American+History,+1929+-+Present

Introduction:
===This collection encompasses a vast portion of modern American history. The collection examines the American role in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War as well as the Iraq War. It also includes major events in American History such as: The Great Depression, the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the African American Civil Rights struggle, the Challenger explosion, the Oaklahoma City bombing ,September 11th, Hurricane Katrina,and major figures associated with each time period.===

Keywords:

 * United States History**
 * The Great Depression**
 * The Cold War**
 * Civil Rights**
 * The Cuban Missile Crisis**
 * The World Trade Center**
 * The Vietnam War**
 * The Korean War**

Subject Headings:

 * United States-History,**
 * World War, 1939-1945**
 * Vietnamese War, 1961-1975**
 * Korean War, 1950-1953**
 * Depressions, Economic**
 * Persian Gulf War**
 * Civil Rights**

Dewey Decimal Classification(s):
956.704 973.917 973.918 973.925 323.4 338.5**
 * 940.54**
 * 951.9

Reference:

 * __Depression America.__** **Danbury:Grolier Educational, 2001.**
 * __The New Grolier Encyclopedia of W.W. II.__** **Danbury: Grolier Educational, 1999.**
 * __Twentieth-Century America.__** **Danbury: Grolier Educational, 1995.**

Non-fiction:
Gonzales. Doreen. __The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Bomb.__ New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 2000. Haugen, Brenda. __Franklin Delano Roosevelt.__ Minneapolis:Compass Point Books, 2006. Jakoubek, Robert. __Martin Luther King, Jr.__ Chicago:Children's Press, 2005. Josephson, Judith. .__Growing Up in W.W. II.__** **Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2003. Koestler, Rachel A. __Going to School During the Civil Rights Movement.__ Minnesota: Capstone Press, 2002.** Stein, Conrad R. __The Mongomery Bus Boycott.__ Chicago:Children's Press, 1993. Stein, Conrad R.** **__The W.W. II D-Day Invasion.__** **New Jersey: Enslow, 2002.**
 * Cohen****, Daniel**. __**Watergate.**__ **Brookfield, CT: The Millbrook Press, 1998**
 * Dowswell, Paul.** __**Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.**__ **Austin: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2003.**
 * Dunn, John.** __**The Vietnam War**__**. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001.**
 * Fitzgerald, Brian.** __**The Korean War**__**. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2006**
 * Fitzgerald, Brian.** **__McCarthyism__. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2007.
 * Langley, Andrew.** __**Hiroshima & Nagasaki**__**. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2006.**
 * Langley, Andrew.** __**September 11: Attack on America**__**. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2006.**
 * McArthur, Debra.** __**The Dust Bowl & the Great Depression**__**. N.J.: Enslow, 2002.**
 * Nardo, Don.** __**The Persian Gulf War**__**. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2001.**
 * Palser, Barb.** __**Hurricane Katrina**__**. Minneapolis: Compass Point Books, 2007.**
 * Ross, Stewart.** __**Causes & Consequences of W.W. II.**__ **Austin, Raintree, 1996.**
 * Ross, Stewart.** __**The Causes of the Cold War.**__ **Milwaukee: World Almanac, 2002.**
 * Sirimarco, Elizabeth**__**. American Voices From the Cold War.**__ **New York: Benchmark Books, 2005.
 * Woog, Adam.** **__The Civil Rights Movement.__** **Detroit: thomson Gale, 2006.**
 * Yancey, Diane.** **__Life During the Dust Bowl.__** **San Diego: Thomson Gale, 2004.**

Videos/DVDs:
//W.W.II.// Schlessinger Media, 2002. //Post-War U.S.A//. Schlessinger Media, 2002 //The Cold War.// Schlessinger Media, 2002. //The Vietnam War.// Schlessinger Media, 2002. //U.S. Politics (1960-1980).// Schlessinger Media, 2002. //U.S. Politics (1980-2000)//. Schlessinger Media, 2002**
 * //The Great Depression & The New Deal.// Schlessinger Media, 2002.