Kalman, Laura, 1955-
New York : W.W. Norton, c2010.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-447) and index.
• pt. 1. The end of the sixties — The nightmare continues — The poverty of power — Between public and private : family matters — The fading of America — pt. 2. Moderation and its discontents — The death of détente — Intangibles — From busing to Bakke — Limits — pt..3. Ready for the eighties : mobilization on the right — The market as magnet — Gender, God, and government — Return to the Cold War : the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Middle East — To the mountaintop and back.
• Tells the history of the Ford-Carter years, discusses the relevance of the period’s politics on today’s issues, and explains its shaping of the current political environment.

Subjects:

• United States — Politics and government — 1974-1977.
• United States — Politics and government — 1977-1981.
• Conservatism — United States — History — 20th century.

Requested by Lansing, M