The Fifties by David Halberstam

Wow! Fascinating, informative, enlightening. A whole decade of political, cultural, social policies highlighted and explained clearly. The advent of television, increasing domination and impact of advertising, the beginning of pushback against segregation in schools, the development of the hydrogen bomb and long-range missiles, American Foreign Policy dominated by the CIA and covert actions in Latin America and Cuba, and the list goes on with it all taking place primarily during the Eisenhower Era. I feel like I just enjoyed sitting in on a great history class.