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Seizing the Light, 4th Edition
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Seizing the Light, 4th Edition

by Robert Hirsch
February 2024
Intermediate to advanced
710 pages
30h 6m
English
Routledge
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Chapter Seventeen Changing Realities

Alternative Visions

The Vietnam War (1946–1975) ended with a ceasefire agreement in 1973 and American troops withdrew. Before divisions in the U.S. could heal, the Watergate affair caused many people to abandon the notion of government integrity and forced Richard M. Nixon to resign in 1974, the first U.S. president to do so. People were worn out from a decade of artistic and social experimentation that led to national internal dissension and were looking toward quieter and more peaceful times. The raw, screaming protesters and guitars of the 1960s gave way to the canned disco sounds of ABBA, the Bee Gees, ...

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ISBN: 9781000904352