Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush vs. Gore (Oxford History of the United States, Volume 11) PDF
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Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore JAMES T. PATTERSON OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Restless Giant The Oxford History of the United States David M. Kennedy, General Editor ROBERT MIDDLEKAUFF THE GLORIOUS CAUSE The American Revolution, 1763–1789 JAMES M. MCPHERSON BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM The Civil War Era DAVID M. KENNEDY FREEDOM FROM FEAR The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 JAMES T. PATTERSON GRAND EXPECTATIONS The United States, 1945–1974 JAMES T. PATTERSON RESTLESS GIANT The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore RESTLESS GIANT The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore JAMES T. PATTERSON 2005 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2005 by James T. Patterson Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Patterson, James T. Restless giant : the United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore / James T. Patterson. p. cm. — (The Oxford history of the United States ; v. 11) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512216-9 ISBN-10: 0-19-512216-X 1. United States—History—1969– I. Title. II. Series. E839.P38 2005 973.92—dc22 2005016711 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper To Cynthia, with love This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments Many people offered helpful comments on earlier drafts of this book and in so doing enabled me to bring forth the final version. Among these are former and current graduate students at Brown University, where I taught United States history from 1972 until 2002. They include Richard Canedo, Robert Fleegler, and Daniel Williams. John Snyder, a long-ago under- graduate research assistant, had an important role in shaping my prologue. I also thank present and former history faculty colleagues at Brown who criticized various draft chapters: Philip Benedict, Howard Chudacoff, Carl Kaestle, Luther Spoehr, John Thomas, and Gordon Wood. Cherrie Guerzon of the history department offered expert assistance in editing and distrib- uting a series of drafts. Other scholars whose advice improved substantial parts of drafts include William Berman, John Morton Blum, Gareth Davies, Michael Heale, Morton Keller, David Patterson, Tom Roberts, Daniel Rodgers, John Skrentny, Alan Wolfe, and Joshua Zeitz. Tony Badger, Brian Balogh, Gareth Davies, Townsend Ludington, John Thompson, and Stephen Tuck invited me to present overviews of my book to informed audiences. My children, Stephen Patterson and Marnie Cochran, encouraged me to rethink some of my ideas. Susan Ferber of Oxford University Press commented constructively on some of my chap- ters. Others at the press who provided vital help in the production process include Joellyn Ausanka, India Cooper (who copyedited the manuscript), and Furaha Norton. I am especially grateful to the following, all of whom carefully evalu- ated one or another draft of the entire manuscript: Steven Gillon, Michael viii acknowledgments Klarman, and Bruce Schulman. Andrew Huebner commented thought- fully and at length on an entire early draft. Trevor O’Driscoll, a former Brown student, joined me in going over every line of a near-final draft. His perceptive eye caught many errors of fact and interpretation. The extensive comments of David Kennedy, general editor of the Oxford His- tory of the United States series, and of Peter Ginna, my editor at Oxford University Press, were invaluable. My wife, Cynthia, was a constant source of encouragement and ad- vice. Without her intelligent and patient help I would have needed far more time to write this book. Providence, R.I. James Patterson May 2005
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