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The great American melting pot : JFK, Ted Kennedy, and the immigration reform that changed America -- The living Constitution : Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon Johnson, and the fight for civil rights -- Broken windows, urban crime, and hard data : Bill Bratton and modern policing -- "No apologies, no regrets" : General William Westmoreland and the rebirth of the U.S. military -- It's the economy, stupid : Milton Friedman's new math of free markets, big business, and small taxes -- Liberty and justice for all : Eleanor Roosevelt and the fight for universal human rights -- The bridge and tunnel crowd : Robert Moses, William Levitt, and the American city -- "Keep the boys happy" : George Meany, labor unions, and the rise of the middle class -- One nation under God : Billy Graham and the power of the Christian Right -- Girls to women to your boss : Betty Friedan and American feminism -- The power of diplomacy : Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, and the opening of China -- One third of a nation : Pat Moynihan and the war on poverty -- Equal protection under the law : Harry Hay, Barry Goldwater, and gay rights -- Back to the future : Ronald Reagan, Ed Meese, and the remaking of the judicial system -- The social safety net : Social Security, Medicare, and Robert Ball -- Silent spring : Rachel Carson and the environmental movement -- A new beginning : Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Jackson, and the fight for racial equality -- The right to bear arms : Charlton Heston and the NRA. |