The 1980s Decade in Photos: The Triumph of Democracy

By Jim Corrigan

Book Overview

America emerges from its malaise in the 1980s. Meanwhile severe social, economic, and military pressures force the Soviet Union to abandon its longstanding political doctrine. The U.S. stands alone as the world's sole superpower. Through the good times there were also bad ones, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded and the worst nuclear power accident in history occurs at Chernobyl. Read more about the 1980s in this photo-driven book.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766031373
• ISBN13: 9780766031371
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.7" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12