The Present Tense, 19602001
The Rhetoric of JFK: Ask Not
What Your Country can do for
You, but What can You do for
Your Country.
Patriotism
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How would you define it?
Kennedy’s message?
In our times?
Historical Perspectives?
In defense of Democracy
An educated citizenry
The Cold War
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The Bay of Pigs and Castro Regime
Vienna Summit: Khrushchev & JFK
Berlin Wall, Summer 61
Vietnam and Counterinsurgency
The Cuban Crisis
Nuclear Test Ban
Civil Rights & Brown Decision
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1960 Election
CORE and Freedom Rides
James Meredith and Ole Miss
Project C in Birmingham
Civil Rights Act
March on Washington
The New Frontier
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JFK and the Media: Press Conferences
The Underdeveloped World
Peace Corp
Alliance for Progress
Man on the Moon
Silent Spring and Environmentalism
Death in Dallas
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Enemies?
Texan Political Scene
Dealy Plaza
Lone Gunman or Conspiracy
The Warren Commission
Remaining doubts
Loss of Innocence
1964
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LBJ: A short composite
Civil Rights Act, 1964
Campaign: Goldwater the mad bomber
Tonkin Resolution and LBJ’s Promise
Free Speech Movement at UCB
The Beatles
The Youth In Flux
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Elvis’s Generation Rock and Roll
Movies Speak Volumes
Catcher in the Rye
The Beatniks Manifesto: On the Road
SDS and Port Huron Statement
Towards A Counter Culture
LBJ and The Civil Rights Mvmt.
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Malcolm X factor
The Selma March
Voting Rights Act
Disillusionment
Watts Riots
Kerner Commission
The Great Society
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Unconditional War on Poverty
Continuation of the New Deal
Overview
Sacrifices
What Happened?
Vietnam
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1965 Escalation with Rolling Thunder
Saturation Bombing and Body Counts
Winning Hearts and Minds
Little More Syndrome
Half a Million men and women
The Tet Offensive
1968
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Impact of Tet
King’s Opposition and Students
Eugene McCarthy and RFK
King’s and RFK’s Death
Democratic Convention
Nixon: law and order
Close victory for GOP
Vietnamization
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U.S. withdrawl and peace with honor
Secret bombings
Protests and Kent State
1972 and Peace at Hand
Secret Negotiations in Paris
Cost of War
The Cold War
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Nixon and multipolar view
Soviets and détente
Beijing visit
1972 Election
SALT I Treaty
Yom Kippur War
The Economy
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Slumping production
Stagflation
Oil crisis
Price controls
Civil Rights
The Burger Court
Watergate
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RN’s character
CREEP and Plumbers
Breakin and cover up
Extra legal methods
Congressional Investigation
The Tapes
Obstruction of Justice and Resignation
Ford’s Custodianship
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1975 and end in Vietnam
WIN Campaign
Oatmeal Man
Pardon of Nixon
1976 Campaign
Jimmy Carter
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Appeal: Honesty & outsider
Tax cuts
The Economy: Slide continues
Era of Limits: Crisis of Confidence
Environmental Movement: ENERGY
Unemployment and Inflation
International Relations
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Human Rights Shift
Normalizing with China
Panama Canal
SALT II Talks
Military Retrenchment
Camp David Accords
Carter’s Woes
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The Economy: Double Digits
Afghanistan Invasion
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Division within the Party
Muriel Boat Lift
Desert Failure
Reagan Revolution?
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A Few Slogans: Are You Better Off
Bush and Voodoo Economics
Government is the problem
Public’s Mood v. Big Govt
Campaign and Debates
Meaning of the Victory