Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 455 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0813123496
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0813172055
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0813138477
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9780813123493
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9780813172057
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9780813138473
Content:
For many Americans, Gerald Ford evokes an image of either an unelected president who abruptly pardoned his corrupt predecessor or an accident-prone klutz who failed to provide skilled leadership. In Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s, Yanek Mieczkowski reexamines Ford's two and a half years in office, showing that his presidency successfully confronted the most vexing crisis of postwar era. Viewing the 1970s primarily through the lens of economic events, Mieczkowski argues that Ford's understanding of the national economy was better than any modern president, that he oversaw a dramat
Content:
The leadership challenge -- Hungering for heroes -- The congenial Presidency -- Gerald Ford and the Ninety-fourth Congress -- Ford's vision for America -- The economic challenge -- The great inflation of the 1970s -- Taking aim at inflation -- Teetering on a knife's edge -- Rallying the nation to fight inflation -- The great recession of the 1970s -- Ford's 1975 State of the Union Program -- Economic initiatives, 1975-76 -- The energy challenge -- The energy crisis of the 1970s -- A new energy program -- The energy stalemate -- Breaking the energy logjam -- Diplomatic and political challenges -- Gerald Ford's internationalism -- Thunder from the right -- Back from the brink
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-433) and index
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Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mieczkowski, Yanek Gerald Ford and the challenges of the 1970s Lexington, Ky : University Press of Kentucky, ©2005
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