Introduction: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Johnson, a Reluctant Globalist Missile Defense: ABMs and MIRVs The Middle East: The Six-Day War of 1967 Latin America A rightward shift Unrest in Panama Intervention in the Dominican Republic Vietnam Johnson’s conflicted views on Vietnam Stepped-up bombing and troop deployments Dubious "progress" The view from the ground Doubts and frustration Upheaval at Home The Antiwar Movement Questioning the war teach-ins initial arguments against U.S. involvement The Emergence of a Movement impact of TV college campuses and the New Left attacking Defense Department funding of research calling attention to inequities in the draft novels and TV shows The Countercultural Rebellion Sources inspiration of the free-speech movement baby boom demographics Characteristics skepticism of science and reason drugs and "hippie" lifestyles role of music Losing momentum Altamont concert Manson murders Legacies to mainstream culture fashion sexual permissiveness skepticism of science and technology Militancy and Backlash Rising Fury Among Nothern Blacks Reasons Warnings of trouble to come The Fire Ignited Race riots Kerner Commission report Johnson’s response Black Power The Nation of Islam and Malcolm X SNCC and the Black Panthers Culture and politics Red Power, Chicano Power Native Americans federal policy under Kennedy and Johnson "Red Power" activists Mexican Americans rural issues urban issues Backlash Defining "Middle America" Sources of resentment 1968: The Politics of Protest A Turning Point The Tet offensive Political fallout rising opposition to the war Democratic challengers for the presidency Johnson’s withdrawal from the race Death and Confrontation Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination The 1968 Democratic convention Humphrey, Nixon, and Wallace Campaigning for Conservatism Wallace’s strategy Nixon’s strategy Election results and significance Nixon in the White House Nixon’s Foreign Policy Strategy Henry Kissinger Exiting Vietnam The Nixon Doctrine in Theory and Practice A Prolonged War The invasion of Cambodia Renewed campus protests "Diplomacy through terror" End of the American War Terms of a cease-fire The Christmas bombings Final acceptance of settlement Détente Warming Relations with China Developing rift between China and the USSR Nixon in China Missiles and the Soviets Nixon’s visit to Moscow The SALT Treaty The Third World Anti-Communism by Other Means Chile Iran Angola Israel, Arabs, and Oil The Yom Kippur War The OPEC oil embargo Nixon at Home, Bright and Dark Political Inclinations and Personal Style Moderate reformism Suspicious and combative Struggling with the Economy Stagflation and trade deficits Wage and price controls Science, Cancer, and the Environment Shifting National Concerns Diminishing support for the space race Cuts in federal funding for basic research Impact on physical sciences and engineering War on Cancer The emerging field of molecular genetics Declaring war on cancer The discovery of environmental carcinogens Environmental Pollution Creating the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Growing concerns about nuclear power Appeal to the Silent Majority Covert War Using federal agencies to harass opponents The Pentagon Papers and the "plumbers" Compiling an enemies list Unleashing Spiro Agnew The Southern Strategy Mixed record on minority issues Conservative Supreme Court appointments The Election of 1972 Shooting of George Wallace Candidacy of George McGovern Nixon’s landslide victory Watergate The Break-In and Initial Cover-Up Break-in discovered Nixon orders a cover-up Cover-up starts to unravel The special prosecutor and the Ervin committee The battle over the tapes The "Saturday night massacre" Downfall Agnew’s indictment and resignation Nixon’s personal corruption Articles of impeachment The smoking gun Nixon’s resignation Cold, Gray Morning: Legacies Abandoning a bipolar foreign policy framework Limiting the U.S.’s international role Abuses of power Distrust of authority Campaign finance reform