Oxford history of the united states series is one of the best series i have ever read. Not one volume is under four stars and two battle cry of freedom and freedom from fear are five star reads but you have better devote a lot of time to read the series for they are long but well worth it
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This is a wonderful work of narrative history and a worthy sequel to David Kennedy's brilliant "Freedom from Fear," which covered America in the Great Depression and World War II. Like Kennedy, Patterson tells the tale chronologically, which is really the only way to narrate history. But also like Kennedy, he organizes the narrative around socio-culutural as well as political, economic, and diplomatic developments. And...
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Whenever you pick up an Oxford history of the United States you expect an attention to detail and excellent prose. This book does not disappoint. It covers the salient history during the time period and utilizes the top scholarship to do so. From urban history to social movements in the fifties and sixties this book covers everything. There is some repeating but that is to be expected when writing a book of this size. The...
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James Patterson has assembled the most comprehensive survey of contemporary American history. With the Cold War as the backdrop, he guides the reader through a tumultuous period that took in two wars and the Civil Rights movement. He amply describes the nature of these conflicts and the impact they had on American society. The leading figures are brought into focus, as well as the crucial events of the periods such as the...
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Patterson writes about a time in American history when We as Americans hade high hopes for what this country could do. Patterson makes you believe that you were part of tha tmonent in history from his explation of the ecomic boom after the war to the kennedy assination to the fall and failure of the grend expectations set forth by the society eith Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal
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