1968

Summary

National Bestseller

Mark Kurlansky, New York Times bestselling author of Cod, Salt and The Basque History of the World looks at a pivotal year in our history. From the Viet Cong attack on Saigon to the birth of feminism and women's liberation, from the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy to riots at the Democratic National Convention; from the antiwar movement and the Tet Offensive to Black Power and student uprisings from Warsaw to Berkeley, it all happened in 1968. It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll. But what impact did it have on today’s political and social landscape?

Mark Kurlansky has written his magnum opus - a cultural and political history of that world-changing year of social upheaval, when television's impact on global events first became apparent, and when simultaneously – in Paris, Prague, London, Berkeley, and all over the globe – uprisings spontaneously occurred. 1968 encompasses the worlds of youth and music, politics, war, economics, assassinations, riots, demonstrations and the media, and shows us how we got to where we are today.