This course will discuss the history of the US from World War II to the present. It will explore major topics such as the Cold War, McCarthyism, popular culture in the 1950s, the Civil Right Movement, Vietnam, Counter Culture in the Sixties and feminism. The second half of the course will deal with the rise of New0conservatism, the Reagan administration, the end of the Cold war and the status and of the US as a super power in the 21^st century the Obama and Trump administration. We will start with the last administration of FDR and will end with the current administration of Trump. Beside politics, we will look at economic development, social movements and cultural aspects that shape and transform modern American identity.