Restless Giant av James T. (Professor of History Professor of History Brown University (Emeritus)) Patterson

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James Patterson''s Bancroft Prize-winning Grand Expectations, the penultimate volume in the Oxford History of the United States, was hailed by The New York Times as "a spirited, sprawling narrative of American life" and by The Wall Street Journal as "a tour de force." Now, in the final chronological volume of this acclaimed series, Patterson again offers an authoritative and vibrant history of a turbulent period in American life. Restless Giant provides a crisp, concise assessment of the twenty-seven years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W. Bush, in a sweeping narrative that seamlessly weaves together social, cultural, political, economic, and international developments. We meet the era''s many memorable figures¿most notably, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton¿and explore the "culture wars" where liberals and conservatives, including a resurgent Religious Right, appearedto cut the country in two. Indeed, Reagan helped to usher in a widespread conservativ