What does Walter Mondale's career reveal about the dilemma of the modern Democtratic party and the crisis of postwar American liberalism? Steven M. Gillon 's answer is that Mondale's frustration as Jimmy Carter's vice president and his failure to unseat the immensely popular President Reagan in 1984[...]
The companion to a ten-hour documentary series on the History Channel sheds new light on little-known events whose undervalued influence transformed American history, spanning the history of the United States from the time of the earliest European settlements to the recent past. Simultaneous. (A H[...]
What did Lee Harvey Oswald do in the 48 hours after he shot President John F. Kennedy? This riveting companion to the upcoming History Channel documentary follows Oswald in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, searching for the answers to the questions that have troubled America for a half [...]
Emphasizes political participation and popular culture in American history. This title focuses on the tension between popular culture and social realities, the dynamics of minority groups and their place in American society, and the ambivalent feelings of many Americans concerning the US' role in th[...]