Restless Giant cover art

Restless Giant

The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore

 Preview

Get 30 days of Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30-day free trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for £0.00
More purchase options
Buy Now for £21.99

Buy Now for £21.99

About this listen

Following up Grand Expectations in the Oxford History of the United States, Restless Giant provides a crisp, concise assessment of the 27 years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W. Bush, in a sweeping narrative that seamlessly weaves together social, cultural, political, economic, and international developments.

In exploring a wide range of cultural, social, and economic concerns, Patterson and engrossing narrator Robert Fass show how the persistence of racial tensions, high divorce rates, alarm over crime, and urban decay all led many writers to portray this era as one of decline.

Restless Giant is the 11th volume of the Oxford History of the United States, which includes three Pulitzer Prize winners, a New York Times best seller, and winners of the Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. The Atlantic Monthly has praised it as “state of the art” and “the most distinguished series in American historical scholarship.”

©2005 James T. Patterson (P)2010 Audible, Inc. Americas United States Socialism American History Capitalism Social justice Liberalism Richard Nixon Iran Discrimination Equality Soviet Union Economic disparity Taxation Middle East Gilded Age Human Rights Crime Civil rights Latin American Economic Inequality
All stars
Most relevant
Patterson delivers here an analysis of US Politics from Watergate to the 2000 Election Debacle. Patterson does not isolate one Administration from another. Instead, he gives the impression of a continual flow of events, independent of each other, but linked nonetheless. I believe this work is also non-partisan, offering a balanced criticism of Democrat as well as Republican Presidencies.

The US from 1972 to 2000: A Review

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Overall it was very good and I would recommend it to anybody interested in this period of American life and politics.
The section on culture wars was interesting, and potentially a bit outdated already even, but nonetheless an interesting look at people’s thoughts at this time

Good overview

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.