American History: A Survey 10/e   Alan Brinkley
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1. How movements by youth, ethnic minorities, and women challenged social norms.

2. How Richard Nixon gradually reduced the American ground forces in Vietnam but increased the air war as he and Henry Kissinger sought "peace with honor," which turned out to be nothing more than a way for the United States to leave the war with a decent interval before North Vietnam's victory.

3. That Nixon and Kissinger believed that stability in a "multipolar" world could be achieved only by having the United States forge a bold new relationship with China and, at the same time, seek a détente with the Soviet Union through grain sales and arms reductions.

4. That Nixon's efforts to build a policy of less federal dominance of the states and more respect for traditional values reaped more political gain than practical result.

5. That Nixon's inconsistent economic policies failed to solve "stagflation," which was as much international as domestic in origin.

6. How Nixon's fear of opposition and arrogant assumption that his own fortunes were identical to those of the nation led to his downfall (through the collection of scandals collectively known as Watergate).

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