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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Yanek Mieczkowski. cars and heat their homes . Then came Watergate and Nixon's resignation , and the country felt ... White House and Congress . Nixon never got along with the Democratic Congress ; he never really intended to , and he ...
... White House , which Republicans had occupied since 1969. As Ford raced to develop programs to deal with the nation's challenges , the debate sharpened . In explaining what had gone wrong with the economy , the fiscally conservative Ford ...
... White House steward went to scoop up the mess , Ford rose from the family dinner table and cleaned it himself . " No man should have to clean up after another man's dog , " he told the steward . On a national level , Nessen thought that ...
... White House is calling . " In a private Oval Office meeting earlier that day , Nixon had informed Ford that he would be the vice - presidential nominee but asked him to keep that information secret , not even telling his family . Now ...
... House and voted to sustain all of Nixon's vetoes.38 Nixon's landslide 1972 reelection victory , however , failed to ... White House , the Agnew resignation prompted Ford to despair privately , " I just wonder how much more of this the ...
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 |