1961-1974

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1961, covering Kennedy's inauguration speech, the Peace Corps, the Bay of Pigs, the space race, civil rights, student activism, the Cold War, folk music, Hemingway's suicide, youth, the nuclear threat, and U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

An illustrated introduction to the Vietnam War that discusses the reasons for the war, the battlefields, the weapons used, the public's response, significant people and milestones, and the lasting effects.

Collects nine primary documents from the Cuban missile crisis written by such figures as John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Nikita Khrushchev, and Adlai Stevenson, and presents six perspectives on the crisis, a chronology, and a further reading list.

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1966 including the Delano grape strikes, the Miranda ruling, the debut of "Star Trek," the formation of the National Organization for Women, and others.

Contains essays by various scholars in which they examine the key decisions of President Richard Nixon, looking at Nixon's response to environmental concerns, his attempts to end the Vietnam War, his visit to China, and the Watergate scandal that led to his resignation.

In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the war in Vietnam and the tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.

Presents a selection of readings that provide information and insights into the major events of 1963, covering civil rights issues, the feminist movement, the Earth orbit, the sinking of the "USS Thresher," landmark court cases, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and Vietnam policy.

This is a cumulative index for The Sixties in America Reference Library.

Discusses the break-in at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. in 1972 and the events which unfolded thereafter resulting in the downfall of a president and a distrust of government.

Collects twenty primary sources from 1960s America that provide firsthand perspectives on the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the antiwar movement, feminism, radical groups such as the Yippies, and the power of television, and includes a time line and a glossary.