It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll; it was also the year of the Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy assassinations, Prague Spring, the Chicago convention, the anti-war movement and the Tet Offensive, the student rebellion that paralyzed France, Civil Rights, the generation gap, the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union, and the birth of the women's movement. With 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, award-winning journalist Mark Kurlansky has written his magnum opus-a cultural and political history of ...
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It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll; it was also the year of the Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy assassinations, Prague Spring, the Chicago convention, the anti-war movement and the Tet Offensive, the student rebellion that paralyzed France, Civil Rights, the generation gap, the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union, and the birth of the women's movement. With 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, award-winning journalist Mark Kurlansky has written his magnum opus-a cultural and political history of that world-changing year of social upheaval, when television's impact on global events first became apparent, and where simultaneously, in Paris, Prague, London, Berkeley, Chicago, New York and all over the globe uprisings spontaneously occurred. 1968 encompasses the worlds of youth and music, politics, war, economics, assassinations, riots, and demonstrations-and the media, and shows us how we got to where we are today. 1968 is destined to be Mark Kurlansky's most important and most fascinating book yet.
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In 1968 activism broke out everywhere. Kurlansky makes cogent arguments for the impact on the rest of the 20th century this year's events had. Events I thought I understood are illuminated with context and back-story; historical figures I thought I knew are given dimension and life.
I find Kurlansky's writing style engaging and his subject often riveting. I have a new appreciation of the extent to which 2011 continues to reverberate with the
clamor of 1968.
Sidsmom
Mar 6, 2008
Accessible and Chock Full of Information!
I purchased this book for a course I was taking on the year, 1968. This book was intended as background material for those of us who were not familiar with these wonderfully turbulent times.
This books has amazing information in it. Each chapter focuses on a specific month of the year and discusses major events that occurred. The writing style is interesting and accessible and the author wraps the reader up in the excitement of each event.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in knowing about the politics and events of this year. People of all backgrounds will enjoy this book.
