AMERICAN HIGH-Elvis/Baby Boomers/Eisenhower/Commies-NEW

A perfect book for THE GREAT GENERATION, BABY BOOMERS, and those interested in popular culture and contemporary American history.

FROM MY PERSONAL BOOK COLLECTION: Hardcover Book is NEW (never been read, even though I regret not doing so as I LOVE THE SUBJECT). Book and bookcover are in EXCELLENT Condition.

Sorry, no photo is provided as I don't own a digital camera and EBAY does not have a stock photo of the cover.

Published by FREE PRESS and is 321 pages long.

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AMERICAN HIGH: The Years of Confidence 1945 - 1960 by William L. O'Neill.

THEY WERE HIGH TIMES INDEED!

Emerging victorious from WW 2, the only indisputably rich nation in an otherwise ravaged world, the United States suddenly entered an era of peace, prosperity, and prestige unparalleled in its history. And when America's hero, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, was swept into the White House in 1952, the nation reached an unprecedented equilibium: the country was infused with confidence, buoyant expectations, and a rare sense of unity.

Now, in this deft, wry, entertaining history, William O'Neill offers a stimulating new perspective on the postwar, pre-Kennedy period. Where others have seen America in the Fifties as "fat, complacent, and unremarkable"-marred by intolerance, conformity, and materialism at home and by ignorance, arrogance, and ambition abroad-O'Neill finds the war generation embarked on a bold program of reconstruction whose admirable success would make possible the far-reaching social reforms of the decade to follow.

His lively account recreates the flavor of the era in full-when suburbs were sprawling, babies were booming, manners and morals were more or less proper, and the mail was delivered twice a day.

Exploring politics and popular culture alike, O'Neill reappraises such popular phenomena as "automania" and the H-bomb, Elvis Presley and Adlai Stevenson, "The Honeymooners" and the Kinsey Report, the decline of Hollywood and the shock of Sputnik. He probes, too, the persistent dilemmas of McCarthyism and Korea that plagued Truman and challenged his policy of containment, and shows how Eisenhower managed to neutralize the bitter partianship that both aggravated and prolonged these divisive national crises.

Indeed, he observes, Ike's election shifted the American Decade into gear, with rising living standards, falling divorce rates, annual inflation of less than 2%, and a "faith that, given enough effort, anything could be accomplished."

From Yalta to the eve of the New Frontier, the America that emerges in these pages enjoyed an undiminished strength, spirit, and self-assurance.