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The noir forties : the American people from victory to Cold War
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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 ...
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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- Creator
- Richard Lingeman
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, NY : Nation Books, 2012
- Physical Details
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- xi, 420 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781568584362, 1568584369, 9781568586908, 1568586906, 9781568589503, 1568589506
- OCLC
- ocn800352394
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-399) and index.
- Prologue : Confessions of a cold warrior (I) -- Victory dreams -- D.O.A. -- 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)
Subjects
- Social psychology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Film noir -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Film noir -- United States -- History and criticism.
- United States -- History -- 1945-1953.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-