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 ; C?sar Ch?vez: 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.