Presidents from Nixon through Carter, 1969-1981 - Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents

This invaluable student resource provides an historical overview on the most controversial issues of the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations, allowing the presidents and their opponents to speak for themselves through primary documents. Also included are a timeline, bibliographies, and an index.

When Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968, the United States was mired in Vietnam. In 1981, as Jimmy Carter was preparing to leave office, American citizens were hostages in Iran. The intervening years were no less turbulent. Nixon was forced to resign, the United States boycotted the Olympic games, an energy crisis struck the country, and skyrocketing rates of inflation and stagnating growth hampered the economy. The nation was torn over the forced desegregation of schools, Ford's pardon of Nixon, the relinquishment of the Panama Canal to Panama, and a host of environmental issues.

List of contents

Series Foreword
Timeline
Introduction to the Period
Richard Nixon, (1969-1974)
Gerald Ford, (1974-1977)
Jimmy Carter, (1977-1981)
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Aimee D. Shouse, PhD, is a professor and department chair in the Department of Women's Studies at Western Illinois University.

Product details

• Authors: Aimee Shouse, Shouse Aimee D.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2002
• EAN: 9780313315299
• ISBN: 978-0-313-31529-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Weight: 539 g
• Series: The President's Position: Debating the Issues
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Political leaders & leadership, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, Political leaders and leadership, Politics, Law, and Government: Presidential Studies