These years are as rich as any in American history: rich in incidentfrom the Cuban Missile Crisis and the civil rights struggle to the antiwar movement and the opening of China; rich in personalityfrom Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., to Henry Kissinger, Lyndon Johnson, and the Beatles. Years of Discord is a story of turning points of power and decline, conflict and idealism, of a time that has found in John Morton Blum its ablest chronicler.
"In this incisive, judicious and eminently readable book, a master historian tels the story of those tangled and turbulent years just behind usyears that shook and remolded the republic." Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
"Once again, John Morton Blum has brought to life a critical period of American history. An illuminating account of the amazing Sixties, and an invaluable contribution to the history of our times." Robert G. Kaiser, Washington Post
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These years are as rich as any in American history: rich in incidentfrom the Cuban Missile Crisis and the civil rights struggle to the antiwar movement and the opening of China; rich in personalityfrom Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., to Henry Kissinger, Lyndon Johnson, and the Beatles. Years of Discord is a story of turning points of power and decline, conflict and idealism, of a time that has found in John Morton Blum its ablest chronicler.
"In this incisive, judicious and eminently readable book, a master historian tels the story of those tangled and turbulent years just behind usyears that shook and remolded the republic." Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
"Once again, John Morton Blum has brought to life a critical period of American history. An illuminating account of the amazing Sixties, and an invaluable contribution to the history of our times." Robert G. Kaiser, Washington Post
Imprint | W W Norton & Co Inc |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | 1993 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | August 1992 |
Authors | John Morton Blum |
Dimensions | 234 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 544 |
Edition | Revised |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-30910-2 |
Barcode | 9780393309102 |
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LSN | 0-393-30910-X |