History 166D

The United States since Watergate

Prof. Kalman Spring 2015
HSSB 4258
kalman@history.ucsb.edu
805 453-8673
Office Hours: W, 1-4 and by appointment
Required readings include the following books available for purchase at the UCEN and on
reserve at the Library: Matthew Sutton, Jerry Falwell and the Rise of the Religious Right: A Brief
History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture, 2013) and Meg Jacobs and
Julian Zelizer, Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989: A Brief History With
Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture, 2010). The required text for the course, Steven
Gillon, The American Paradox: A History of the United States Since 1945 (2007) is available on
gauchospace as a pdf under the number 09857 by permission of the author.
Each Youtube clip (titles are taken directly from Youtube) is required, along with the
reading. The clips will enable you to understand our age much more clearly. It is easier to grasp
Ronald Reagans appeal for millions, for example, if you spend some time watching him. Each clip
ranges in length from about 45 seconds to 10 minutes. Please let me know if a clip has become
inaccessible so that I can substitute something else. Lecture will make much more sense if you
come to class after you have done the relevant reading and watched the appropriate youtube clips!
Your grade will be based on your performance on the midterm, April 30 (40%), and the
final (60%), Wednesday, June 10 (12-3). If you have three exams the same day, we can
reschedule your exam. Study questions will be given out a week before each exam.
No makeup exams will be given or deadlines extended unless you have obtained my
permission in advance or have a deans excuse.
Week I March 31
The Nightmare Continues
Despair and Doubt
Reading: Gillon, American Paradox, Introduction ("The American Paradox") and Chapters 10-12
Watch:
Richard Nixon Resignation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEOGJJ7UKFM
Nixon's Final Remarks to White House Staff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfNjpHAMy2E
Gerald Ford Inauguration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phrIdrQScr0
Ford Pardons Nixon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM9dGr8ArR0
Vietnam Saigon Evacuation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AiyFF9qOls
Saturday Night Fever Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq4ZMKqWk80
Week II April 7

