Gary A Donaldson: 6 books

“Gary Donaldson’s book is a succinct and useful account of the events of Eisenhower’s post-World War II years” (Fred Greenstein, Professor of Politics Emeritus, Princeton University).   The politics of the 1950s revolved around two primary leaders, one Republican and one Democrat—both moderate,...

The third edition of Dr. Gary A. Donaldson’s highly successful textbook The Making of Modern America, introduces students to the cultural, social and political paths the United States has traveled from the end of WWII to the present day. While deftly cataloguing the sweeping changes and major events...

The presidential campaign that pitted Richard M. Nixon against John F. Kennedy was the most significant political campaign since World War II. With Eisenhower's tenure at an end, American society broke with the culture of the war years. This social shift was reflected in and provoked by new trends...

The 2016 election cycle put in sharp relief the rifts that divide, and threaten to destroy, the Republican Party. While some claim these divisions originated in Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” or in Newt Gingrich’s tenure as Minority Whip, Gary Donaldson argues that the conflict has its origins...

From the political pundit and author of The Making of Modern America. “The finest single volume I have read about the 1964 election” (Bill Moyers).   The 1964 campaign was a turning point in the nation’s politics and one of the rare elections in American history marked by sharp ideological...

Focusing primarily on politics and foreign policy, America at War since 1945 analyzes America's involvement in its several wars since the end of World War II. The main questions asked are: How did the U.S. become involved in these wars? How were the wars conducted? And how did the U.S. get out of...