Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN 031329271x 9780313292712 [US]

Hardback. New. Few eras in U.S. history have begun with more optimistic promise and ended in more pessimistic despair than the 1960s. Ten years later American power abroad seemed wasted in the jungles of Indochina, and critics at home cast doubt on whether the U.S. was really the land of the free and the home of the brave. ISBN 031329271x 9780313292712 [GB]

ISBN10: 031329271X, ISBN13: 9780313292712, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport] Hardcover Hardcover. Few eras in U.S. history have begun with more optimistic promise and ended in more pessimistic despair than the 1960s. When JFK became president in 1960, the U.S. was the hope of the world. Ten years later American power abroad seemed wasted in the jungles of Indochina, and critics at home cast doubt on whether the U.S. was really the land of the free and the home of the brave. This book takes an encyclopedic look at the decadeat the individuals who shaped the era, the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's movement, and the youth rebellion. It covers the political, military, social, cultural, religious, economic, and diplomatic topics that made the 1960s a unique decade in U.S. history. Few eras in U.S. history have begun with more optimistic promise and ended in more pessimistic despair than the 1960s. Ten years later American power abroad seemed wasted in the jungles of Indochina, and critics at home cast doubt on whether the U.S. was really the land of the free and the home of the brave. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
[Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]