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America's democratic government was corrupt—filled with dishonest, self-seeking politicians and corporate-serving lobbyists.
Churches were less spiritual oases than repositories of self-righteousness and social complacency.
Schools had long abandoned the more noble purposes of education. Instead, they merely churned out the technicians and middle managers needed by the corporate order.
And marriage had become little more than a loveless prison, demanded by social convention but wholly incompatible with the more expansive human potential for love—and sex.
The more broadly it was embraced, the more shallow it became?
Americans are far more ecologically conscious than they were 50 years ago
The workplace has been transformed—flex-time, job-sharing, and e-commuting contrast sharply with the button-down corporate culture of the 1950s
In 1963, the use of contraceptives was illegal, and now, condoms are distributed at school. A 2008 Census report revealed that 6.4 million unmarried heterosexual couples live together, while in 1980, there were fewer than one million
Towards the end of the 20th century
fundamental reorientation was necessary
improved relations with the Soviet Union to make possible reductions in military strength while at the same time enhancing American security
In 1969 the Nixon Doctrine called for allied nations, especially in Asia, to take more responsibility for their own defense.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), which resulted in a treaty with the Soviet Union all but terminating antiballistic missile systems
In 1972 Nixon and Kissinger negotiated an Interim Agreement that limited the number of strategic offensive missiles each side could deploy in the future
Nixon also dramatically reversed Sino-American relations with a secret visit by Kissinger to Beijing in July 1971
the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War of October 1973, in which the United States supported Israel and the Soviet Union the Arabs
Nixon and Kissinger dramatically altered U.S. foreign relations, modifying containment, reducing the importance of alliances, and making the balance of power and the dual relationship with the Soviet Union and China keystones of national policy.
inconclusive fighting continued in Vietnam, and unproductive peace talks continued in Paris
expansion of the fighting in Southeast Asia with a 1970 “incursion” into Cambodia
This incident aroused strong protest; student demonstrations at Kent State University in Ohio led on May 4 to a confrontation with troops of the Ohio National Guard
Further antiwar demonstrations followed the 1971 U.S. invasion of Laos and Nixon’s decision to resume intensive bombing of North Vietnam in 1972.
Conservative Warren Burger
Three other retirements enabled Nixon to appoint a total of four moderate or conservative justices. The Burger court, though it was expected to, did not reverse the policies laid down by its predecessor.
Congress enacted Nixon’s revenue-sharing program, which provided direct grants to state and local governments. Congress also expanded social security and federally subsidized housing.