Cold War Kids

Author : KidCaps
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN 13 : 1621075966
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cold War: A History Just for Kids! written by KidCaps and published by BookCaps Study Guides. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, we will be learning more about the Cold War, and we will talk what were the things that motivated the two countries to compete with each other for over 40 years. You will find sections in here that divide up our study of the Cold War into six different main ideas. Find out about this exciting and complex period of time in this kid's book.

Author : Marilyn Irvin Holt
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 070061964X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cold War Kids written by Marilyn Irvin Holt and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we take it for granted that political leaders and presidential administrations will address issues related to children and teenagers. But in the not-so-distant past, politicians had little to say, and federal programs less to do with children—except those of very specific populations. This book shows how the Cold War changed all that. Against the backdrop of the postwar baby boom, and the rise of a distinct teen culture, Cold War Kids unfolds the little-known story of how politics and federal policy expanded their influence in shaping children’s lives and experiences—making way for the youth-attuned political culture that we’ve come to expect. In the first part of the twentieth century, narrow and incremental policies focused on children were the norm. And then, in the postwar years, monumental events such as the introduction of the Salk vaccine or the Soviet launch of Sputnik delivered jolts to the body politic, producing a federal response that included all children. Cold War Kids charts the changes that followed, making the mid-twentieth century a turning point in federal action directly affecting children and teenagers. With the 1950 and 1960 White House Conferences on Children and Youth as a framework, Marilyn Irvin Holt examines childhood policy and children’s experience in relation to population shifts, suburbia, divorce and family stability, working mothers, and the influence of television. Here we see how the government, driven by a Cold War mentality, was becoming ever more involved in aspects of health, education, and welfare even as the baby boom shaped American thought, promoting societal acceptance of the argument that all children, not just the poorest and neediest, merited their government’s attention. This period, largely viewed as a time of “stagnation” in studies of children and childhood after World War II, emerges in Holt’s cogent account as a distinct period in the history of children in America.

Author : Jonathan Schell
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804737029
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fate of the Earth and The Abolition written by Jonathan Schell and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two books, which helped focus national attention on the movement for a nuclear freeze, are published in one volume.

Author : Eugene Yelchin
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536222348
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Genius Under the Table written by Eugene Yelchin and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor Winner With a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin offers a memoir of growing up in Cold War Russia. Drama, family secrets, and a KGB spy in his own kitchen! How will Yevgeny ever fulfill his parents’ dream that he become a national hero when he doesn’t even have his own room? He’s not a star athlete or a legendary ballet dancer. In the tiny apartment he shares with his Baryshnikov-obsessed mother, poetry-loving father, continually outraged grandmother, and safely talented brother, all Yevgeny has is his little pencil, the underside of a massive table, and the doodles that could change everything. With equal amounts charm and solemnity, award-winning author and artist Eugene Yelchin recounts in hilarious detail his childhood in Cold War Russia as a young boy desperate to understand his place in his family.

Author : Chris York
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786489472
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comic Books and the Cold War, 1946-1962 written by Chris York and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional wisdom holds that comic books of the post-World War II era are poorly drawn and poorly written publications, notable only for the furor they raised. Contributors to this thoughtful collection, however, demonstrate that these comics constitute complex cultural documents that create a dialogue between mainstream values and alternative beliefs that question or complicate the grand narratives of the era. Close analysis of individual titles, including EC comics, Superman, romance comics, and other, more obscure works, reveals the ways Cold War culture--from atomic anxieties and the nuclear family to communist hysteria and social inequalities--manifests itself in the comic books of the era. By illuminating the complexities of mid-century graphic novels, this study demonstrates that postwar popular culture was far from monolithic in its representation of American values and beliefs.

Author : Gonda Van Steen
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472038818
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adoption, Memory, and Cold War Greece written by Gonda Van Steen and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2021-07-12 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the history of how 3,000 Greek children were shipped to the United States for adoption in the postwar period

Author : Dr. Seuss
Publisher : RH Childrens Books
ISBN 13 : 0385379455
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Butter Battle Book written by Dr. Seuss and published by RH Childrens Books. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Butter Battle Book, Dr. Seuss's classic cautionary tale, introduces readers to the important lesson of respecting differences. The Yooks and Zooks share a love of buttered bread, but animosity brews between the two groups because they prefer to enjoy the tasty treat differently. The timeless and topical rhyming text is an ideal way to teach young children about the issues of tolerance and respect. Whether in the home or in the classroom, The Butter Battle Book is a must-have for readers of all ages.

Author : Richard Ned Lebow
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400821088
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We All Lost the Cold War written by Richard Ned Lebow and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1995-07-03 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on recently declassified documents and extensive interviews with Soviet and American policy-makers, among them several important figures speaking for public record for the first time, Ned Lebow and Janice Stein cast new light on the effect of nuclear threats in two of the tensest moments of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the confrontations arising out of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973. They conclude that the strategy of deterrence prolonged rather than ended the conflict between the superpowers.

Author : Keith Goodman
Publisher : English Reading Tree
ISBN 13 : 9781521353127
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cold War Explained for Kids written by Keith Goodman and published by English Reading Tree. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War Explained for Kids The 'For Kids' series has been produced for children of seven and over. It is the perfect answer to move your child away from simple picture books to start enjoying and learning from more challenging reading material. Every book in the series is an exciting story that will boost reading confidence and introduce active and motivating vocabulary. Parental support is necessary to get the best out of the English Reading Tree Series. This is a crossover between picture books and chapter books. There are some images, but it has been written for the child to focus on words and their meaning. All of the books are fast-paced to keep children engaged. There is also a fun quiz that can be played to give you an accurate idea of how much he or she has learned. What people are saying about the English Reading Tree Excellent books that not only improve reading ability but educate: Goodreads Very well presented and I particularly enjoy the quiz at the end: Post Online Simple, easy to read and full of interesting facts. What more can a parent ask? Island EBooks The English Reading Tree is a series of Children's books that have been written to educate and entertain.

Author : Steve Sheinkin
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1250149029
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallout written by Steve Sheinkin and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Steve Sheinkin presents a follow up to his award-winning book Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, taking readers on a terrifying journey into the Cold War and our mutual assured destruction. As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance, spy planes fly above, armed submarines swim deep below, and undercover agents meet in the dead of night. The Cold War game grows more precarious as weapons are pointed towards each other, with fingers literally on the trigger. The decades-long showdown culminates in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world's close call with the third—and final—world war. A Shelf Awareness Best Children's Book of 2021 A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2021 A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year Praise for BOMB: A Newbery Honor book A National Book Awards finalist for Young People's Literature A Washington Post Best Kids Books of the Year title “This is edge-of-the seat material that will resonate with YAs who clamor for true spy stories, and it will undoubtedly engross a cross-market audience of adults who dozed through the World War II unit in high school.” —BCCB, starred review “...reads like an international spy thriller, and that's the beauty of it.” —School Library Journal, starred review “[A] complicated thriller that intercuts action with the deftness of a Hollywood blockbuster.” —Booklist, , starred review “A must-read...” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “A superb tale of an era and an effort that forever changed our world.” —Kirkus Also by Steve Sheinkin: The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America