Analyze the ways in which the events and trends of the 1970s diminished the nation’s?
Analyze the ways in which the events and trends of the 1970s diminished the nation’s
economic power and international influence, and challenged Americans’ confidence
in both.
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Yes, by studying the American involvement in the Vietnam War I have read a clear and thought-provoking analysis in which the economic power and international influence of the United States diminished, and why those Americans who were not utterly brainwashed by the lies their government told them challenged the perception of both. For more information on the subject, I suggest you go to the source yourself, scholar:
Trends In The 1970s
In 1972 the American people had the choice of Richard Nixon or George McGovern as president. McGovern was the antiwar candidate. The American people overwhelmingly voted for Nixon. Everyone already knew everything about Watergate that they would ever learn, but we voted for Nixon anyway (and probably would again if given the same choice). The radical liberals and their biased media buddies went ballistic. They latched onto the Watergate affair and used it to batter Nixon into resignation. Government by temper tantrum.
These same elements had been battering the American people with their anti-American propaganda for the last ten years, and had browbeaten most Americans into silence (Nixon’s “silent majority”). But they had spoken up during the election with how they cast their vote. Now the candidate they had elected was driven from office, and most Americans just gave up. Then Congress and Gerald Ford let the North Vietnamese overrun South Vietnam without any opposition. It was the last straw. Ford took the blame, and was not reelected.
Jimmy Carter was just what the anti-American’s wanted. He completely withdrew the United States from the Cold War and did nothing to oppose the Soviet Union who was sponsoring Wars of National Liberation in SEA, South and Central America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. He stood by and watched as the USSR deployed SS 20 missiles in Europe to intimidate NATO. Jimmy Carter actively helped to destabilize Iran and Nicaragua. He sat in the Oval Office and pouted when the Iranians seized the American embassy in Tehrn. He did nothing to oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The economy was in the pits. The once great America was the laughing stock of the world. The Soviet Union was rampaging around like they owned the earth. Then Ronald Reagan came along and promised to give us our dignity back…which he did.
Anyway, that’s how I remember it.