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Meltdown Expected

Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the End of the 1970s
BuchGebunden
206 Seiten
Englisch
Rutgers University Presserschienen am17.05.2024
In January 1978, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed that There is all across our land a growing sense of peace and a sense of common purpose. Yet in the ensuing months, a series of crises disturbed that fragile sense of peace, ultimately setting the stage for Reagan´s decisive victory in 1980 and ushering in the final phase of the Cold War.  Meltdown Expected tells the story of the power shifts from late 1978 through 1979 whose repercussions are still being felt. Iran´s revolution led to a hostage crisis while neighbouring Afghanistan became the site of a proxy war between the USSR and the US, who supplied aid to Islamic mujahideen fighters that would later form the Taliban. Meanwhile, as tragedies like the Jonestown mass suicide and the assassination of Harvey Milk captured the nation´s attention, the government quietly reasserted and expanded the FBI´s intelligence powers. Drawing from recently declassified government documents and covering everything from Three Mile Island to the rise of punk rock, Aaron J. Leonard paints a vivid portrait of a tumultuous yet pivotal time in American history.mehr

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KlappentextIn January 1978, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed that There is all across our land a growing sense of peace and a sense of common purpose. Yet in the ensuing months, a series of crises disturbed that fragile sense of peace, ultimately setting the stage for Reagan´s decisive victory in 1980 and ushering in the final phase of the Cold War.  Meltdown Expected tells the story of the power shifts from late 1978 through 1979 whose repercussions are still being felt. Iran´s revolution led to a hostage crisis while neighbouring Afghanistan became the site of a proxy war between the USSR and the US, who supplied aid to Islamic mujahideen fighters that would later form the Taliban. Meanwhile, as tragedies like the Jonestown mass suicide and the assassination of Harvey Milk captured the nation´s attention, the government quietly reasserted and expanded the FBI´s intelligence powers. Drawing from recently declassified government documents and covering everything from Three Mile Island to the rise of punk rock, Aaron J. Leonard paints a vivid portrait of a tumultuous yet pivotal time in American history.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-9788-3646-4
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum17.05.2024
Seiten206 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 146 mm, Höhe 224 mm, Dicke 20 mm
Gewicht422 g
Artikel-Nr.60856974
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Beginning of the End of the 1970s 2 Marg bar Shah! (Death to the Shah!) 3 From Harrisburg to Sverdlovsk 4 Economic Dislocations 5 China on the Capitalist Road 6 Up Against the Wall7 The Use of Terrorism 8 The FBI, beyond Reform9 After Disco 10 Morality Wars 11 A Shifting Chessboard 12 The Looming 1980s Conclusion Coda AcknowledgmentsNotes Bibliography Filmography Selected Discography Indexmehr