1968: The Year That Rocked the World by Mark Kurlansky (English) Paperback Book

Description: 1968 by Mark Kurlansky In this monumental new book, award-winning author Kurlansky has written his most ambitious work to date: a singular and ultimately definitive look at a pivotal moment in history. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world."—Dan Rather To some, 1968 was the year of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Yet it was also the year of the Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy assassinations; the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Prague Spring; the antiwar movement and the Tet Offensive; Black Power; the generation gap; avant-garde theater; the upsurge of the womens movement; and the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union. In this monumental book, Mark Kurlansky brings to teeming life the cultural and political history of that pivotal year, when televisions influence on global events first became apparent, and spontaneous uprisings occurred simultaneously around the world. Encompassing the diverse realms of youth and music, politics and war, economics and the media, 1968 shows how twelve volatile months transformed who we were as a people—and led us to where we are today. Author Biography Mark Kurlansky is the James A. Beard Award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World; Salt: A World History; The Basque History of the World; A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry; A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny; a collection of stories, The White Man in the Tree; and a childrens book, The Cods Tale; as well as the editor of Choice Cuts: A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History. He lives in New York City. Review "In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world. Whether you agree or disagree with its points, youll find it makes for fascinating reading."—DAN RATHER, CBS News"Highly readable . . . a rich perspective . . . Kurlansky is a writer of remarkable talents and interests."–San Francisco ChronicleCarefully researched and remarkably readable . . . Kurlansky has done a yeomans job of amassing an incredible amount of information and making it accessible for todays reader. . . . What a year it was."–The Denver PostSplendid . . . evocative . . . No one before Kurlansky has managed to evoke so rich a set of experiences in so many different places–and to keep the story humming."–Chicago TribuneKurlansky writes with a historians diligence. . . . [He] traces skillfully the astounding streams of revolt converging in that historic year. . . . A colorful, highly evocative report on the awfulness and the idealism of the time."–The Seattle Times"A cornucopia of astounding events and audacious originality . . . Like a reissue of a classic album or a PBS documentary, this book is about a subject its hard to imagine people ever tiring of revisiting. They just dont make years like 1968 very often."–The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"1968 breathes a new life into these moments. . . . Kurlansky has a flair for bringing wit and breezy intelligence to his subjects."–Minneapolis Star Tribune"Fascinating . . . [Kurlansky] re-creates events with flair and drama."–Seattle Post-Intelligencer Review Quote "In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why1968has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world. Whether you agree or disagree with its points, youll find it makes for fascinating reading." -DAN RATHER, CBS News "Highly readable . . . a rich perspective . . . Kurlansky is a writer of remarkable talents and interests." San Francisco Chronicle Carefully researched and remarkably readable . . . Kurlansky has done a yeomans job of amassing an incredible amount of information and making it accessible for todays reader. . . . What a year it was." The Denver Post Splendid . . . evocative . . . No one before Kurlansky has managed to evoke so rich a set of experiences in so many different placesand to keep the story humming." Chicago Tribune Kurlansky writes with a historians diligence. . . . [He] traces skillfully the astounding streams of revolt converging in that historic year. . . . A colorful, highly evocative report on the awfulness and the idealism of the time." The Seattle Times "A cornucopia of astounding events and audacious originality . . . Like a reissue of a classic album or a PBS documentary, this book is about a subject its hard to imagine people ever tiring of revisiting. They just dont make years like 1968 very often." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "1968 breathes a new life into these moments. . . . Kurlansky has a flair for bringing wit and breezy intelligence to his subjects." Minneapolis Star Tribune "Fascinating . . . [Kurlansky] re-creates events with flair and drama." Seattle Post-Intelligencer Discussion Question for Reading Group Guide 1. How did the explosive worldwide social movements of 1968 make that year unique? 2. What was the international impact of the civil rights movement on the events of 1968? 3. What progress or setbacks have there been in the status of women since that time? 4. How did television influence that years events? 5. How does the mass media of today differ from 1968s? 6. What was the global significance of the Prague Spring? 7. What events of 1968 would not occur today? 8. How is it that such a tragic year arouses nostalgia in so many people? 9. Was the world a better place before 1968, or do you feel there have been changes for the better since that year? 10. What lessons might we learn from the events of 1968? Excerpt from Book THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT The things of the eye are done. On the illuminated black dial, green ciphers of a new moon- One, two, three, four, five, six! I breathe and cannot sleep. Then morning comes, saying, "This was night." -Robert Lowell, "Myopia: a Night," from For the Union Dead, 1964 CHAPTER 1 THE WEEK IT BEGAN The year 1968 began the way any well-ordered year should-on a Monday morning. It was a leap year. February would have an extra day. The headline on the front page of The New York Times read, world bids adieu to a violent year; city gets snowfall. In Vietnam, 1968 had a quiet start. Pope Paul VI had declared January 1 a day of peace. For his day of peace, the pope had persuaded the South Vietnamese and their American allies to give a twelve-hour extension to their twenty-four-hour truce. The Peoples Liberation Armed Forces in South Vietnam, a pro-North Vietnamese guerrilla force in the South popularly known as the Viet Cong, announced a seventy-two-hour cease-fire. In Saigon, the South Vietnamese government had forced shop owners to display banners that predicted, "1968 Will See the Success of Allied Arms." At the stroke of midnight in South Vietnams Mekong Delta, the church bells in the town of Mytho rang in the new year. Ten minutes later, while the bells were still ringing, a unit of Viet Cong appeared on the edge of a rice paddy and caught the South Vietnamese 2nd Marine Battalion by surprise, killing nineteen South Vietnamese marines and wounding another seventeen. A New York Times editorial said that although the resumption of fighting had shattered hopes for peace, another chance would come with a cease-fire in February for Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. "Lann Details ISBN0345455827 Author Mark Kurlansky Short Title 1968 Pages 480 Language English ISBN-10 0345455827 ISBN-13 9780345455826 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 909.826 Year 2005 Residence New York City, NY, US Subtitle The Year That Rocked the World DOI 10.1604/9780345455826 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2005-01-11 NZ Release Date 2005-01-11 US Release Date 2005-01-11 UK Release Date 2005-01-11 Publisher Random House USA Inc Publication Date 2005-01-11 Imprint Random House Inc Illustrations ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160594358;

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