《Mad as Hell : The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right》是2011年2月Knopf Publishing Group出版的圖書，作者是Dominic Sandbrook。
基本介紹
- 書名：Mad as Hell
- 作者：Dominic Sandbrook
- 出版社：Knopf Publishing Group
- ISBN：9781400042623
內容簡介
A comprehensively researched, panoramic account of a defining era in American history.
The 1970s were some of the grimmest years in American history: from Nixon’s disgraceful exit after Watergate, to Ford’s bumbling leadership, to Carter’s seemingly endless miscalculations—these years formed a crucible in which the American people’s most bitter resentments boiled over. And it’s here that Dominic Sandbrook finds the roots of the right-wing Christian populism, intractable Washington partisanship, and near-total cynicism toward government that characterize much of our politics today. Moving deftly between social, political, and cultural history, Sandbrook offers powerful street-level views of such crucial events as the oil crisis, the sacking of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, the nascent women’s rights movement and the backlash it precipitated, Boston’s public-school busing programs, and the anti-gay campaigns of Jerry Falwell and Anita Bryant. He also covers All in the Family, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Landry’s legendary Dallas Cowboys.
Sandbrook brings an illuminating new awareness to these seminal pieces of our national history, affording us a deeper understanding of their resonance in our own time.
