The Longman Companion to America in the Era of the Two World Wars, 1910-1945 (Longman Companions To History) - Softcover

Between 1910 and 1945 the United States transformed itself into a Super Power. By 1945, with rivals in Europe and Asia shattered by world war, she dominated global economic, financial and political arrangements and monopolised the atomic bomb. This new Companion to History is an indispensable guide to this critical period in US history. It includes: chronologies listing all the major events, both foreign and domestic; social and economic history, with many tables based on inaccessible data; scores of mini-biographies; listings of the major office holders; and maps.

Between 1910 and 1945 the United States transformed itself from being a great power into a superpower. By 1945, with rivals in Europe and Asia shattered by world war, the US dominated global economic, financial and political arrangements and monopolised the atomic bomb. American Depression, New Deal economic and social reforms showed democracy evolving more efficient and humane solutions to economic collapse and mass unemployment than dictatorship could achieve.