Meltdown Expected: Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the End of the 1970s by Leonard, Aaron J.
Meltdown Expected: Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the End of the 1970s by Leonard, Aaron J.

Meltdown Expected: Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the End of the 1970s

In January 1978, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed that "There is all across our land a growing sense...
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Author: Aaron J. Leonard
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Meltdown Expected: Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the End of the 1970s by Leonard, Aaron J.

Meltdown Expected: Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the End of the 1970s

$63.30
Meltdown Expected: Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the End of the 1970s by Leonard, Aaron J.

Meltdown Expected: Crisis, Disorder, and Upheaval at the End of the 1970s

$63.30
Author: Aaron J. Leonard
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
In January 1978, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed that "There is all across our land a growing sense of peace and a sense of common purpose." Yet in the ensuing months, a series of crises disturbed that fragile sense of peace, ultimately setting the stage for Reagan's decisive victory in 1980 and ushering in the final phase of the Cold War.

Meltdown Expected tells the story of the power shifts from late 1978 through 1979 whose repercussions are still being felt. Iran's revolution led to a hostage crisis while neighbouring Afghanistan became the site of a proxy war between the USSR and the US, who supplied aid to Islamic mujahideen fighters that would later form the Taliban. Meanwhile, as tragedies like the Jonestown mass suicide and the assassination of Harvey Milk captured the nation's attention, the government quietly reasserted and expanded the FBI's intelligence powers. Drawing from recently declassified government documents and covering everything from Three Mile Island to the rise of punk rock, Aaron J. Leonard paints a vivid portrait of a tumultuous yet pivotal time in American history.


Author: Aaron J. Leonard
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 05/17/2024
Pages: 206
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.74w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9781978836464

About the Author
AARON J. LEONARD writes about the history of radicalism and state repression in twentieth-century America. He is the author of Heavy Radicals: The FBI's Secret War on America's Maoists, The Folk Singers & the Bureau, and Whole World in an Uproar: Music, Rebellion & Repression 1955-1972. He lives in southern California.


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