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Tells The History Of The Ford-carter Years, Discusses The Relevance Of The Period's Politics On Today's Issues, And Explains Its Shaping Of The Current Political Environment. The End Of The Sixties -- The Nightmare Continues -- The Poverty Of Power -- Between Public And Private: Family Matters -- The Fading Of America -- Moderation And Its Discontents -- The Death Of Détente -- Intangibles -- From Busing To Bakke -- Limits -- Ready For The Eighties: Mobilization On The Right -- The Market As Magnet -- Gender, God, And Government -- Return To The Cold War: The United States, The Soviet Union, And The Middle East -- To The Mountaintop And Back. Laura Kalman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.