Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The Years of Consensus, 1945-1960 -- 1. Defining the Cold War -- George F. Kennan: Architect of Containment -- Henry A. Wallace: Champion of the Common Man and Cooperation -- 2. Fighting the Cold War at Home -- I.F. Stone: Dissenter in an Age of Conformity -- J. Edgar Hoover: Fighter Against the Red Menace -- 3. The Transformation of Popular Culture -- Marilyn Monroe: Symbol of the New Sexuality -- Elvis Presley: Rock and Roll Rebel -- 4. Outsiders in a Conformist Society -- Jackie Robinson: Racial Torchbearer in the National Pastime -- Allen Ginsberg: Avatar of the Beats -- 5. Defending Democracy in the Nuclear Age -- Curtis LeMay: Apostle of Armageddon -- C. Wright Mills: Prophet of the New Left -- Part II. From Confidence to Crisis, 1960-1980 -- 6. Civil Rights and Social Justice -- Fannie Lou Hamer: Mississippi Freedom Fighter -- César Chávez: Guardian of the United Farm Workers Union -- 7. Challenges to the Liberal Consensus -- Tom Hayden: New Left Activist -- Barry Goldwater: Hero of the New Right -- 8. 1968: The Hope and the Fear -- Robert Kennedy: Herald of the New Politics -- George C. Wallace: Practitioner of the Politics of Rage -- 9. Implosions: Collapse of the Counterculture and the New Left -- Jimi Hendrix: Troubadour of Psychedelia -- Bernardine Dohrn: Reformer, Radical, Revolutionary -- 10. The Women's Movement: Revolution and Reaction -- Gloria Steinem: Feminist Icon -- Phyllis Schlafly: Counterrevolutionnary on the Right -- Part III. The Search for New Directions, 1980-Present -- 11. The Roaring Eighties: Piety and Profit -- Jerry Falwell: Standard-Bearer of the Christian Right -- Bill Gates: Prophet of Techno-Times -- 12. After the Revolution: New Horizons for Black Americans.

Tiger Woods: Golf's Great Black Hope -- Clarence Thomas: Black Conservative in Judicial Robes -- 13. America and the New World Order -- Paul Wolfowitz: Democratic Imperialist -- Noam Chomsky: Radical Gadfly -- About the Authors.