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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: After the Good War 1 1. Reds 13 2. A Credit to Their Race 32 3. China Magic 49 4. A Tale of Two Task Forces 64 5. How the Holocaust Didn’t Become Current Events 79 6.The War of the Generals for the Presidency 99 7. “Is This All?” 115 8. Name Your Poison 137 9. Mastering the Curriculum 150 10.The Fifty-fives 163 11.The End of the World 172 12. I Was a 1950s Teenage Media Junkie 184 13. Remembering On the Beach 206 14. America the Ecumenical 221 15. It Wasn’t All Elvis 234 16. Let’s Play Dien Bien Phu 248 Conclusion: Good-bye to All That 262 Index 275 ...

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