EPISODE · Oct 3, 2023 · 3 MIN
In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 by Nick Bunker
from Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & Politics · host Bud Bergstrom
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665581 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 Author: Nick Bunker Narrator: Rich Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 3, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An evocative portrait of a divided America at the dawn of the Cold War Halfway through the twentieth century, the United States towered over the world in industrial might. After winning the 1948 election, Harry Truman hoped to use this economic strength to build on FDR’s achievements with new liberal reforms. But then, in just ten months between September 1949 and June 1950, the president’s ambitions were overtaken by events that left the country gripped by rage and fear. The Soviets tested an atomic bomb, Mao’s army swept through China, and at home Truman faced labor unrest and a Republican Party desperate for power. In the Shadow of Fear is an innovative and gripping history of this pivotal moment. Recounting the launch of Senator Joe McCarthy’s anti-communist crusade, the defeat of Truman’s liberal program, and the start of the Korean War, prizewinning historian Nick Bunker shows us a polarized nation facing crises at home and abroad—a story with deep resonances today.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/665581 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Shadow of Fear: America and the World in 1950 Author: Nick Bunker Narrator: Rich Miller Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 36 minutes Release date: October 3, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: An evocative portrait of a divided America at the dawn of the Cold War Halfway through the twentieth century, the United States towered over the world in industrial might. After winning the 1948 election, Harry Truman hoped to use this economic strength to build on FDR’s achievements with new liberal reforms. But then, in just ten months between September 1949 and June 1950, the president’s ambitions were overtaken by events that left the country gripped by rage and fear. The Soviets tested an atomic bomb, Mao’s army swept through China, and at home Truman faced labor unrest and a Republican Party desperate for power. In the Shadow of Fear is an innovative and gripping history of this pivotal moment. Recounting the launch of Senator Joe McCarthy’s anti-communist crusade, the defeat of Truman’s liberal program, and the start of the Korean War, prizewinning historian Nick Bunker shows us a polarized nation facing crises at home and abroad—a story with deep resonances today.
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