While I do not question that many of the events that occurred that year, did much to alter history, the author fails to, in any great detail, address what he believes are the results of this seminal year. Welcome back. There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

In opposing the draft, the antiwar activists showed the generals what they had to do to continue waging war." The idea is not particularly new, although Kurlansky does a nice job of trying to weave the interconnectedness of events and persons together into a popular narrative. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages that interest you. There is a certain (off putting) self centeredness about the book that makes it all sound more important than it really was. And modern history... well, it's just politics.

Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Both of these countries were displaying civility in this crucial year. Classic Kurlansky. Classic Kurlansky. It is often said that those who lived through historical events are unaware of their importance until afterward, but 1968 shows how so many participants were very aware that "the whole world is watching" and they acted accordingly. This book came out a decade ago. We’d love your help. It is enough to visit Yad Vashem's Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations, to see that the majority of names are of Poles. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for 1968: The Year That Rocked the World at Amazon.com. Kurlansky does a great job of comparing the protest movements taking place simultaneously in the various countries in the world.

There was little civil unrest in either nation at that time. By that definition, the students of 1988 were raging aggressors as they genuflected to the demands of curriculum and career, re-embracing what the Sixties rebels had loved to call "the system". Although only a junior in high school, 1968 was the most important year of my life to date, the year when I was most conscious of and involved in what was going on in the broader world. He is always quick to point out where there was overlap and synchronization between the protests, be it merely thematic or more concrete.

Too Boomerish, really, or better, too white and too male.

Despite risking death of entire families, MANY Poles saved thousands of Jews during brutal German accupation. An absorbing overview of an important year, The twelve months of 1968 represented a major turning point in the social and political development of many countries worldwide. try again, the name must be unique, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful Kurlansky does a great job of comparing the protest movements taking place simultaneously in the various countries in the world. The thesis is that 1968 was the crucial year in a short time period of the late 1960s in which the mass-audience, powerful imagery, and sheer speed of me. As happens all too often.

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