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The 1970s demonstrated, more clearly than in any other postwar decade, the limits of American power abroad. After the longest war in American history, the United States was unable to win in Vietnam and settled in 1973 for a peace treaty that...

Activism in the 1960s may have been conducted by fewer than 5 percent of college students nationwide, but the principles of inclusion and equality of opportunity these protesters espoused became the status quo in education during the 1970s. Some...

The decade of the 1970s was in many ways a continuation of the late 1960s. The liberals and radicals of the 1960s inspired the social-justice crusades or liberation movements of the 1970s. There was new freedom for women, homosexuals, Native...

The decline of membership and influence of Mainline Protestant denominations continued in the 1970s. Conservatives charged that these denominations had lost their fire, and consequently their membership, to more committed groups. Perhaps more people...

The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. In Western cities primarily , the focus shifted from the social activism of the sixties to social activities for one's own pleasure: drug use, all-night dancing at...

Death of a Soldier He was a first lieutenant and he was killed just four weeks before the end of his tour of duty. He had graduated from West Point near the top of his class, served on the honor committee, completed...

In anticipation of the Twentieth Century Society's conference on '70s architecture, Joseph Rykwert, Peter Blundell Jones, Adrian Forty, Gavin Stamp and Martin Pawley reflect on the significance of the decade. Alan Powers introduces this Critics special. The Seventies in Britain: The Worst of...

Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Graham Nash are putting a new millennium twist on their 1970s anti-nuclear message, urging Congress not to approve federal loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants."Thirty years ago, we felt that this monster was dead," Nash said. "It's trying to...

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is comparing the unrest in Pakistan to 1970s Iran, when Americans were held hostage.Biden, a U.S. senator knowledgeable on international relations, says what is happening in Pakistan is linked to broader U.S. foreign policy goals. He says U.S. policy should...