In his latest publication, William L. O'Neill presents a concise
critical history of the New Left, the thinking, people, and events
that helped shape the 1960s in America, and its principal heir, the
Academic Left. The first two chapters of this lively, interpretive
narrative relate the history of Students for a Democratic Society
(SDS), an organization that despite such well-publicized actions as
the first mass protest in Washington against the Vietnam War and
the student strike that shut down Columbia University, was unable
to expand beyond its student base or survive a factional split.
Next covered is the theatrical Left, notably those at the head of
the Yippie movement who skillfully manipulated the mainstream media
to garner enormous publicity for their stunts and staged events but
whose movement, like the SDS, failed to survive the decade.
Chapter Four follows the major figures in the story-Abbie
Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, the Weathermen, Timothy Leary and
others, and sifts through various theories to conclude why and how
the New Left burned out so quickly. Finally, Chapter Five addresses
the legacy of the New Left in the rise of the Academic Left, which,
while riddled with ironies, remains entrenched in academe
today.
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