More than 150 articles provide a revealing look at one of the most tempestuous decades in recent American history, describing the everyday activities of America

The work covers a broad range of everyday activities throughout the 1940s, including movies, radio programming, music, the birth of commercial television, adver

The decades after World War II were a golden age across much of the world. It was a time of economic miracles, an era when steady jobs were easy to find and fam

Beginning with an analysis of cultural themes and ending with a discussion of evolving and expanding political and corporate institutions, The Columbia History

“A remarkable book, from its title and subtitle to its last words . . . A stirring indictment of American sentimentality about war.” —Robert G. Kaiser, Th