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- The Victory Album: Reflections on the Good Life after the Good War
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: The University of Alabama Press
summary
In these essays, a combination of personal remembrance and broad-stroke cultural history, Philip Beidler addresses the culture and politics of post–WWII America: the national blindness toward the Holocaust and a rising China, the canker of McCarthyism, ascendant cultures of hard smoking and heavy drinking, the worship of cars and film idols, and the chronic fear of an always-possible nuclear apocalypse. In lively, driving prose, he recalls veiled episodes in the history of the Korean War, the civil rights movement, and the struggle for women’s liberation. On these subjects and many others, Beidler draws from his own experience and a penetrating grasp of American social history, offering deep, pointed, and comprehensive perspectives on iconic moments in American history.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 2-7
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-13
- Introduction: After the Good War
- pp. 1-12
- 2. A Credit to Their Race
- pp. 32-48
- 3. China Magic
- pp. 49-62
- 4. A Tale of Two Task Forces
- pp. 64-78
- 7. “Is This All?”
- pp. 115-136
- 8. Name Your Poison
- pp. 137-149
- 9. Mastering the Curriculum
- pp. 150-162
- 10. The Fifty- fives
- pp. 163-171
- 11. The End of the World
- pp. 172-183
- 12. I Was a 1950s Teenage Media Junkie
- pp. 184-205
- 13. Remembering On the Beach
- pp. 206-220
- 14. America the Ecumenical
- pp. 221-233
- 15. It Wasn’t All Elvis
- pp. 234-247
- 16. Let’s Play Dien Bien Phu
- pp. 248-261
- Conclusion: Good- bye to All That
- pp. 262-274
Additional Information
ISBN
9780817387143
Related ISBN(s)
9780817316846, 9780817358457
MARC Record
OCLC
821216787
Pages
291
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2010