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A Companion to Post-1945 America is an original collection of 34 essays by key scholars on the history and historiography of Post-1945 America.
- Covers society and culture, people and movements, politics and foreign policy
- Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic
- Includes book review section on essential readings
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