Böcker av Alan J. Levine

Shows that the late 1950s were not an era of complacency and smugness, but were some of the most anxious years in American history. In this engaging history, Alan J. Levine delves deeply into this often misrepresented period of history, and provides new insight into one of the most formative decades in American history.

For many, especially those on the political left, the 1950s are the "bad old days". This work shows that the commonly accepted picture of the 1950s is flawed. It shows that the conventional view of the 1950s stands in opposition to the reality of the decade.

This military and political history of the Korean War endeavors to give a fresh account of the war. It places the events in Korea into the larger framework of the early 1950s period of the Cold War and discusses the possibility that Stalin interpreted the conflict as a preliminary phase of World War III.