The republic in transition : demobilization and reconversion -- The origins of the Cold War -- Staying the course : Dwight D. Eisenhower and the politics of moderation -- Containing Communism and managing the military-industrial complex : the Eisenhower administration and the Cold War -- Capitalism and conformity : American society, 1945-1960 -- Liberalism reborn : John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the politics of activism -- The wages of globalism : foreign affairs during the Kennedy-Johnson era -- The dividing of America : Vietnam, Black power, the counterculture, and the election of 1968 -- Realpolitik or imperialism? : Nixon, Kissinger, and American foreign policy -- The limits of expediency : Richard M. Nixon and the American presidency -- From confidence to anxiety : American society, 1960-1980 -- Governing in a malaise : the presidencies of Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter -- The culture of narcissism : the Reagan era -- In search of balance : America into the twenty-first century.
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