Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: "The Buck Stops Here!": The Harry Truman Administration -- The Truman Doctrine and Containment -- Document: Harry S. Truman: The Truman Doctrine (1947) -- Document: George C. Marshall: The Marshall Plan (1947) -- Postwar Domestic Reorganization -- The Red Scare -- Document: Joseph R. McCarthy: Communists in the State Department (1950) -- The Korean War -- The Hollywood Ten -- Chapter 2: Linking Ike: The Dwight Eisenhower Administration -- Peace, Growth, and Prosperity -- Eisenhower's Second Term -- Document: Dwight D. Eisenhower: The Crisis in the Middle East (1957) -- Domestic Issues -- World Affairs -- An Assessment of the Postwar Era -- Document: Dwight D. Eisenhower: Farewell Address (1961) -- Chapter 3: From Camelot All the Way with LBJ: The John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson Administrations -- The New Frontier -- Document: John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address (1961) -- Document: John F. Kennedy: Soviet Missiles in Cuba (1962) -- The Great Society -- Document: Lyndon B. Johnson: The Great Society (1964) -- The Civil Rights Movement -- Civil Rights Act -- Latino and Native American Activism -- Social Changes -- Roe V. Wade -- Hippies -- The Vietnam War -- Document: Lyndon B. Johnson: Withdrawal Speech (1968) -- Chapter 4: "Nixon's the One": The Richard M. Nixon Administration -- Foreign Affairs -- Document: Richard M. Nixon: The Moscow Summit (1972) -- Domestic Affairs -- Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) -- The Watergate Scandal -- Document: Richard M. Nixon: Resignation from the Presidency (1974) -- Chapter 5: The National Nightmare Ends, the National Malaise Begins: The Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Administrations -- The Gerald R. Ford Administration -- Pardoning Nixon -- Troubled Economy -- The 1976 Election -- The Jimmy Carter Administration.

Foreign Affairs -- Domestic Policy -- Document: Jimmy Carter: A National Malaise (1979) -- Chapter 6: Morning in America: The Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administrations -- The Ronald Reagan Administration -- Reagonomics -- Document: Ronald Reagan: A Tax System that Is Unwise, Unwanted, and Unfair (1985) -- The Reagan Doctrine -- Second Term and the Iran-Contra Affair -- Document: Ronald Reagan: Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin (1987) -- Iran-Contra Affair -- Economic Legacy -- The George Bush Administration -- Foreign Policy -- Iraq War -- "Read My Lips" -- The 1992 Election -- Document: George Bush: Operation Desert Storm (1991) -- Chapter 7: "It's the Economy, Stupid": The Bill Clinton Administration -- Early Policy Initiatives -- Document: Hillary Clinton: Attempts at Health Care Reform (1993) -- Document: Contract with America (1994) -- Mid-Term Challenge -- The 1996 Election -- The Lewinsky Affair -- Document: Kenneth Starr: Starr Report (1998) -- Chapter 8: America After 9-11: The George W. Bush Administration -- Congressional Resistance -- The September 11 Attacks -- Document: George W. Bush: Declaration of War on Terrorism (2001) -- The Iraq War -- Document: John P. Murtha: War in Iraq (2005) -- The 2004 Election -- Hurricane Katrina and Growing Disenchantment with the Iraq War -- The Financial Crisis -- Chapter 9: "Yes We Can": The Barack Obama Administration -- The Great Recession -- Document: Barack Obama: Inaugural Address (2009) -- Health Care Reform and the Tea Party -- The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- Mid-Term Elections -- Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) -- Budget Battle -- Foreign Policy -- Deficit Deadlock -- Conclusion -- Appendices (Documents) -- Harry S. Truman: The Truman Doctrine (1947) -- George C. Marshall: The Marshall Plan (1947).

Joseph R. McCarthy: Communists in the State Department (1950) -- Dwight D. Eisenhower: The Crisis in the Middle East (1957) -- Dwight D. Eisenhower: Farewell Address (1961) -- John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address (1961) -- John F. Kennedy: Soviet Missiles in Cuba (1962) -- Lyndon B. Johnson: The Great Society (1964) -- Lyndon B. Johnson: Withdrawal Speech (1968) -- Richard M. Nixon: The Moscow Summit (1972) -- Richard M. Nixon: Resignation from the Presidency (1974) -- A. Television Address Announcing the Intention to Resign -- B. Farewell to the White House Staff -- Jimmy Carter: A National Malaise (1979) -- Ronald Reagan: A Tax System that Is Unwise, Unwanted, and Unfair (1985) -- Ronald Reagan: Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin (1987) -- George Bush: Operation Desert Storm (1991) -- Hillary Clinton: Attempts at Health Care Reform (1993) -- Contract with America (1994) -- Kenneth W. Starr: The Starr Report (1998) -- Introduction -- Factual Background -- The Investigation -- The Significance of the Evidence of Wrongdoing -- George W. Bush: Declaration of War on Terrorism (2001) -- John P. Murtha: War in Iraq (2005) -- Barack Obama: Inaugural Address (2009) -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.