Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970sThe world was watching when footage of the "tank man" -- the lone Chinese citizen blocking the passage of a column of tanks during the brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square -- first appeared in the media. The furtive video is now regarded as an iconic depiction of a government's violence against its own people. Throughout the twentieth century, states across East Asia committed many relatively undocumented atrocities, with victims numbering in the millions. The contributors to this insightful volume analyze many of the most notorious cases, including the Japanese army's Okinawan killings in 1945, Indonesia's anticommunist purge in 1965--1968, Thailand's Red Drum incinerations in 1972--1975, Cambodia's Khmer Rouge massacre in 1975--1978, Korea's Kwangju crackdown in 1980, the Philippines' Mendiola incident in 1987, Myanmar's suppression of the democratic movement in 1988, and China's Tiananmen incident. With in-depth investigation of events that have long been misunderstood or kept hidden from public scrutiny, State Violence in East Asia provides critical insights into the political and cultural dynamics of state-sanctioned violence and discusses ways to prevent it in the future. |
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... October 1973 , the Fords ' lives changed quickly and dramatically . Their quiet Virginia home became the center of activity and media attention . The garage was transformed into a Secret Service command center , staffed twenty - four ...
... October 1973 , he resigned from office , only the second vice president in history to do so . 40 The vice presidency was vacant , and with Watergate transfixing the country and with mounting revelations of criminal behavior within the ...
... possibility , and members of Congress felt more comfortable about hastening his exit with Ford as vice president . In October 1 1973 , at the reception following Nixon's naming of 12 Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s.
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Contents
Hungering for Heroes | 17 |
The Congenial Presidency | 38 |
Gerald Ford and the Ninetyfourth Congress | 56 |
Fords Vision for America | 73 |
The Economic Challenge | 93 |
The Great Inflation of the 1970s | 95 |
Taking Aim at Inflation | 111 |
Teetering on a Knifes Edge | 120 |
The Energy Crisis of the 1970s | 197 |
A New Energy Program | 215 |
The Energy Stalemate | 228 |
Breaking the Energy Logjam | 246 |
Diplomatic and Political Challenges | 271 |
Gerald Fords Internationalism | 273 |
Thunder from the Right | 304 |
Back from the Brink | 325 |