TY - SER TI - Taking sides: clashing views on controversial issues in American history since 1945 SN - 0072828218 SN - 1530-0765 AV - E740 .T35 PY - 2003/// CY - Guilford, CT PB - Dushkin/McGraw-Hill KW - United States KW - History KW - 1945- KW - Research topics N1 - 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? ER -