Table of Contents
Introductory Note Henry A. Kissinger xi
1 The Aspirant State, 1754-1836 1
Chapter 1 The Path to Independence: The British and Americans Defeat the French in America, 1754-1774 2
Chapter 2 Independence: The Americans and French Defeat the British in America, 177-1789 50
Chapter 3 Creating a New Republic and Launching It in the World, 1789-1809 88
Chapter 4 Reconciling with Britain Abroad, and with Slavery at Home, 1809-1836 128
2 The Predestined People, 1836-1933 171
Chapter 5 Slavery: The House Divided, 1836-1860 172
Chapter 6 Civil War and Reconstruction: The Agony and Triumph of the American Union, 1860-1889 218
Chapter 7 A New Great Power in the World, 1889-1914 264
Chapter 8 The Crisis of Democracy: World War, Isolationism, and Depression, 1914-1933 308
3 The Indispensable Country, 1933-1957 353
Chapter 9 Toward Americas Rendezvous with Destiny, 1933-1941 354
Chapter 10 The Victory of Democracy in the West, 1941-1945 398
Chapter 11 From World War to Cold War, 1945-1951 444
Chapter 12 The Red Scare and the Free World, 1951-1957 488
4 The Supreme Nation, 1957-2013 537
Chapter 13 Peace and Prosperity, 1957-1965 538
Chapter 14 Vietnam and Détente: The Beginning of the End of the Cold War, 1965-1973 574
Chapter 15 To the Summit of the World, 1973-1992 618
Chapter 16 Waiting for the Future, 1992-2013 666
Acknowledgments 701
Index 703
