The American Paradox

by Gillon, Steven M.

• ISBN13: 9780618150175
• ISBN10: 061815017X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-21
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction: The American Paradox	1	(9)
Selected Readings	10	(246)
1 The Kennedy Presidency, 1961-1963	11	(27)
JFK and the New Frontier	12	(3)
JFK and Civil Rights	15	(4)
From Birmingham to Montgomery	19	(3)
New Frontiers Abroad	22	(1)
The Bay of Pigs	23	(2)
Kennedy and Khrushchev	25	(1)
The Cuban Missile Crisis	25	(4)
JFK and Vietnam	29	(6)
The Life of Kennedy's Death	35
Primary Sources
1.1 SNCL, Statement of Purpose, 1960	17	(13)
1.2 Diem to JFK, 1961; JFK to Diem, 1961	30	(6)
Selected Readings	36	(2)
2 Lyndon Johnson's Ordeal:
The Great Society and Vietnam, 1964-1968	38	(1)
Lyndon Johnson Takes Charge	39	(2)
The War on Poverty	41	(3)
The 1964 Election	44	(4)
The Great Society	48	(3)
Johnson and Civil Rights	51	(4)
The Reforms of the Warren Court	55	(1)
Vietnam: The Decision to Escalate	56	(6)
America's War	62	(2)
The Soldier's War	64
Primary Sources
2.1 Barry Goldwater, Acceptance Speech, 1964	45	(13)
2.2 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1964	58	(1)
2.3 George Ball, Memorandum for the President	59	(8)
Selected Readings	67	(2)
3 Challenging the-Consensus, 1960-1969	69	(31)
The Youth Culture	71	(2)
The New Left and the Antiwar Movement	73	(6)
The New Conservatives	79	(2)
The Watts Rebellion	81	(3)
King in Chicago	84	(1)
Black Power/White Backlash	85	(6)
Tet and the Anguish of Lyndon Johnson	91	(1)
Kennedy and King	92	(2)
The 1968 Democratic Convention	94	(1)
The Center Holds: The Election of 1968	95
Primary Sources
3.1 SDS, Port Huron Statement	73	(2)
3.2 Mario Savio, Sproul Hall Steps	75	(5)
3.3 YAF, The Sharon Statement	80	(6)
3.4 Malcolm X, The Black Revolution	86	(12)
Selected Readings	98	(2)
4 Richard Nixon and the New
Republican Majority, 1969-1974	100	(2)
The Rise of the Middle Americans	102	(1)
The Rise of Richard Nixon	103	(2)
Vietnam: The War at Home and Abroad	105	(2)
Mobilizing the "Silent Majority"	107	(4)
The Cambodian Incursion	111	(1)
Peace with Honor?	112	(2)
Nixon, Kissinger, and the World	114	(3)
The Limits of Realism	117	(1)
Playing the Race Card	118	(3)
The 1972 Presidential Campaign	121	(2)
Watergate and the Downfall of Richard Nixon	123
Primary Sources
4.1 Richard Nixon, The Silent Majority	108	(17)
4.2 The Smoking Gun	125	(5)
Selected Readings	130	(1)
5 The Clash of Cultures, 1970-1980	131	(33)
The Me Decade	132	(1)
The Flowering of 1960's Culture	133	(5)
African-Americans: Progress and Poverty	138	(1)
The New Cultural Pluralism	139	(5)
The Modern Gay-Rights Movement	144	(2)
The Women's Movement	146	(4)
Saving the Environment	150	(2)
The Conservative Response	152	(2)
Cultural Crosscurrents	154	(1)
The Battle over the Equal Rights Amendment	154	(3)
Busing	157	(3)
Anita Bryant and the Struggle for Gay Rights	160
Primary Sources
5.1 César Chávez, The Grape Boycott	141	(4)
5.2 A Radical Manifesto, 1969	145	(10)
5.3 Phyllis Schlafly, The Power of the Positive Woman	155	(6)
Selected Readings	161	(3)
6 America's Crisis of Confidence, 1974-1980	164	(25)
Watergate Legacies: The Diffusion of Power	165	(3)
The Politics of Austerity	168	(3)
A Time to Heal The Brief Presidency of Gerald Ford	171	(4)
