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Taking sides : clashing views on controversial issues in American history since 1945.

Publication details: Guilford, CT : Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, 2003Edition: 2nd edDescription: v. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0072828218
ISSN:
  • 1530-0765
Other title:
  • Clashing views on controversial issues in American history since 1945
  • American history since 1945
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E740 .T35
Contents:
Part 1 American high: 1945-1963: Was the United States responsible for the Cold War?; Did communism threaten America's internal security after World War II?; Should President Truman have fired General MacArthur?; Were the 1950s America's "Happy Days"?; Did Lee Harvey Oswald kill President Kennedy by himself? - Part 2 From liberation through Watergate: 1963-1974: Was Martin Luther King, Jr's leadership essential to the success of the civil rights revolution?; Did the Great Society fail?; Was the Americanization of the war in Vietnam inevitable?; Has the women's liberation movement been harmful to American women?; Will history forgive Richard Nixon? - Part 3 Postindustrial America and the end of the Cold War: 1974-2001: Did President Reagan win the Cold War?; Did President George Bush achieve his objectives in the Gulf War?; Should America remain a nation of immigrants?; Will history consider William Jefferson Clinton a reasonably good chief executive?; Did the Supreme Court hijack the 2000 Presidential election from Al Gore?; Environmentalism: Is the earth out of balance?
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection E 169.12 .T35 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TOPIC BOOKS 646083

Part 1 American high: 1945-1963: Was the United States responsible for the Cold War?; Did communism threaten America's internal security after World War II?; Should President Truman have fired General MacArthur?; Were the 1950s America's "Happy Days"?; Did Lee Harvey Oswald kill President Kennedy by himself? - Part 2 From liberation through Watergate: 1963-1974: Was Martin Luther King, Jr's leadership essential to the success of the civil rights revolution?; Did the Great Society fail?; Was the Americanization of the war in Vietnam inevitable?; Has the women's liberation movement been harmful to American women?; Will history forgive Richard Nixon? - Part 3 Postindustrial America and the end of the Cold War: 1974-2001: Did President Reagan win the Cold War?; Did President George Bush achieve his objectives in the Gulf War?; Should America remain a nation of immigrants?; Will history consider William Jefferson Clinton a reasonably good chief executive?; Did the Supreme Court hijack the 2000 Presidential election from Al Gore?; Environmentalism: Is the earth out of balance?

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