Time of Paradox

Glen Jeansonne is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of Women of the Far Right: The Mothers' Movement and World War II, Transformation and Reaction: America, 1921–1945, and Gerald L. K. Smith: Minister of Hate.

A Time of Paradox is a majestic narrative of the twentieth century crafted by a superb historian at the peak of his career. Written with equal parts passion, wit, and humility, this book will engage and delight all students of American history.

• ProloguePrelude: The 1890s: Bridge to the Twentieth CenturyPart I: An Era of Awakening, 1900–1919Chapter 1: TR, Taft, and the Progressive ImpulseChapter 2: America Looks Outward, 1900–1912Chapter 3: Nations Within: The Experiences of Immigrants, Minorities, and WorkersChapter 4: A Cultural Awakening, 1900–1919Chapter 5: Wilson, Reform, and the Coming of WarChapter 6: From World War to Lost PeaceBibliographic EssayPart II: An Era of Trial and Triumph, 1920–1945Chapter 7: The 1920s: Decade of Fear, Decade of ExcessChapter 8: Republicanism from Prosperity to the Great DepressionChapter 9: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New DealChapter 10: Culture: Revolt and RetreatChapter 11: Interwar DiplomacyChapter 12: World War II: Home Front and Battlefront, 1941–1945Bibliographic EssayPart III: An Era of Uncertainty, 1945–1968Chapter 13: The Fair Deal and the Cold War, 1945–1952Chapter 14: Peace and Peril, 1953–1960Chapter 15: The Affluent SocietyChapter 16: Cultural DissentChapter 17: New Frontiers, New Anxieties at Home, 1961–1968Chapter 18: Foreign Anxieties, 1961–1968Bibliographic EssayPart IV: An Era of Diversity, since 1969Chapter 19: The Nixon Years, 1969–1974Chapter 20: Healing and Malaise: The Ford and Carter AdministrationsChapter 21: The Reagan RebellionChapter 22: A Culture of DiversityChapter 23: "Can We All Get Along?": The Soul of the NationChapter 24: From George Bush to George W. BushPostlude: The Presidency of George W. BushBibliographic EssayEpilogue: A Time of Paradox