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The eve of destruction : how 1965 transformed America / James T. Patterson.
Argues that 1965, not 1968, was the most transformative year of the 1960s, discussing attacks on civil rights demonstrators, increased African American militancy, the Watts riots, anti-war protests, and a growing national pessimism.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465013586 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0465013589 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780465033485 (ebook)
- ISBN: 0465033482 (ebook)
- Physical Description: xvi, 310 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2012.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | High expectations : America in late 1964 -- Gathering storms : politics and Vietnam in late 1964 -- LBJ : big man in a big hurry -- Out-Roosevelting Roosevelt : Johnson and the Great Society -- "Bloody Sunday" : struggles for justice in Selma -- Fork in the road : winter escalation in Vietnam -- "Maximum feasible participation" : complications on the domestic front -- A credibility gap -- The times they are a-changin : technology, music, and fights for rights in mid-1965 -- Bombshell from Saigon -- Violence in the streets : Watts and the undermining of liberalism -- Eve of destruction : the rise of unease -- From crisis to crisis : the Great Society and the challenge of government -- America at the end of 1965. |
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| Subject: | United States > History > 1961-1969. United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969. United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | E 846 .P38 2012 | 30775305446982 | General Collection | Available | - |