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Uncovering startling connections between the Cold War and family life, a noted historian challenges assumptions of the "happy days" of the 1950s.

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N 1959, the year the atomic-age newlyweds spent their honeymoon in a fall-out shelter, when the baby boom and the cold war were both at their peak.

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  1. Elaine Tyler May (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0465030548
Page Count: 284

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