The Revolt Against Government and the Politics of Self-Absorption

From Busing to Bakke
Reading: Reading: Sutton, Jerry Falwell and the Rise of the Religious Right
Watch:
Reagan's Impromptu Speech at 1976 GOP Convention
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-p-Nuu8hYQ
President Jimmy Carter Inaugural Address
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pHMv7grxYE
President Jimmy Carter--"Crisis of Confidence" Speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IlRVy7oZ58
From Desegregation to Resegregation: 1969-2008 (Parts 1 and 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB_ck6BQFkM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs74mvofDXM
The Busing Controversy in Los Angeles as of 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvJrNYiiuq0
Proposition 13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iitbuGBDz2A
1979 Demolition Night, Local News Coverage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpQfCcsqQ0E
God Loves You (John 3:16); A Falwell Clip from the 70s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExEGqF5BTmE
Reverend Jerry Falwell on Ronald Reagan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdHIGZLawIc
Week III April 14
Backlash
"Mad as Hell"
Gillon, American Paradox, Chapters 13-14
Watch:
Running in High Heels: Intro to Schlafly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z36SkdYdfN0
Running in High Heels: The F Word
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOUQkEHQlfU
The Times of Harvey Milk Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jet-Ubwk5l8
Diane Feinstein Announces Harvey Milks Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NikqzmwbgU
NetworkI'm Mad as Hell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dib2-HBsF08
Neil Young Southern Man Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjLcFQjq5G8
Sweet Home Alabama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWUOmk7wO0
Walmart Business Profile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ0eoupiySw
Week IV April 21
Roosevelt of the Right
Bowling Alone
Reading:
Jacobs and Zelizer, Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989
Watch:
Best of Reagan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzZr8FRPSDs
Ronald Reagan's Remarks on the Challenger Shuttle Explosion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt_6S25JsV4
First Blood (Trailer 1982)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjptQSfuTy8
Total Ultimate Dallas Opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFN-LHYNYWU
Dynasty Theme Tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbhXUlRx-OQ
Iran Contra Coverup: 1 of 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35KcYgMPiIM
1987 Robert Bork TV ad, narrated by Gregory Peck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpFe10lkF3Y
Flashback: Ted Kennedy 'Borking' Bork (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNaasFvvFlE
Week V April 28
Bicentennial Blues
Midterm (April 30) covers reading and Youtube through Week IV
Week VI May 5
Out of the Cold I: Ronald Reagan and the End of the Cold War
Out of the Cold II: Bush I and the End of the Cold War
Reading: Gillon, American Paradox, Chapter 15
Watch:
President Reagan announces SDI on March 23, 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG019Mzd8L4
Tank Man-Tiananmen Square Protests (with John Lennon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV-tk8CrqCQ
BBC NewsJune 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square Massacre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJBnHMpHGRY&NR=1
The Collapse of Soviet Empire (1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4bWo49OoFo
The Collapse of Soviet Empire. (2a)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FgakSEDfA
The Collapse of Soviet Empire. (2b)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoeSnG-dUFw
The Collapse of Soviet Empire. (3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyq09lyG5x0
The Collapse of Soviet Empire. (4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBeLqrrQAkE&NR=1
The Collapse of Soviet Empire. (5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E583Oe8QhBA
Lloyd Bentsen Puts Down Dan Quayle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-7gpgXNWYI
Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9KMSSEZ0Y
20th Century Battlefields1991 Gulf War (Part 1/6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phExw0diq7g&NR=1
2002 Dan Quayle 69 & Murphy Brown 10 Years Later
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjTPPJqUFhY
Week VII May 12
Is America Kafkaesque?
Scandal Culture (Note: May 15 is last day to change your grade to PNP)
Reading: Gillon, American Paradox, Chapter 16-17
Watch:
02/02/92 Anita Hill60 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B55icuOXOHk
Clarence Thomas High-Tech Lynching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egTyaIAaqz8
Arlen Specter Interrogates Anita Hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfvDcMzyAlY
Rodney King Speaks; Late Troop Arrival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgiR04ey7-M
O.J. on the Run: The Bronco Chase
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcyyCi2b2AY
WDSU's Hurricane Katrina Coverage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0EJzsCymA
Heckuva JobSpike Lee Doc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dkDF5BXzpU
01/26/92: The Clintons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IpJUfy-Roo
Patrick Buchanan Culture War Speech Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO5_1ps5CAc
The President Impeachment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCJiHzE3zJY
The Bill Clinton Impeachment 10 Years Later
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GgPo2cHFq0
Week VIII May 19
Rage on the Right: The Antigovernment Revolution
No Class
Watch:
Ruby Ridge: American Standoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wncvHvUujX8
Waco: The Rules of Engagement (Trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQT-0umIo6Y
KUSA Denver Oklahoma City Bombing Trial Timothy McVeigh Veridct
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QssaxXROi_g
Tax Day Tea Party 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbyFeFhUTmI
Week IX May 26
Two Americas? The Red and the Blue
Armageddon?
Reading: Gillon, American Paradox, Chapter 18
Douglas Linder, The Trial of Zaccarias Moussaoui: An Account
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/moussaoui/zmaccount.html
Jane Mayer, Outsourcing Torture,
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/02/14/outsourcing-torture
Jane Mayer, A Deadly Interrogation,
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/11/14/a-deadly-interrogation
Jane Mayer, The Memo,
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/02/27/the-memo
Jane Mayer, The Black Sites
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/08/13/the-black-sites
Steve Coll, Remote Control
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/06/remote-control
Jane Mayer, Torture and Obamas Drone Program
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/torture-and-obamas-drone-program
David Cole, How Many Have We Killed?
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/apr/29/how-many-have-we-killed/

David Cole, The Drone Memo

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/jun/24/awlaki-secret-drone-memo/
Senate Report: CIA Misled Public on Torture
http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/09/politics/cia-torture-report/index.html7 Key Points from the C.I.A.
Torture Report,
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/09/world/cia-torture-report-key-points.html
Watch:
Bush v. Gore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lleCj1xG9aA
The End of Election 2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwDxs5q3-Z4
"Fahrenheit 9/11"My Pet Goat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=0rO3F6mZUaE&feature=PlayList&p=68BCE796DD74588F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&
index=62
George W. Bush 9/11 Bullhorn Speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7OCgMPX2mE
The Speech That Made Obama President
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFPwDe22CoY
Kerry 2004-Lifetime
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6wpG2Xesbk
Bush 2004 Campaign Ad-First Choice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDWId87-8r8
Swiftboat Veterans on John Kerry-Sellout (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phqOuEhg9yE
John Kerry Fights Back After Swift Boat Attacks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVHcxIDMA-A
Week X June 2
Wartime
Obamas America
Watch:
George W. Bush Admits His Mistakes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fm0CSC7waQ
President George Bush Exit interview with ABC Charles Gibson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__ECMoHDenY
Sarah Palin Speech Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om2gNE48gDI
McCain Attacks Obama about "Joe the Plumber"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pssvmgEWVqM
Hockey Mama for Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh9BmNuqeiQ

Barack Obama, "A More Perfect Union" (Excerpt)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5IBRJu1oyk
Mitt Romneys 47% Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2gvY2wqI7M
Obamas Broken PromiseGuantanamo Bay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyEU5_DTBis
Election Results 2012: Nate Silver on How He Got It Right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jDlo7YfUxc