A Higher Education Text On The History Of The United States Since World War Ii-- The War Years -- Origins Of The Cold War -- Truman And The Cold War -- The Other Half Of The Walnut Social Reform And Activism In The Postwar Years -- The Paradox Of Change American Society In The Postwar Years -- The Civil Rights Movement The Gods Bring Threads To Webs Begun -- John F. Kennedy The Reality And The Myth -- Lbj The Trial Of Consensus -- Vietnam-the Early Years -- Lyndon's War -- Coming Apart At Home -- 1968 -- Bringing Us Together -- An Era Of Political Malaise -- A Divided Culture, A Divided Society -- The Reagan Years -- The 1990s A Referendum On The Post-world War Ii Years -- 2000 And Beyond -- Barack Obama A Utopian Vision Confronts Political Reality -- The Trump Years. William H. Chafe, Duke University. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.