Silent Majority, 142–144, 148, 152, 162, 197, 223

Simon, John, 131

Sklar, Robert, 81, 194, 248, 274

Skrentny, John D., 141, 197–198, 223–224, 274

Slocum, J. David, 273, 274

social realism, 42, 165, 179

Somers, Margaret R., 9–10, 259, 274

Sorvino, Paul, 234, 277

South (the), 89, 243

spectacle, 162

Specter, Phil, 84

Spielberg, Steven, 204, 279

stagflation, 80, 168, 193, 195, 205, 242

Stallone, Sylvester, 24, 197, 219–221, 233, 236, 279, 280

Steppenwolf (band), 85

Stern, Daniel, 253, 278

Sternbergh, Adam, 235, 274

Students for a Democratic Society, 15, 19, 135n2

Sugrue, Thomas J., 141, 197–198, 223–224, 274

summer of love, 51, 107, 259

Superfly, 199, 280

Taylor, Delores, 104, 277

Tea Party, 18, 35, 142, 262, 265n1

television, 224, 228, 232, 242, 244, 262

Thatcher, Margaret, 141

The China Syndrome, 245, 278

The Deer Hunter, 24, 45, 247–251, 254, 256, 257n7, 278

The Godfather, 167, 194, 223, 279

The Green Berets, 78

The Last American Hero, 257n3

The Last Detail, 23, 163, 176–186, 193, 204, 279

The Love Boat, 244

The Mary Tyler Moore Show, 244

Three Mile Island, 242

The Searchers, 83

The Strand, 40

The Strawberry Statement, 22, 72, 75, 102

The Wild Angels, 76, 280

Thomson, David, 176, 274

, 3-D (effect), 73

Time magazine, 55, 142–143

Tomasulo, Frank P., 229–230, 274

Tracks, 45, 280

traditionalism, 6–7

Travolta, John, 232, 235, 280

Tristan, Dorothy, 172, 280

Truffaut, Francois, 50, 58, 99

Tyler, Gus, 79–81, 140, 142, 274

20th Century Fox, 36

unemployment, 79–80, 133, 140, 257n1–2

unions, 11, 34, 37–38, 43–45, 79, 115, 119, 127, 140, 187, 197, 199–203, 218n1, 233, 239n2, 245–246

United Artists, 36

Universal (studio), 36

values, 1, 6, 11–12, 18–19, 22, 24, 39, 41, 46, 57–58, 118, 121, 141–143, 154, 167, 172, 181, 195–196, 198, 203, 205, 208, 211, 213, 246

Van Fleet, Jo, 53, 278

veteran, war, 22, 45, 51–52, 103–104, 155, 185, 245, 255