{"product_id":"the-noir-forties-the-american-people-from-victory-to-cold-war-paperback","title":"The Noir Forties: The American People from Victory to Cold War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Lingeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Lingeman vividly recreates the momentous years between VJ Day in 1945 and the beginning of the Korean War in 1950--America's postwar period, the \"age of anxiety\" characterized by the onset of the Red Scare and a nascent resistance to the growing Cold War consensus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe psychological hangover of World War II merged with burgeoning anti-communist paranoia and created a dark mood, a \"postwar noir\" phenomenon. The Noir Forties saw the arrival of McCarthyism and a bleak distortion of American political culture. Lingeman traces the attitudes, hopes and fears, prejudices, and collective dreams and nightmares of the times, as reflected in the media, popular culture, political movements, opinion polls, and psychological studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Lingeman has created a memorable portrait of what the American people lived, dreamed, and thought during the period that became the crucible in which the destiny of the next forty years was settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Lingeman\u003c\/b\u003e is the longtime Senior Editor of the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a biographer, historian, and satirist. He began his career as an editor at \u003ci\u003eMonocle\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and spent nine years at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as an editor and daily reviewer. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street, Theodore Dreiser: An American Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDouble Lives: American Authors' Friendships\u003c\/i\u003e, among other titles. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47739376566493,"sku":"9781568589503","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/rs2QMzIiEr9781568589503.webp?v=1783411431","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-noir-forties-the-american-people-from-victory-to-cold-war-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}