The communists and national rebirth in France and Italy, 1944-1946 -- Confronting the communists in government : the American response, 1944-1947 -- Polarized confrontation : U.S. aid and propaganda versus cominform in France and Italy, 1947-1950 -- Communist peace campaigns and American psychological warfare, 1948-1955 -- The cultural Cold War at its peak : mass culture and intellectuals, 1948-1956 -- Diplomatic maneuvering : communist and American interplay of foreign and domestic policies during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations -- Redefining oppression : the 1960s, from affluence to youth protest -- Redefining interdependence : the Eurocommunism of the 1970s and the U.S. response -- Epilogue : cultural and political decline.