In this unique, comprehensive history of the 1970s, we learn about international developments: the war in Cambodia, Nixon''s trip to China, the oil embargo and resulting gas shortage, the Mayaquez incident, the Camp David accords, the Iranian capture of the U.S. embassy and the taking of hostages, the ill-fated rescue mission. All this signaled a decline in American power and influence. We also learn about domestic politics: Kent State, the Pentagon Papers, Haynsworth and Carswell, the Eagleton affair, the rise of ticket splitting, inflation, recession, unemployment, Watergate, Agnew''s resignation, the Saturday night massacre, Nixon''s resignation, the pardon for draft evaders, Proposition 13, the politicization of organized religion, the conservative shift in the Democratic Party, and the Reagan electoral landslide. Carroll reminds us of tragedies and occasional moments of levity, bringing up the names Patricia Hearst, George Jackson and Angela Davis, Wilbur Mills and the A
Table of Contents
Preface to the 2000 Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Part One: The Loss of Connection
Part Two: The Crisis of Leadership
Part Three: The Search For Community
Epilogue: Into the Eighties
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
