1961-1974

Examines the dreams present in the sixties and how they succeeded and failed, with a look at the decades values, ideals, and culture.

Presents background information on the Cold War and the Vietnam war as context for events surrounding the Democratic Party Convention of 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, focusing on the street confrontations between police and activists during the convention.

Examines the lives and actions of six men from the North and South who played key roles in the course of the Civil War and its aftermath, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Ulysses S. Grant, and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

Discusses four major events during the 1960s: the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the emergence of the hippie, and rock music.

Contains an in-depth look at the Kennedy family during John F. Kennedy's presidency, focusing especially on his wife and children, and explores the impact of photography and the media on Kennedy's public image and persona.

A collection of personal narratives about the Watergate scandal of the 1970s by those who were closely associated with it including Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Barbara Jordon, Sam Ervin, and Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who broke the news of the break-in.

Examines how and why America went to war in Vietnam, and investigates the question of why men who were said to be the ablest to serve in government in the twentieth century had been the architects of the tragic conflict.

Chronicles the changes in American women's lives that occurred in the 1960s and describes the contributions of specific women feminists, protesters, civil rights activists, musicians and artists, and members of the counterculture. Includes an annotated further reading list.

Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the Kennedy assassination through the Civil Rights Act.

Primary documents examine the key issues that presidents faced from 1953 to 1969, offering arguments both for and against each president's actions and views.