In 1950, Main Street American was abruptly traumatized. The sudden prospect of thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union, Senator McCarthy's vicious anticommunist crusade, and the beginning of the Korean War all combined to dampen the public mood. The Cold War invaded every home. Rose maintains that 1950 was a pivotal year for the nation. He argues that the convergence of Korea, McCarthy, and the bomb wounded the nation in ways from which we've never fully recovered. Brimming with originality, this book makes readers look at ...
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In 1950, Main Street American was abruptly traumatized. The sudden prospect of thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union, Senator McCarthy's vicious anticommunist crusade, and the beginning of the Korean War all combined to dampen the public mood. The Cold War invaded every home. Rose maintains that 1950 was a pivotal year for the nation. He argues that the convergence of Korea, McCarthy, and the bomb wounded the nation in ways from which we've never fully recovered. Brimming with originality, this book makes readers look at the Cold War from a dozen different angles.
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This item is in overall good condition. Covers and dust jackets are intact but may have minor wear including slight curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages are intact but may have minor highlighting/ writing. Binding is intact; however, spine may have slight wear overall. Minor shelf wear overall. Please note that all items are donated goods and are in used condition. Orders shipped Monday through Friday! Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Orders shipped Monday through Friday. Your purchase helps put people to work and learn life skills to reach their full potential. Thank you!
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Good in good dust jacket. Text is w/o highlighting, marginalia, etc.; binding is sound; block is soil stained on top, stained on bottom, & clean along fore edge; wear to board edges; DJ is good--protective cover added. Study copy. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 404 p. Modern War Studies (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book Not ex-lib. Hardcover in brown and tan illustrated jacket, 8vo. 1st printing. x + 404pp. Faded book club stamp lower page edges; no other BCE indications, book is of trade standard construction. Endnotes, bibliography, endnotes. NF/Fine. Faint stress waves and stiffness to upper margins throughout (probably moisture-related though no associated discoloration or other effects); small checkmark upper corner ffep. Book and jacket are otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square and unmarked. Jacket in Brodart.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Cloth cover book is unread and in MINT condition. Dust jacket is in VG condition, with a small closed tear to the front and a small chip to the back. Spine area of DJ is faded. We ship daily. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 416 p. Modern War Studies (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade.
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