Description: An examination of US foreign and domestic policies during the 1970s, exploring their immediate impact on the global stage and the consequences for the past half century.
Brief description: Thomas W. Zeiler is Professor of American Diplomatic History at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA.
Review Quotes:
"Before Donald Trump, there was Richard Nixon, who during four months in 1971 made decisions that fundamentally disrupted the international order as well as America's economy and society. Historian Thomas Zeiler has done a masterful job of analyzing these earlier disruptions and their long-term consequences for the United States and the world." --Thomas Schwartz, Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA
"The United States fundamentally reshaped its relationship with the world in the 1970s. Economically. Financially. Militarily. Most especially its sense of global purpose. No one understands those tectonic changes better than Tom Zeiler, whose mastery of the macro and the nuanced makes Beyond the Nixon Shocks essential reading for anyone keen to understand a transformative moment, perhaps THE transformative moment, in shaping America's global role today." -- Jeffrey A. Engel, David Gergen Director at the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University, USA