The Year the Dream Died - Revisiting 1968 in America (Hardcover, New)

Month by month, Witcover re-creates 1968 as he travels with, and reports on, the political fortunes of Lyndon Johnson, Eugene McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Robert Kennedy, George Romney, and Hubert Humphrey. He conveys the actual words of national figures and commentary by rock artists, media people, economists, Vietnam veterans, and Haight-Ashbury hippies. That year Witcover crossed the country from New Hampshire to California; he was standing on the rioting streets of Washington with Robert Kennedy after King was shot; he was in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel the night Kennedy was gunned down. An eyewitness to history, he presents a unique perspective that captures the mood of a nation and the life of ordinary people as shattering news erupts from assassins' bullets and backroom deals. Witcover broadens our understanding of how that year sowed the seeds of liberalism's demise, the shame of Watergate, Reagan's long reign, and today's new Democratic agenda.

General

Imprint:	Warner Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 1997
First published:	June 1997
Authors:	Jules Witcover
Dimensions:	236 x 161 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	558
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-446-51849-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > From 1900 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-446-51849-2
Barcode:	9780446518499

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