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Page 1: The Fight Goes On
Cold War and China, 1950s map
Domino theory, 1950 map
Communism spreading, 1950 map
Berlin Airlift, 1948-49 map
Red Scare, Joseph McCarthy, 1950s
Korean War, 1950-53 map
Page 2: Happy Times are Here Again
Post-war boom, 1946
Europe in Ruins, 1946
Marshall Plan, 1948-1951 map
Sputnik, 1957
Khrushchev-Kennedy summit, 1961
Yuri Gagarin, John Glenn, 1961
Page 3: The Future is Now
Tomorrowland today, 1960s
Disneyland, 1955
Tailfins and chrome, 1950s
Interstate highways, 1955 map
Motel chains, motor inns, 1950s
Shopping malls, 1950s
Page 4: Decaying Cities
Urban Blight, 1950s
Urban renewal, 1950s
Planned communities, Reston, Virginia, 1964
Lower Manhattan Expressway, 1960 map
Cross-Bronx Expressway, 1948-72 map
Segregation, Rosa Parks, 1955
Page 5: Welcome to the 1960s
New York World's Fair, 1964
Las Vegas, 1960s
Entertainment, Beatles, Dylan, 1960s
Ed Sullivan Show, 1948-1971
Feminine Mystique, Playboy bunnies, 1960s
Transistors, Boeing 727, IBM 360, 1964
| Page 6: Tumultuous Decade
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 map
Vietnam War, 1960s map
Vietnam War protests, Woodstock, 1965
Civil Rights Act, Freedom riders, 1964
Assassinations, 1960s
TV News anchors, Walter Cronkite, 1960s
Page 7: 1969 Moon Landing
Moon landings, 1969-72
Pong, Apple Mac, Eight-tracks, 1970s
Rock bands, Star Wars, 1970s
Youth culture, Punk, 1970s
World Trade Towers, New York crisis, 1970s
Urban decline, 1970s map
Page 8: Losing Isn't Fun
Vietnam withdrawal, 1970s map
Watergate, Arab oil, 1970s map
Muslim world, Saudi Arabia, 1970s map
Arab Oil Embargo, 1973 map
Kissinger, Nixon resignation, 1970s
Nuclear Armageddon, Brezhnev, 1970s
Page 9: Welcome to the 1980s
Saddam Hussein, Khomeini, 1980s map
US embassy, Iran hostage crisis, Carter, 1979
Reagan revolution, Religious Right, 1980s
Iran-Iraq War, Iranian Revolution 1980-88 map
Second Oil Crisis, gas lines, 1979 map
Russia-Afghan War, Mujaheddin, 1979-89 map
Page 10: Tipping point
Gorbachev, Glasnost, Chernobyl, 1980s map
Berlin Wall falls, 1989 map
USSR collapse, 1990s map
Russian Federation, 1990s
Iraq, Kuwait, Bosnia, 1990 map
Gulf War, Desert Storm, 1990-91
| Page 11: Global Village
Strategic Oil, Exxon Valdez, 1990s map
Globalists, NAFTA, Clinton, 1990s map
Global North, and Global South, 1990s map
Internet, Yahoo, Google, 1995 map
Mac, Windows, Spreadsheets, Word, 1990s
Blockbuster, Cable TV, MTV, ESPN, 1990s
Page 12: Welcome to the New Century
Nasdaq, Dot-com bubble, 2000
Terrorists, bombings, 1990s map
9/11, Trade Towers, Bin Laden, 2001 map
Shock and Awe, Iraq War, 2003 map
Afghanistan, Taliban, Bora-Bora, 2000s map
Protests, IMF, WTO, World Bank, 2000
Page 13: Flipping Real Estate
World debt, zero interest rates, 2000s map
Housing bubble, global contagion, 2008
Slicing-and-dicing , Lehman Brothers, 2008
Global debt meltdown, 2010s map
Lehman, bank bailout, free money, 2008
Deficits, Central Bank stimulus, 2010
Page 14: Getting Better All the Time
Airbus, Boeing 787, digital readouts, 2010s
Internet, Amazon, Facebook, 2010 map
Trade deficits, container ships, 2010s map
Arms sales, defense spending, 2010s map
Nuclear power plants, Fukushima, 2010 map
Hubble Space Telescope, galaxies, 1990
Page 15: Storm Clouds Brewing
Deepwater Horizon, Ukraine, 2010s
Environmental damage, waste, 1989
Urban decay, abandoned malls, 2010s
Factory farms, 2010s map
Opioid epidemic, 1910s map
Fast food, obesity epidemic, 2010s map
| Page 16: Hostile Takeover?
Profit centers, Fortune 500, 2010s map
Media giants, acquisitions, 2010
Global Fortune 100, 2010 map
Offshoring, factory closings, 2010 map
Global air pollution, particulates, 2010 map
Water risk, runoff contamination, 2010 amp
Page 17: Protests Bring Change
Arab Spring, Egypt, 2010s map
Ukraine uprising, Crimea, 2014 map
Obama, Hillary, Trump election maps
Smartphones, Facebook, data centers, 2010s
America's Cup, multihulls, TV graphics, 2013
DNA, gene splicing, cloning, Dolly, 2010s
Page 18: Recognition for Blacks?
#BlackLivesMatter, Rodney King protests, 2015
#MeToo, Roe v Wade protests, 2017-2022
Gun violence, mass shootings, 2010s map
Immigrants, border patrols, 2010s map
Covid pandemic, 2020 map
Biden, Trump, stolen(?) election, 2020 map
Page 19: Crisis Point
Fake News, alternate reality, 2020s
AI images, chat boxes, AI hallucinations, 2020s
Blogs, Vlogs, influencers, gamers, 2020s
Fiber-optics, digital imaging, VR, 2020s
Social media acquisitions, 2020
Lobbying, corporate takeover, 2020
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African, religious, ethnic conflict, 2020s map
Micro conflicts, proxy wars, 2020 map
Food Scarcity, 2020 map
Oil producers and importers, 2020 map
Chinese investment, ghost cites, 2020 map
Strong-man Putin, Xi, Orban, 2020s map
Page 21: One Planet
Internet, fiber-optic cables, 2020s map
Persian Gulf states, 2020 map
Global oil consumption, 2020 map
Food, global birth rates, 2020 map
Ocean pollution, overfishing, 2020 map
Global drought forecast, 2050 map
Page 22: Summing Up
Technology before steam power, 1800 map
Steamboats and canals, 1840 map
Railroads, 1860 map
More Iron, 1870 map
Steam-powered manufacturing, 1870 map
Steel and coal, 1890 map
Page 23: Everything All at Once
Urbanization and irrigation, 1910 map
Gasoline, cars, highways, 1930 map
Interstates, urbanization, 1970 map
Internet, connected devices, 2020 map
Global warming, CO2 emissions, 2020 map
Industrialized centers, 2020 map Page 24: So Far, So Good
AI vision of Founding fathers, today
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