War Babies: The Generation That Changed America examines the lives and careers of Americans born between 1939 and 1945.
War Babies is a prime example of the concerns and issues That have shaped Pells\'s career..
Through his work, readers are treated to a history of American cultural life from the 1930s to the present.
He is primarily interested in 20th century American culture-movies, radio, television, art, music, literature, and the theater, all of which are reflected in his five books.
Pells was never a traditional historian.
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Currently, he is Professor of History Emeritus at The University of Texas at Austin.
Subsequently, he was awarded fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Guggenheim Foundation, as well as six Fulbright chairs and lectureships for teaching abroad, particularly in Europe and Asia. in history from Harvard in 1969 where he taught for three years. from Rutgers University in 1963 and his Ph.
D.
About author(s): Richard Pells received his B.
A.
These are the people who continue to shape our lives and cultures in the 21st century.
War Babies deals especially with musicians and composers like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Simon and Garfunkel; with film directors like Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese; with actors like Al Pacino and Robert De Niro; with athlete/activists like Muhammad Ali; with journalists like Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein; and with politicians like John Kerry and Nancy Pelosi.
No one has written such a book about this generation.
War Babies: The Generation That Changed America examines the lives and careers of Americans born between 1939 and 1945
