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Bubble in Time
William L. O'Neill
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Description for Bubble in Time
Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 826.
The all-too-brief period of relative tranquility that extended from the end of the Cold War to the beginning of the War on Terror is the subject of William L. O'Neill's brilliant new study of recent American history. Mr. O'Neill's sharp eye for the telling incident and the apt quotation combine with an acute historical judgment to make A Bubble in Time a compellingly readable informal history. The first Gulf War and President Clinton's interventions abroad notwithstanding, American spirits were freer from fear than they had been since the 1920s, the author argues. No world war loomed before the United ... Read more
The all-too-brief period of relative tranquility that extended from the end of the Cold War to the beginning of the War on Terror is the subject of William L. O'Neill's brilliant new study of recent American history. Mr. O'Neill's sharp eye for the telling incident and the apt quotation combine with an acute historical judgment to make A Bubble in Time a compellingly readable informal history. The first Gulf War and President Clinton's interventions abroad notwithstanding, American spirits were freer from fear than they had been since the 1920s, the author argues. No world war loomed before the United ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566638067
SKU
V9781566638067
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About William L. O'Neill
William L. O'Neill is professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University and the author of Coming Apart: An Informal History of the 1960s; American High: The Years of Confidence, 1945–1960; and A Democracy at War: America's Fight at Home and Abroad in World War II, among several other books. He lives in Highland Park, New Jersey.
Reviews for Bubble in Time
Few historians possess the literary gifts of William O’Neill, whose previous books on the 1950s and the 1960s remain gems of modern American history. O’Neill’s great strength is his ability to weave the disparate strands of politics and popular culture into a seamless story—a trend he continues with A Bubble in Time, a witty and wickedly perceptive account of American ... Read more