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1968

by Martin Klimke

World politics, 20th centuryRevolutionsNineteen sixty-eight, A.D.Modern HistoryRadicalismHistoryInsurgencyPolitical violence

Protests and demonstrations, sometimes violent, swept the globe in 1968, from the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The introduction to this collection of essays notes: "...the rebellious young people of 1968 sincerely believed they were involved in a struggle against established orders (and world orders) worldwide." Herein one finds accounts of the anti-war left, the Prague Spring, and dozens of other protest movements.

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Book data: Open Library