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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Content
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Presidents and their Elections
Astounding Triumph of Republicanism
Awful Event; President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin Edwin M. Stanton
Sweep Is National; Democrats Win Senate Arthur Krock
End Comes Suddenly at Warm Springs Arthur Krock
The 22nd Amendment
Forecasts Upset—President Takes Lead over Dewey Arthur Krock
Senator Cheered—Kennedy Steps Up Campaign in East Harrison E. Salisbury
Why America Weeps—Kennedy Victim of Violent Streak He Sought to Curb in the Nation James Reston
Turnout Is Heavy—Johnson Victor by Wide Margin Tom Wicker
Goal Is Harmony—President-Elect Vows His Administration Will Be “Open” Robert B. Semple Jr
From Film Star to Candidate Howell Raines
Biography of a Candidate: George Herbert Walker Bush Maureen Dowd
The 1992 Elections: President—The Overview; Clinton Captures Presidency with Huge Electoral Margin; Wins a Democratic Congress Robin Toner
Bush Prevails; By Single Vote, Justices End Recount, Blocking Gore after Five-Week Struggle Linda Greenhouse
Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls Adam Nagourney
Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment Matt Flegenheimer and Michael Barbaro
Chapter 2: War
“Good” Wars
Selective Draft Wins Majority in House Committee
Roosevelt Pledge Felix Belair Jr.
New Age Ushered Sidney Shalett
Number 29
“Bad” Wars
Congress Backs President on Southeast Asia Moves; Resolution Wins E. W. Kenworthy
.50-Caliber Ordeal on a Vietnam Field R. W. Apple Jr.
Vietnam: The Signs of Stalemate R. W. Apple Jr.
Four Kent State Students Killed by Troops John Kifner
Communists Take Over Saigon; U.S. Rescue Fleet Is Picking Up Vietnamese Who Fled in Boats George Esper
Nixon Tried to Spoil Johnson’s Vietnam Peace Talks in ’68, Notes Show Peter Baker
Cold War
Briton Speaks Out Harold B. Hinton
U.S. and Soviet Reach Accord on Cuba; Capital Hopeful E. W. Kenworthy
Raze Berlin Wall, Reagan Urges Soviet Gerald M. Boyd
U.S. to Restore Full Relations with Cuba, Erasing a Last Trace of Cold War Hostility Peter Baker
Endless War
Reagan Takes Oath as 40th President; Promises an “Era of National Renewal”—Minutes Later, 52 U.S. Hostages in Iran Fly to Freedom after 444-Day Ordeal Bernard Gwertzman
After the War: The Overview; Truce Holds, but U.S. Vows to Stay in Iraq Until Baghdad Meets Allies’ Peace Terms Andrew Rosenthal
One Man and a Global Web of Violence Stephen Engelberg
A Nation Challenged: News Analysis; Home Front: Edgy Sunday R. W. Apple Jr.
A Nation Challenged: Congress; House Passes Terrorism Bill Much Like Senate’s, but with Five-Year Limit Robin Toner and Neil A. Lewis
Justices, 5 to 4, Back Detainee Appeals for Guantánamo Linda Greenhouse
Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers without Courts James Risen and Eric Lichtblau
Chapter 3: The Economy
Bank Bill Is Enacted
The N.I.R.A. Decision
The Choice of a Candidate
Nixon Orders 90-Day Wage-Price Freeze, Asks Tax Cuts, New Jobs in Broad Plan James M. Naughton
April 30 Windup of Most Controls Urged by Shultz Edward Cowan
Bipartisan Spirit Falters in Fights on Debt Relief Edmund L. Andrews
In Tax Overhaul, Trump Tries to Defy the Economic Odds Patricia Cohen
Chapter 4: Race and Civil Rights
Republican National Convention
The Electoral Tribunal; Oregon before the Commission
Capital Is Occupied by a Gentle Army Russell Baker
Alabama Police Use Gas and Clubs to Rout Negroes Roy Reed
Martin Luther King Is Slain in Memphis; A White Is Suspected; Guard Called Out Earl Caldwell
Firing Stepped Up at Wounded Knee Martin Waldron
Riots in Los Angeles: The Blue Line; Surprised, Police React Slowly as Violence Spreads Robert Reinhold
President Obama Condemns Both the Baltimore Riots and the Nation’s “Slow-Rolling Crisis” Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Matt Apuzzo
One Slogan, Many Methods: Black Lives Matter Enters Politics John Eligon
Man Charged After White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Ends in Deadly Violence Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Brian M. Rosenthal
Chapter 5: Other Hot-Button Issues
Immigration
After 16 Futile Years, Congress Will Try Again to Legalize “Dreamers” Yamiche Alcindor and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel from Seven Countries Michael D. Shear
Opinion: The Trump Apologist and the Crying Children Michelle Goldberg
Guns
End the Gun Epidemic in America The Editorial Board
For Parkland Students, a Surreal Journey from “Normal” to a Worldwide March Patricia Mazzei
LGBTQ Rights
The Supreme Court: Homosexual Rights; Justices, 6 to 3, Legalize Gay Sexual Conduct in Sweeping Reversal of Court’s ’86 Ruling Linda Greenhouse
Senate Repeals Ban Against Openly Gay Military Personnel Carl Hulse
G.O.P. Hopefuls Denounce Marriage-Equality Ruling Jeremy W. Peters
Women’s Rights
Another Amendment Ratified
Senators Bar Weakening of Equal Rights Proposal Eileen Shanahan
Pentagon Is Set to Lift Combat Ban for Women Elisabeth Bumiller and Thom Shanker
National Guidelines Set by 7-to-2 Vote Warren Weaver Jr.
Senate Rejects Measure to Ban Abortion after 20 Weeks of Pregnancy Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Democrats Make Hillary Clinton a Historic Nominee Patrick Healy and Jonathan Martin
Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
Global Warming
How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science Coral Davenport and Eric Lipton
Chapter 6: The Rise of the Right
Goldwater Vows to Fight Tactics of “New Right” Judith Miller
G.O.P. Celebrates Its Sweep to Power; Clinton Vows to Find Common Ground Adam Clymer
In Power Push, Movement Sees Base in G.O.P. Kate Zernike
Election Results: Republicans Win Senate Control with at Least Seven New Seats Jonathan Weisman and Ashley Parker
Suddenly, the G.O.P. Remembers All Its Doubts on Trump Carl Hulse
Chapter 7: Political Scandals
Demands Oil Regulation—La Follette Committee Suggests Eight Immediate Remedies
Welch Assails McCarthy’s “Cruelty” and “Recklessness” in Attack on Aide; Senator on Stand, Tells of Red Hunt W. H. Lawrence
Vietnam Archive: Pentagon Study Traces Three Decades of Growing U. S. Involvement Neil Sheehan
Motive Is Big Mystery in Raid on Democrats Walter Rugaber
Tears at Parting James T. Wooten
The President’s Acquittal: The White House; President Says He Is Sorry and Seeks Reconciliation James Bennet and John M. Broder
Firing Fuels Calls for Independent Investigator, Even from Republicans David E. Sanger, Matthew Rosenberg and Michael S. Schmidt
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Picture Credits
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