1953-1961

Examines the achievements of U.S. presidents who served during the Cold War, including Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Richard Nixon.

Combines newsreel footage, educational films and government training films to portray the Cold War paranoia of the nineteen-fifties.

During the summer of 1956 ten-year-old Junior Webster, his friends, and especially his father, a decorated World War II veteran, discover what heroism is all about.

Day by day, the fifties are the major events of the decade, for every day and in every field - world developments, U.S. affairs, culture, sports and science.

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1960 including the Greensboro sit-in for civil rights, approval of oral contraceptives, the collapse of the Paris Summit, the election of John F. Kennedy as president, and others.

Contains essays in which the authors examine the reasons why the United States invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in 1961, why the invasion failed, and how the incident has affected U.S. foreign policy and U.S.-Cuban relations.