[America: The Last Best Hope 02] • America · the Last Best Hope, Volume II by Bennett, William J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: America and the Great War (1914–1921)

I. “Home Before the Leaves Fall” II. “Too Proud to Fight” III. Roosevelt to France? IV. Over There! V. Wilson in Paris VI. “A War to End all Wars”

Chapter 2: The Boom and the Bust (1921–1933)

I. The Roaring Twenties II. Sunrise at Campobello III. A Harlem Renaissance IV. Normalcy V. “Keep Cool with Coolidge” VI. “The Lone Eagle” VII. Peace and Prosperity VIII. “Two Chickens in Every Pot” IX. CRASH! X. “Happy Days Are Here Again” XI. The New Deal

Chapter 3: FDR and the New Deal (1933–1939)

I. The Hundred Days . . . and After II. Hitler’s Games: The Berlin Olympics III. “As Goes Maine . . .” IV. FDR’s “Risky Scheme” V. “The March of Time” VI. Rebuilding America

Chapter 4: America’s Rendezvous with Destiny (1939–1941)

I. Man of the Year II. America on the Road to War III. “Sail on, O Union Strong and Great” IV. “Sink the Bismarck!” V. “If Hitler Invaded Hell. . .”

Chapter 5: Leading the Grand Alliance (1941–1943)

I. 1941: “A Year of Holding Our Breath” II. A Day of Infamy III. A World at War IV. The Battle of the Atlantic V. America Strikes Back

Chapter 6: America Victorious (1943–1945)

I. Overlord II. “The Sun Goes Down on More Suffering . . .” III. Democracy: “The Mustard on the Hot Dog” IV. Harry Truman: “The Moon, the Stars, and All the Planets” V. The Flag of Freedom

Chapter 7: Truman Defends the Free World (1945–1953)

I. A Cold War Begins II. Red Stars in Hollywood III. Ha Tikva—The Hope of Israel IV. The Berlin Airlift of 1948 V. “Give ’em Hell, Harry!” VI. Under the Cloud of War VII. The Korean Conflict VIII. The Man from Independence

Chapter 8: Eisenhower and Happy Days (1953–1961)

I. “I Like Ike!” II. The Kremlin’s Long Shadow III. Freedom Rising IV. “We Will Bury You!” V. Ike’s Last Years

Chapter 9: Passing the Torch (1961–1969)

I. The New Frontier II. “Godspeed, John Glenn!” III. “Eyeball to Eyeball” over Cuba IV. Freedom on the March V. 22 November 1963 VI. “An Idea Whose Time Has Come” VII. A Choice, Not an Echo VIII. Operation Hope Not: Churchill’s Funeral IX. “We Shall Overcome!” X. Vietnam XI. 1968: Annus Horribilis

Chapter 10: Nixon’s the One (1969–1974)

I. “Give a Damn!” II. “The Eagle Has Landed!” III. The Silent Majority IV. Nixon to China V. The Election of 1972 VI. Roe v.Wade: “Raw Judicial Power” VII. Watergate Spills Over

Chapter 11: The Years the Locusts Ate (1974–1981)

I. “I’m not a Lincoln, I’m a Ford” II. 1976: A Bicentennial Election III.“Moral Equivalent of War” IV. America Held Hostage V. “USA! USA!”

Chapter 12: Reagan and Revival (1981–1989)

I. 1981: A New Beginning II. An Evil Empire III.“Morning in America” IV. “We Can Do Business . . .” V. Reykjavik: The Clash VI. Iran-Contra VII. “Tear Down This Wall!” VIII. Into the Sunset

Epilogue Notes Index