573 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [471]-542) and index.
Contents
Origins -- Bright college years -- The leaders of the GI generation in war and peace -- New frontiers -- Modernizers on the move -- Approaching thunder -- The guardians of equal opportunity -- A new society emerges -- Heavy turbulence -- Into the storm -- New beginnings and endings.