The Fifties, Paperback/David Halberstam
Descriere
The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, Mac Arthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac Mc Donald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation's roadsides; U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers; Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place; and ``Goody`` Pincus, who led the team that invented the Pill. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Despre autor
David Halberstam a fost un scriitor, jurnalist și istoric american, cunoscut pentru lucrările sale despre Războiul din Vietnam, politică, istorie, mișcarea pentru drepturile civile, afaceri, media, cultura americană, Războiul din Coreea și mai târziu, jurnalism sportiv.
