1968: The World Transformed provides an international perspective on the most tumultuous year in the era of the Cold War. Authors from Europe and the United States explain why the crises of 1968 erupted almost simultaneously in vastly different cultures and societies. Together, the eighteen chapters provide an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the rise and fall of protest movements worldwide by integrating international relations, the role of media, and the cross-cultural exchange of people and ideas into the global history of 1968.
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1968: The World Transformed provides an international perspective on the most tumultuous year in the era of the Cold War. Authors from Europe and the United States explain why the crises of 1968 erupted almost simultaneously in vastly different cultures and societies. Together, the eighteen chapters provide an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the rise and fall of protest movements worldwide by integrating international relations, the role of media, and the cross-cultural exchange of people and ideas into the global history of 1968.
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"1968: The World Transformed presents a global perspective on the tumultuous events of the most crucial year in the era of the Cold War.By interpreting 1968 as a transnational phenomenon, authors from Europe and the United States EXPLAIN WHY THE CRISES OF 1968 erupted almost simultaneously throughout the world....." [from the book of the back cover]
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This review is from: 1968: The World Transformed (Publications of the German Historical Institute) (Paperback)
Some of the chapters in "1968" were slow, tedious, and boring--especially if they were edited in the 1980s or 1990s, long after the year passed. The chapters on Germany and France were difficult to say the least and somehow it appears that the editors were not first-hand witnesses to these events. They stop short of describing accurate details and in some cases are too wordy and don't connect well with the reader--possibly for the sake of political correctness. If you are expecting a gripping, fascinating account of 1968, a year that changed the world forever, you will be disappointed. Beware of editors that don't know how to write historical facts without losing their audience.
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The Tet Offensive of 1968 has long been recognized as a turning point in the Vietnam War, leading to Lyndon B. Johnson's decision to reduce the bombing of North Vietnam, open peace negotiations with Hanoi, and, most dramatically, take himself out of the upcoming presidential race. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sudimy budete, working class thesis, administrative intelligentsia, communisme utopique, gold crisis, extraparliamentary opposition, gold pool, antinuclear campaign, healthy forces, new working class, generational rebellion, income tax surcharge, socialist commonwealth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Soviet Union, West German, Federal Republic, Warsaw Pact, Third World, Vietnam War, Eastern Europe, East German, South Vietnamese, West Berlin, North Vietnamese, White House, Khe Sanh, Central Committee, Tom Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Soviet Politburo, Die Welt, Brezhnev Doctrine, African Americans, Black Power, Bretton Woods, Western Europe New!
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The Tet Offensive of 1968 has long been recognized as a turning point in the Vietnam War, leading to Lyndon B. Johnson's decision to reduce the bombing of North Vietnam, open peace negotiations with Hanoi, and, most dramatically, take himself out of the upcoming presidential race. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sudimy budete, working class thesis, administrative intelligentsia, communisme utopique, gold crisis, extraparliamentary opposition, gold pool, antinuclear campaign, healthy forces, new working class, generational rebellion, income tax surcharge, socialist commonwealth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Soviet Union, West German, Federal Republic, Warsaw Pact, Third World, Vietnam War, Eastern Europe, East German, South Vietnamese, West Berlin, North Vietnamese, White House, Khe Sanh, Central Committee, Tom Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Soviet Politburo, Die Welt, Brezhnev Doctrine, African Americans, Black Power, Bretton Woods, Western Europe New!
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- The Diplomacy of the Crucial Decade by Diane B. Kunz on 7 pages
- Lyndon Johnson Confronts the World: American Foreign Policy 1963-1968 by Warren I. Cohen on 5 pages
- States of Emergency: Cultures of Revolt in Italy from 1968 to 1978 by Robert Lumley on 4 pages
- Student Political Activism: An International Reference Handbook by Philip G. Altbach on 4 pages
- Hope Dies Last: The Autobiography of Alexander Dubcek by Alexander Dubcek on page 124, page 135, and page 250
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