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Title: America in the Forties

Subtitle: America in the Twentieth Century

Author: Ronald Allen Goldberg

Narrator: Fred Filbrich

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-10-12

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: History, American

Publisher's Summary:

In America in the Forties, Goldberg energetically argues that the decade of the 1940s was one of the most influential in American history, a period marked by war, sacrifice, and profound social changes. With superb detail, Goldberg traces the entire decade from the first stirrings of war in a nation consumed by the Great Depression through the conflicts with Europe and Japan, to the start of the Cold War and the dawn of the atomic age. Richly drawn portraits of the period's charismatic, brilliant, and often controversial leaders Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman demonstrate their immense importance in shaping the era, and in turn, the course of American government, politics, and society.

Goldberg chronicles U.S. heroic accomplishments during World War II and the early Cold War, showing how these military and diplomatic achievements helped lay the foundation for the country's current role in economic and military affairs worldwide.

Combining an engrossing narrative with intelligent analysis, America in the Forties enriches our understanding of that pivotal era.

Critic Reviews:

Scholarly, readable, powerful, Goldberg's book is essential reading for anyone interested in twentieth century history and its impact on the present. (Metapsychology Online Reviews)

The book provides invaluable background for understanding the current political landscape in which hot debates center on the federal government's role in addressing both international and domestic crises. (Maurine H. Beasley, University of Maryland, College Park)

Members Reviews:

Excellent Work of History

I am by no means a history enthusiast and had no expectations before reading this book. However, I was greatly satisfied by Professor Goldberg's work. Analyzing an important era in American history, he carefully looks at key moments in both World War II and the dawn of the Cold War, explaining the significance of each period and event. Yet even more than a book that is factually sound, this book is very well written. Targeting an large audience that is either well-versed in history or not, Professor Goldberg makes the subject accessible and extremely interesting. Overall, this book is easily the best work of non-fiction I have ever read. Eloquent, interesting, and intellectually satisfying, Goldberg has achieved two great feats. He has made myself, a history layman, interested in the subject and he has turned a potentially dry subject into a fascinating examination of key characters and events that have greatly influenced the American story.