1945-1953

Examines how the policies and actions of President Truman influenced the development of democracy in Latin America and impacted the region's future.

A collection of essays in which Hendrik Hertzberg explores a variety of topics related to American politics and profiles key figures.

As she turns thirteen in the early 1950s, Plenty Porter--the youngest of eleven children--keeps some secrets and uncovers some dangerous ones as she tries to understand her place in her family, town, and the world.

Contains cartoons by Chip Bok that chronicle the political history of the United States since President Nixon was in office.

Chronicles Senator Joseph McCarthy's five-year-long anti-Communist crusade, which destroyed the lives of thousands of United States citizens, and discusses its relevance to the twenty-first century's War on Terror.

The author relies on recently published government records and FBI files to reveal the myths surrounding Joseph McCarthy and his political campaign to uncover Communist sympathizers in America during the 1950s.

The second volume of Robert A. Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson, which chronicles his service in World War II and examines the controversy surrounding his win in the 1948 Texas Democratic senatorial primary by eighty-seven votes.

In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values.

An examination of Joseph McCarthy's investigations into communists in the U.S. government during the 1950s and the effect it had on every aspect of American society.