World Wars and the Modern Age

Primary sources bring history to life during the period when America became a major world power The latest addition to the American Heritage, American Voices series focuses on life in the United States from the late nineteenth to the mid--twentieth century.

Using speeches, newspaper articles, memoirs, and other documents from the diary of a World War I doughboy, an interview with Al Capone, and musings on Harlem by Langston Hughes to FDR's first fireside chat, Eisenhower's recollections of D--Day, and Winston's Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech this fascinating sourcebook shows students what it was like to live through Prohibition, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and two world wars.

David King (Hillsdale, NY) is the author of the American Heritage, American Voices books Colonies and Revolution (0--471--44391--3), Westward Expansion (0--471--44394--8), and Civil War and Reconstruction (0--471--44393--X), as well as the American Kids in History series.

American Heritage publishes the well--known American history magazine and is also responsible for many highly acclaimed books.