Covers the period of American history from 1918 to 1945, including the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and World War II From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S. history. Preface: War and the Start of a New Century 9(4) War's End 13(3) Fourteen Points 16(5) Another Kind of War 21(4) The Prohibition Amendment 25(4) Mom, Did You Vote? 29(5) Red Scare 34(3) Soft-Hearted Harding 37(4) Silent Cal and the Roaring Twenties 41(6) Feature: Monkeys on Trial 44(3) Everyone's Hero 47(4) Only the Ball Was White 51(4) American Music 55(8) Feature: Rhapsodies in Red, White, and Blue 60(2) Feature: Hooray for Hollywood! 62(1) Hubba, Hubba, Hubble! 63(4) Feature: Stars in Women's Eyes 66(1) Space's Pioneer 67(4) The Lone Eagle 71(5) The Prosperity Balloon 76(2) Getting Rich Quickly 78(5) Down and Out 83(5) Economic Disaster 88(4) A Boy Who Loved History 92(2) How About This? 94(3) A Lonely Little Girl 97(2) First Lady of the World 99(2) Handicap or Character Builder? 101(3) Candidate Roosevelt 104(2) President Roosevelt 106(5) Twentieth-Century Monsters 111(5) A Final Solution 116(8) Feature: Arrival in Auschwitz 120(4) War and the Scientists 124(2) Fighting Wolves 126(3) Pearl Harbor 129(5) Taking Sides 134(5) World War 139(4) A Two-Front War 143(5) Forgetting the Constitution 148(5) A Hot Island 153(5) Axing the Axis 158(5) Feature: The End of the Road 162(1) Going for D-Day 163(5) A Wartime Diary 168(3) April in Georgia 171(3) President HST 174(2) A Final Journey 176(4) Day by Day 180(4) A Little Boy 184(4) Peace 188(2) Picturing History 190(12) Chronology of Events 202(2) More Books to Read 204(2) Picture Credits 206(1) Index 207(3) A Note from the Author 210(1) Atlas 211