Recent America: The United States Since 1945

The very latest postwar American history to appear, the second edition of Recent America: The United States Since 1945 has been extensively revised and expanded, making it the most informative and completely up-to-date recent U.S. history available. Based on a large body of historical writing as well as the work of social scientists, journalists, and other authorities on the contemporary scene, this lavishly illustrated and thoughtfully organized book brings new perspectives to bear on our recent past, engaging in the process historian Felix Gilbert describes as "reconstructing a historical consciousness that integrates the present with the past."