For undergraduate courses in 20th Century America and U.S. History since 1945.   This survey blends traditional history that focuses on political, economic, diplomatic and military events with the current emphasis on social and cultural history.   A comprehensive narrative survey of US History since WWII, this text focuses on the public life of the American people. It weaves together political, economic, foreign policy, and military history, while incorporating much of the new social, demographic, environmental, and cultural history of the period.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Postwar America 1 Victory! Legacies of World War A Pluralistic Society Asian Americans Religious Americans Big Labor Women African Americans Hispanic Americans Native Americans Big Government Economic Transformations Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 2 Wars: Cold and Hot Origins of Cold War The Truman Doctrine The Marshall Plan NATO The Chinese Revolution NSC-68 The Korean War, 1950—1953 The Cold War Consensus Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 3 Postwar Politics Harry Who? The Election of 1946 The Eightieth Congress Civil Rights The Election of 1948 A Fair Deal Red Scare Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 4 The Affluent Society Demographic Patterns An Economy of Abundance Labor at Mid-Century Poverty Amidst Plenty Suburban Sprawl Women: Family and Work Class and Status Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 5 The Consumer Culture The “Teen Culture” Rock ’n’ roll Television Takes Over Religion Revived Culture Critics Rebels Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 6 Consensus at Home and Abroad The Election of 1952 Dynamic Conservatism McCarthy Destroyed The Politics of Consensus Civil Rights The New Look Vietnam The China Crisis At the Summit The CIA in Covert Action Trouble in Suez Sputnik Cuba and Castro Controversy in Europe End of an Era Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 7 New Frontiers At Home and Abroad The Election of 1960 Social Reform The Economy Let Freedom Ring Cold Warrior The Bay of Pigs Alianza para Progreso Berlin Missile Crisis Vietnam: Raising the Stakes Death of a President Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 8 Great Society and Vietnam Johnson Takes Charge Great Society The Warren Court Continuing the Cold War Going to War in Vietnam The American Way of War War at Home The Tet-68 Offensive Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 9 Rebellion and Reaction Student Radicals The Greening of America The Fire This Time Black Power Brown and Red Power Gay-Lesbian Liberation The Rebirth of Feminism Backlash The Election of 1968 Summing Up the Sixties Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 10 Pragmatic Centrism A Closet Liberal? Nixonomics The Southern Strategy Activists and Reformers Environmentalism and Consumerism The 1972 Election Watergate Decline and Fall Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 11 Calming the Cold War Detente The China Opening Vietnam: A War to End a War Middle Eastern Dilemmas Chaos in Chile Troubles in Europe The Emergence of Japan Realist Diplomacy in Perspective Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 12 Era of Limits Economic Decline Energy Crises Cars and Computers A Ford Not a Lincoln Extending Detente Vietnam: The End The Election of 1976 Mr. Carter Goes to Washington A New Foreign Policy Approach The Decline of Detente Debacle in Iran The Conservative Ascendancy The Election of 1980 A Time of Troubles Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 13 Social and Cultural Transformations A Demographic Profile New Immigrants African Americans: A Dual Society Women: Changing Attitudes and Roles Public Schools in Decline The Most Religious Nation in the Western World The “Me” Decade Cultural Transformations Blockbusters on the Big Screen Television: The New Cultural Pluralism Professional Sports as Big Business Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 14 AmericaRevived Reaganomics Recession and Recovery The 1984 Election Second Efforts The “Go-Go” Economy Reshaping the Supreme Court The Sleaze Factor Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 15 Reviving the Cold War The Old Cold Warrior The Pacific Rim Disaster in Lebanon Policing the Western Hemisphere International Crises The Iraqi—Iranian War Iran—Contra Thawing the Cold War Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 16 Culture Wars and Social Tensions The New Economy The Information Super Highway Culture Warriors Multiculturalism Black and White, but not Together Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans Women and Work Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 17 Going Global The Election of 1988 A Kinder Nation The Rehnquist Court The End of the Cold War The Post—Cold War World The Gulf War The Election of 1992 The Return of the Democrats Clintonomics The Republican Earthquake The Election of 1996 A President Impeached Clinton and the Post—Cold War World The Balkan Wars Terrorism Abroad and at Home Brief Bibliographic Essay Chapter 18 Americain a New Millennium The Demographics of Diversity Young People of the New Millennium A Multicultural Society A Nation of Immigrants Election 2000 Thirty-Six Days Compassionate Conservatism Terrorist Attack! The Transformation of U.S. Foreign Policy The Invasion of Iraq Global Financial Crisis and Recession Election 2008 The New Face of America Brief Bibliographic Essay