Acclaimed national security columnist and noted cultural critic
Fred Kaplan looks past the 1960s to the year that "really" changed
America
While conventional accounts focus on the sixties as the era of
pivotal change that swept the nation, Fred Kaplan argues that it
was 1959 that ushered in the wave of tremendous cultural,
political, and scientific shifts that would play out in the decades
that followed. Pop culture exploded in upheaval with the rise of
artists like Jasper Johns, Norman Mailer, Allen Ginsberg, and Miles
Davis. Court rulings unshackled previously banned books. Political
power broadened with the onset of Civil Rights laws and protests.
The sexual and feminist revolutions took their first steps with the
birth control pill. America entered the war in Vietnam, and a new
style in superpower diplomacy took hold. The invention of the
microchip and the Space Race put a new twist on the frontier
myth.Vividly chronicles 1959 as a vital, overlooked year that set
the world as we know it in motion, spearheading immense political,
scientific, and cultural changeStrong critical acclaim: ""Energetic
and engaging"" ("Washington Post"); ""Immensely enjoyable . . . a
first-rate book"" ("New Yorker"); ""Lively and filled with often
funny anecdotes"" ("Publishers Weekly")Draws fascinating parallels
between the country in 1959 and today
Drawing fascinating parallels between the country in 1959 and
today, Kaplan offers a smart, cogent, and deeply researched take on
a vital, overlooked period in American history.
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