I was studying around the same time, and thought it was bad that my textbook stopped at the beginning of the Cold War. But maybe I was lucky - at least I got to learn about the somewhat important
WWI and WWII and even a smidge beyond. Hard to imagine a history class in the 70s (or even 60s) that wouldn't cover at least through the two WW. So much for my complaining
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I wondered also, at the time, and still do, if in that time frame, the Vietnam War was still too political vs historical. Although I know there were protests against US involvement in both World Wars too, I have the impression they were not on the same scale as the protests against the Vietnam War. So I've always sort of thought that this was our school district punting a little bit too.
Oh well...sort of off-topic by now...
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
I agree. My history classes stopped after the Civil War. I've surmised that my teachers felt WWI and WWII were not history, but current events ... for them. Though I was studying around 1970 plus and minus a few. But I've had to learn about both world wars on my own. Vietnam & Korea I haven't even started to wonder about, yet.
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