The Fifties in Pictures is one of a series of books that together provide a comprehensive pictorial history of the 20th century, decade by decade. With over 250 pictures, this volume is a unique record of the moments that shaped the 1950s: from the French defeat in Indo-China to the Communist triumph in Cuba, from racial desegregation in Little Rock to the grip of apartheid in South Africa, from Sugar Ray Robinson’s pink Cadillac to the world’s first jet airliner.
- Introduction
- 1950 The Lorean War
- 1951
- 1952 The Bomb
- 1953
- 1954 Marilyn Monroe
- 1955
- 1956 The Hungarian Uprising
- 1957 The Space Race
- 1958
- 1959 The Cuban Revolution
- Index