Introduction
From World War II to the Cold War : the Truman years, 1945-52
The expanding empire under Eisenhower, 1953-60
The Kennedy-Johnson idealist extensions, 1961-8
The Nixon-Ford realist consolidations, 1969-76
Jimmy Carter's human rights pause, 1977-80
Ronald Reagan : the last cold warrior, 1981-8
The post-Cold War era : Bush, Clinton, and the search for new themes, 1989-2001
George W. Bush and the "War on Terror".