the secret spy satellite program (which quickly replaced the U-2 plane after Gary Powers was shot down in 1960). So the public continued to worry, feeding the national movement for educational reform as well as congressional maneuvering over funding for numerous strategic projects. Eisenhower, Divine writes, possessed keen strategic vision and a sure sense of budgetary priorities, but ultimately he flunked a crucial test of leadership when he failed to reassure the frightened public that their fears were groundless. As a result, he ultimately failed in his goal to limit military spending as well--which led to a real missile gap in reverse. Incisively written and deeply researched, The Sputnik Challenge provides a briskly-paced history of the origins of NASA, the space race, and the age of the ICBM.

The American Story

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From the publisher: The American Story integrates the social and political dimensions of American history into one chronological narrative, providing students with a full picture of the scope and complexity of the American past. This text is the concise version of America: Past and Present 10th edition. It includes the complete narrative from the comprehensive title with fewer in-text features, so students get the full story of American history at a more affordable price.

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