AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 The 1930s: The Great Depression and the Start of World War II2 The 1940s: World War II and the Onset of the Cold War3 The 1950s: Anticommunism, Relative Economic Prosperity at Home, and a Growing Cold War Abroad4 The 1960s: Era of Protest: Civil Rights, Vietnam, and Counterculture5 The 1970s: Watergate, Normalization of Relations with China, Continuing Social and Political Protest, the Growth of International Terrorism, and Stagflation6 The 1980s: Ronald Reagan, the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the Soviet War in Afghanistan, and AIDS7 The 1990s: The Collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, the First Gulf War, the Genocide in Rwanda, Bill Clinton, and the Rise of the Internet8 The 2000s: Decade of 9/11, the Iraqi War, the Great Recession, and the Election of Barack Obama9 The 2010s: War against ISIS, the Tea Party, Black Lives Matter, Brexit, and the Election of Donald Trump10 2020: Covid-19, the Killing of George Floyd and Protests, an Attempt to Overthrow an ElectionConclusionAppendix 1 Preamble to Gallup HistoryReferencesIndexAbout the Author