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U.S. HISTORY: 20th Century (& Beyond)

Atwood, William. The Twilight Struggle: Tales of the Cold War. Harper & Row, 1987. First printing. 433 pp. Hardcover. Faint dampstaining to page edges; overall near very good in very good dustjacket. A uniquely intimate history of the Cold War, written by a former ambassador and editor. $8.00

Bristow, Nancy K. Making Men Moral: Social Engineering during the Great War. New York University, 1996. First. 23.4 cm, 298 pp. Very good+ in very good+ dustjacket. How a federal program designed to eliminate VD mushroomed into a social movement towards the homogenization of American morals. $15.00

Gerzon, Mark. The Whole World Is Watching: A Young Man Looks at Youth's Dissent. New York: Viking, 1969. 4th printing. 8vo, 274 pp. Very good- in rubbed dustjacket with few creased tears top of front panel. $6.00

Halsey, Margaret. The Pseudo-Ethic: A Speculation on American Politics and Morals. Simon & Schuster, 1963. First Printing. 128 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. A little spotting to edges of text block; jacket price-clipped & moderately worn/torn; close to very good condition overall. Argues that a turning point in American ethical standards came during the McCarthy period, when it became "all right to lie if you were fighting Communism, and soon it was all right to lie, period." Hmm. $7.00

Knight, Douglas M. Street of Dreams: The Nature and Legacy of the 1960s. Duke University, 1989. 23.5 cm, 211 pp. Trivial shelfwear; otherwise very good+ in very good dustjacket. President of Duke University 1963-1969 draws parallels between his and other campuses; also on the 60s' enduring influence. $8.00

Schmitt, Peter J. Back to Nature: The Arcadian Myth in Urban America. Oxford University Press, 1969. First Edition. 230 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Owner's stamp on front endpaper, otherwise book is in very good+ condition. Jacket is price-clipped & faded, with minor wear & tear and a little chipping to extremities. Describes "the many ways in which the urban middle class became involved with nature" during a time of "Agrarian nostalgia" between the turn of the 20th century and World War I. $15.00

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