1961-1974

Traces the economic, political, and cultural events which shaped the history of the 1970s in the United States.

Draws on interviews, unpublished papers, and historical documents to reveal the role a previously unknown plan for a coup in Cuba played in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Seymour "Swede" Levov, a hard working man who came of age in triumphant postwar America, must give up his dreams of a peaceful life when his daughter grows up to be a 1960s revolutionary terrorist.

Recreates the assassination in Dallas of President John F. Kennedy and the four days that followed; presents an analysis of his life, career, and political legacy; outlines the nature of the controversy about the murder; traces the role of the media in communicating information about JFK; and describes efforts to commemorate the slain leader.

Photographs of momentos that were left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and are now part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection in Washington, D.C.

Presents a comprehensive biography of thirty-fifth President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and chronicles his life and heritage, military service during World War Two, entrance into politics, election of 1960, and his assassination in 1963.

Examines the underlying ideas and principal objectives of the original Great Society legislation proposed by President Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s, and discusses why the reforms Johnson sought in the areas of civil rights, health care, poverty, education, urban life, and consumerism ultimately failed to achieve their purpose.

Collects thirteen essays on various themes relating to the counterculture in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s, covering cultural politics, racial and sexual identity, media and popular culture, and different ways of deconditioning the human mind.

Chronicles the social and political upheavals of the 1960s along with firsthand accounts of the unrest and activity of that decade including segregation, Vietnam, and the confrontation at Kent State.

Describes twelve important events in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s, including the assassination of President Kennedy, the killings at Kent State, and the passing of the Civil Rights Act, and imagines how history might have gone had they not happened.