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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... election . The view has begun to change . Two decades after Ford left office , against the backdrop of the scandal - tainted presidency of Bill Clinton , pundits reevaluated their harsh assessments of Ford . In 1996 , journalist Richard ...
... election . That same year , he also married Betty Bloomer , a Grand Rapids resident who had studied at Martha Graham's dance school in New York City . One of Congressman Ford's first big breaks came in 1950 , when he received a seat on ...
... elections , the GOP hungered for an image makeover , seeking to build a reputation as a more progressive party . A disgruntled group of House Republicans banded together and selected Ford as a candidate to depose the minority leader ...
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 |