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This 3rd edition is an extensive revision that includes entirely new material to carry the coverage forward into the second decade of the twenty-first century -- right up to the recent mid-term elections of 2010. With an emphasis on national politics, the ever-evolving multicultural American society, the role of the United States in international affairs, and economic trends, this third considers changes in American literature, fine arts, music, film, pop culture, and sports and their relationships to social, cultural, and economic trends. The ... MORE

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xi
TheTransition from WWII to the Cold War: Confrontation and Containment	p. 1
World War II: Catalyst for Change	p. 4
Demobilization and Reconversion	p. 8
The Struggle over Economic Controls, 1945-1946	p. 10
National Defense and World Affairs	p. 14
Peacetime Pursuits	p. 18
The Cold War: Confrontation and Containment	p. ... MORE20
America Faces Russia	p. 20
The Architects of Containment	p. 25
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan	p. 28
Forging New Coalitions	p. 32
The Cold War Consensus	p. 40
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 42
Harry Truman, the Korean War, and the Politics of Stalemate	p. 45
The Rise of Harry S. Truman	p. 46
The Eightieth Congress, 1947-1948	p. 48
The Election of 1948	p. 51
The Fair Deal, 1949-1952	p. 57
The Korean War	p. 61
Internal Security and the Politics of Fear	p. 72
"I Like Ike": The Election of 1952	p. 79
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 84
Politics of Moderation: Eisenhower, the New Look, and Brinksmanship	p. 87
Eisenhower and the New Administration	p. 88
The Eisenhower Policies	p. 91
The Climax of McCarthyism	p. 94
Change and Continuity in National Politics	p. 98
Second Term: Problems and Portents	p. 101
Strategies of Containment in the Eisenhower Years	p. 107
Rhetoric and Reality in Foreign Affairs	p. 108
The European Focus	p. 111
Containment in Asia	p. 113
The Middle East, Latin America, and the Third World	p. 118
The Heightening of Cold War Tensions	p. 124
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 131
Leading the World: Economic Expansion, Affluence, and Social Change	p. 134
The Miracle of Production	p. 135
Competition and Structure	p. 141
Patterns of Trade and Distribution	p. 146
The Worker's World	p. 150
Social Change and the Social Order	p. 155
City and Suburb	p. 158
Social Class and Status	p. 162
Race and Ethnicity	p. 164
The Search for Community	p. 175
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 177
Inspiration, Crises, and Tragedy: John F. Kennedy and the New Frontier	p. 181
The Election of a New President, 1960	p. 181
The Kennedy Approach to Foreign Policy	p. 186
A Troubled Beginning	p. 190
The Cuban Missle Crisis and the Test Ban Treaty	p. 193
Global Connections and Third World Policies	p. 198
New Frontiers and the Resurgence of Liberalism	p. 203
Social Reform and Losing Battles	p. 208
Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement	p. 211
The Death of a President	p. 215
A New President and a Democratic Landslide	p. 218
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 222
The Culture of Affluence and Anxiety: Postwar America	p. 226
Education: The Troubled Crusade	p. 226
The Changing Shape of American Religion	p. 232
Popular Culture	p. 238
Art and American Life	p. 248
The Literary Imagination	p. 253
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 259
Great Changes, Great Failings: LBJ, the Great Society, and the Vietnam War	p. 263
The Thirty-sixth President	p. 263
The Quest for Equality	p. 267
The War on Poverty	p. 275
Breakthroughs in Education and Health	p. 278
LBJ and the Urban Nation	p. 282
The Domino Theory and International Affairs	p. 285
U.S. Ideals and Self-interest in Latin America	p. 289
Vietnam: Into the Quagmire	p. 291
Antiwar Protest: America Divides	p. 299
The Lost Crusade	p. 306
Politics and Resolution: The Election of 1968	p. 309
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 316
The End of Innocence: National Limits, Richard Nixon, and Watergate	p. 321
The Nixon Years Begin	p. 322
The Return of Richard Nixon	p. 322
The Persistence of Vietnam	p. 325
In the Domestic Arena	p. 332
Nixon's New Economic Policy	p. 337
D�tente and Triangular Diplomacy	p. 340
Nixon's Triumph: The Election of 1972	p. 346
Launching the Second Nixon Administration	p. 350
Watergate: A Cancer in the Presidency	p. 353
The Energy Crisis and the Environment	p. 359
Feminism: Reform in a Different Mode	p. 364
The Downfall of a President	p. 369
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 374
The Search for Solutions in a "Crisis of Confidence"	p. 378
The Presidency of Gerald Ford	p. 378
The Election of Jimmy Carter	p. 385
Dealing with Problems at Home	p. 390
Morality and Foreign Policy	p. 396
A Surfeit of Troubles, 1979-1980	p. 401
The Repudiation of a President: 1980	p. 406
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 410
The Reagan Revolution and Return of Confidence	p. 413
The Emergence of a Conservative Spokesman	p. 413
Reaganomics	p. 417
The Attempted Assassination	p. 422
Foreign Policy: Rhetoric and Confrontation	p. 423
An Electoral Landslide	p. 430
Second Term: Up the Down Staircase	p. 434
The Reagan Legacy	p. 444
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 447
The United States and the New World Order	p. 450
The Presidency of George H.W. Bush	p. 451
The End of the Cold War	p. 456
Return of the Democrats	p. 465
Clinton and the Perils of Presidential Leadership	p. 469
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 471
Booming Nineties: Clinton, Impeachment, and the High Flying Economy	p. 473
International Challenges	p. 482
Challenges at Home	p. 487
The New Economy	p. 490
Impeachment	p. 496
The 2000 Election	p. 500
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 505
Tiem of Tragedy: George W. Bush, 9/11, Two Wars, and the Great Recession	p. 507
9/11	p. 512
War in Afghanistan and Iraq	p. 520
The Abu Ghraib Scandal	p. 524
Inconvenient Environmental Realities	p. 526
The 2004 Presidential Race	p. 530
The Second Term of George W. Bush	p. 535
Quagmires Both: Iraq and Afghanistan	p. 541
The Great Recession Begins	p. 544
Foreign Relations	p. 551
The 2008 Election	p. 554
Legacy of the George W. Bush Years	p. 559
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 562
Changing America	p. 565
The Obama Administration	p. 567
The Evolving American Demography and Culture	p. 576
Fine Arts	p. 579
Television	p. 582
Literature	p. 585
Movies	p. 587
Music	p. 589
Sports	p. 593
Changing American News Media	p. 596
Americans Move to Right of Center	p. 597
The Great Recession Worsens	p. 603
The Quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan	p. 606
Back to the Future?	p. 610
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 611
Index	p. 614
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$$$ Thomas Maxwell-Long received his Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Riverside. He has published several articles on various themes in United States history four other books, including Watergate and the Resignation of Richard Nixon, with Harry P. Jeffrey, and is co-author with John W. Dean III of the forthcoming book. The Watergate Cover-up Trial. He is the Associate Director of California State University San Bernardinos Center for Indigenous Peoples Studies and Assistant Professor of history, where he teaches courses in the fields of U.S. and Native American history as wel1 as in Public History.

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