William H. Chafe is the Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History at Duke University. He is the author of many books on race, gender, and politics, including, most recently, "The Rise and" "Fall of the American Century: The United" "States from 1890 to 2008", "The Unfinished" "Journey: America Since World War II", and "Private Lives/Public Consequences: Personality" "and Politics in Modern America."