This book includes an introduction to 1940-1960 and primary and secondary sources on the major events of the 1940s and 1950s, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the launch of Sputnik by the Soviets.
Ratification of Nineteenth Amendment, first assembly of League of Nations (United States was absent), Mussolini's March on Rome, Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, Jazz Singer debut, Gandhi's Salt March, Hitler's rise, stock market crash, and Operation Dynamo (rescue at Dunkirk) are among the events discussed, describing a highly transitional period that begins with the aftermath of World War I and ends with the outbreak of World War II.
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