The Handy American History Answer Book. David L. Hudson

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THE GREAT DEPRESSION, WORLD WAR II, AND ITS AFTERMATH

       The Great Depression

       World War II

       Postwar Period

       The Korean War

       SOCIAL CONFLICT AND CHANGE: 1950s TO 1970s

       The Beat Generation, Hippies, and Flower Power

       Other Struggles in Human Rights

       The Civil Rights Movement

       POLITICAL CONFLICT AND CHANGE: 1950s TO 1970s

       The Red Scare

       The Space Race

       JFK

       LBJ

       The Vietnam War

       Nixon

       Presidents Ford and Carter

       Technology

       TRANSITION TO A NEW CENTURY: 1980s TO THE PRESENT

       The Reagan Era

       The First Persian Gulf War

       President Clinton: A Brief Return to Prosperity

       Controversies, Disaster, and Terror

       President George W. Bush and the Beginning of the War on Terror

       Barack Obama and His Presidency

       Technology and the Rise of Social Media

       SPORTS HISTORY

       Auto Racing

       Baseball

       Basketball

       Professional Basketball

       Football

       Boxing

       Mixed Martial Arts

       Golf

       Hockey

       Olympics

       Horse Racing

       Swimming

       Tennis

       Track and Field

       Soccer

       MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT

       Music

       Movies

       Radio and Television

       Literature

       BIBLIOGRAPHY

       THE AMERICAN STATES

       PRESIDENTS

       U.S. CONSTITUTION

       INDEX

      I would like to thank Roger Jänecke of Visible Ink Press for his vision in creating the Handy series and allowing me to participate as an author; Kevin Hile of Visible Ink Press for his expert editing; and my wife, Carla Harris Hudson, for her superb research skills. I also wish to thank all of my students through the years at Southeastern Paralegal Institute, Middle Tennessee State University, the Nashville School of Law, and Vanderbilt Law School for supporting me as an educator.

      Photo Credits

      David Bjorgen: p. 66.

      Dr. Dennis Bogdan: p. 203.

      Ron Cogswell: p. 111.

      HJPD: p. 2.

      Leena Krohn: p. 237.

      Library of Congress: p. 123, 160, 162, 211, 214, 215, 217, 285, 338.

      Stuart Milk: p. 206.

      National Aeronautics and Space Administration: p. 228, 230, Скачать книгу