WHEN AMERICA CHANGED FOREVER
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
22.09.2026
Verlag
Independently PublishedSeitenzahl
302
Maße (L/B/H)
22.9/15.2/1.6 cm
Gewicht
408 g
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798176311754
WHEN AMERICA CHANGED FOREVER
Twenty Turning Points That Remade the United States
American history is a story of transformation. The United States was shaped not by a single defining moment, but by a succession of turning points that changed its government, territory, economy, society, culture, and place in the world.
When America Changed Forever examines twenty pivotal moments when the direction of the nation shifted-and when the consequences reached far beyond the events themselves.
From the creation of the Constitution and the Louisiana Purchase to the Civil War and Reconstruction, from industrialization and two world wars to the Civil Rights Movement and the end of the Cold War, this book follows the decisions, conflicts, ambitions, and crises that repeatedly forced Americans to reconsider what their country could become.
The story continues into the modern era, exploring the turmoil of 1968, Watergate, the Reagan era, the collapse of the Soviet Union, September 11, the financial crisis of 2008, the rise of digital politics, and the deep divisions that shaped the early twenty-first century.
Along the way, the book introduces the presidents, soldiers, activists, reformers, entrepreneurs, workers, immigrants, and ordinary citizens whose actions helped shape these pivotal periods. It explores both achievement and contradiction, showing how American progress often developed alongside conflict, inequality, sacrifice, and unfinished struggles.
Rather than presenting history as a simple march from the past to the present, When America Changed Forever examines how each generation inherited an America shaped by those who came before-and then changed it again.
Twenty turning points. Centuries of transformation. One unfinished American story.
When America Changed Forever offers an accessible and sweeping journey through the events that helped create the United States as we know it today.
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