Victory and anxiety : World War and Cold War, 1945-1962 -- Conformity and rebellion : American culture and politics, 1945-1963 -- Confidence and agitation : the American empire at high tide, 1960-1965 -- Fulfillment and anger : the American empire in conflict, 1965-1974 -- Experimentation and exhaustion : political culture of the Sixties, 1965-1974 -- Reassessment and nostalgia : the American empire at bay, 1973-1981 -- Revival and denial : the American empire on borrowed time 1981-1991 -- Innovation and sentiment : the culture of the Eighties, 1981-1991 -- Distraction and prosperity : the post-Cold War era, 1992-2001 -- Comfort and dread : the American empire in decline, 2001-. |