Jimmy Carter and the New Democrats	175	(2)
The Democrats' Discontent	177	(5)
The 1980 Presidential Campaign	182
Primary Sources
6.1 Gerald Ford, Pardon of Richard Nixon	172	(7)
6.2 Jimmy Carter, The Crisis of Confidence	179	(4)
6.3 Ronald Reagan, New Economic Policies, 1980	183	(4)
Selected Readings	187	(2)
7 The Reagan Presidency, 1981-1989	189	(29)
The Style and Substance of Ronald Reagan	192	(2)
The Reagan Agenda	194	(3)
Attacking the Liberal State	197	(2)
Reagan Justice	199	(1)
The 1984 Presidential Campaign	200	(3)
Reagan and the Cold War	203	(1)
The New Arms Race	204	(3)
The Cold War in Central America	207	(3)
The Threat of International Terrorism	210	(4)
The Reagan Legacy	214
Primary Sources
7.1 Ronald Reagan, Inaugural Address	190	(10)
7.2 Geraldine Ferraro, 1984 Democratic Convention Speech	200	(13)
7.3 Oliver North, Iran-Contra Testimony	213	(3)
Selected Readings	216	(2)
8 The Culture Wars, 1980-1992	218	(23)
The Politics of Family Values	219	(6)
Abortion	225	(3)
AIDS and the Struggle for Gay Rights	228	(6)
Black, Brown, and Yellow	234	(3)
The Backlash Against Multiculturalism	237
Primary Sources
8.1 Jerry Falwell, Return to Traditional Religious Values	219	(4)
8.2 A. Bartlett Giamatti, Letter to Yale Freshmen, 1981	223	(6)
8.3 Ryan White, AIDS Testimony	229	(10)
Selected Readings	239	(2)
9 The Triumph of Consumerism, 1980-1992	241	(15)
The Money Culture	242	(4)
The MTV Generation	246	(1)
The Hourglass Society	247	(3)
The Poverty Debate	250	(2)
American Apartheid	252
Primary Source
9.1 Ivan Boesky, Commencement Address, 1986	242	(13)
Selected Readings	255	(1)
10 The End of the Cold War, 1988-1992	256	(24)
The Search for Reagan's Successor	257	(4)
1989: The Year of Miracles	261	(2)
The New World Order	263	(3)
War with Iraq	266	(5)
Problems on the Home Front	271	(2)
The Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Hearings	273	(3)
The 1992 Presidential Campaign	276
Primary Source
10.1 Congress Debates War or Peace with Iraq	267	(11)
Selected Readings	278	(2)
11 The Clinton Presidency, 1993-2001	280	(24)
The Clinton Agenda	282	(4)
Moving to the Center	286	(2)
Winning a Second Term: The 1996 Campaign	288	(2)
The New Internationalism	290	(4)
Trouble Spots: Iraq and Yugoslavia	294	(3)
Impeachment	297	(3)
The Clinton Legacy	300
Primary Sources
11.1 The Contract with America, 1994	285	(12)
11.2 Bill Clinton, Apology to the Nation	297	(5)
Selected Readings	302	(2)
12 The Prosperous Nineties	304	(30)
The Computer Revolution and the Information Society	305	(1)
The Birth of the World Wide Web	306	(5)
Wall Street Boom	311	(2)
From Wall Street to Main Street	313	(2)
The Politics of Prosperity	315	(1)
Sex, Violence, and the Culture Wars	315	(3)
Hip-Hop Nation	318	(1)
Race and American Justice	319	(4)
The Many Shades of Color in America	323	(1)
Terrorism American Style	324	(3)
The Perils of Prosperity: Suburban Sprawl	327	(1)
The 2000 Presidential Election	328
Primary Sources
12.1 Lars Ulrich (Metallica), On Napster	309	(20)
12.2 Supreme Court, Bush v. Gore	329	(3)
Selected Readings	332	(2)
Epilogue: The Challenges of the New Century	334	(12)
The Bush Presidency	335	(4)
Blowback	339	(1)
"We Are All Soldiers Now"	340	(2)
The Paradox of Power	342
Primary Source
George Bush, Declaration of War on Terrorism	337	(9)
Credits	346
Index	I-1