1. Origins : a different kind of war
2. Harry Truman : the president decides on war
3. Dwight Eisenhower : defense within limits
4. John F. Kennedy : taking the fight to the enemy
5. Lyndon Johnson : the credibility gap
6. Richard Nixon : détente and the China card
7. Gerald Ford : the caretaker president
8. Jimmy Carter : human rights and a midcourse reversal
9. Ronald Reagan : reviving the Cold War and the presidency
10. George Bush : caution in the face of victory
11. Aftermath : the legacies of a fifty-year war
Appendix A. Notable figures of the Cold War
Appendix B. Key events in the Cold War.
