1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. THE PAST AS PROLOGUE: THE OLD WORLD’S VISION OF THE NEW 7
3. CONVERGENCE: THE ROOSEVELT ERA 25
4. TRANSTITION: HARRY S. TRUMAN 69
5. THE EISENSHOWER ERA 91
6. JOHN F. KENNEDY 127
7. LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON 157
8. RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON 177
9. GERALD FORD 195
10. JIMMY CARTER 211
11. THE REAGAN ERA: A CHRONICLE OF AND ADMINISTRATION FORETOLD 233
12. GEORGE H.W.BUSH: RETURN TO PRAGMATISM 259
13. BILL CLINTON AND THE POLITICS OF TRADE 281
14. EPILOGUE 301
INDEX 315