The invention of the pill, the end of censorship, the advent of feminism, the rise of commercial pornography--dozens of changes to daily lives in the 1960s and '70s stimulated an unprecedented time of sexual openness in American society, a season of optimism and experimentation remembered as the sexual revolution.
Make Love, Not War is the first serious treatment of the complicated events, ideas, and personalities that drove the sexual revolution forward. Based on firsthand accounts, diaries, interviews, and period research, it traces changes in private lives and public discourse from the fearful '50s, to the first tremors of rebellion in the early 60s, to the heady heyday of the revolution.
This history tells the stories of the major figures of the period--sexual freedom fighters, feminists, scientists, pornographers, gay activists, First Amendment lawyers, and others who made the headlines. But it is based equally on the testimony of ordinary people: men and women who dared to take risks in their private lives and share their experiences with others. They yearned for a freer, more open society. Their stories of spouse swapping, swinging, group sex, and other erotic adventures reveal an era in which "the pursuit of happiness" took on new meaning in American life.
Bringing a fresh perspective on the '60s and '70s, author David Allyn argues that the sexual revolution was a deeply American revolution and reflected a revival of the energetic spirit that gave birth to the nation itself. And it was filled with the contradictions of American life---"spiritual yet secular, idealistic yet commercial, driven by science yet colored by a romantic view of nature." These tensions ultimately left Americans unequipped to cope with the dramatic social changes of the era and the organized counterrevolution that brought it to a dramatic close in the mid-'70s.
Written with a serious historian's attention to nuance and detail, and with a narrative drive appropriate to such a dramatic subject, Make Love, Not War is a thoughtful, engaging, and provocative account of one of the most colorful and controversial episodes in American history.
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