Decade of Triumph, the 40s

By Time-Life Books

Book Overview

A series of books chronicling our lives in powerful time capsules, from the dawn of the century -- when horses outnumbered cars 21 million to 8,000 -- to its close. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0783555067
• ISBN13: 9780783555065
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Time-Life, Incorporated
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Saving the World

If you ever doubted that the United States almost single-handedly saved the world during World War II, this book will settle the question. From the opening of the 40's, when Franklin Roosevelt used every trick in the book to aid the British and Europeans in their fight against Nazism, to Pearl Harbor, the vicious fighting in both Europe and the Pacific, to the winning of the peace with the Marshall plan, the editors of Time/Life have given us a great book. Stuffed full of pictures that are indeed worth a thousand words, with text that adds more information and detail, this book is a must for history buffs, those who lived through the times and all of us who came after and benefitted from their sacrifices and perserverence.