radicalism

Recreates the turbulent history of the people and ideas that shaped the New Left, and America, during the 1960s.

Describes the turmoil of the 1960's and 1970's in America as young, middle-class radicals from prosperous families attempted to overthrow the government by armed force. Conveys the intensity of moral purpose and political conviction that drove some of the radicals to violence and interprets the logic of these movements as well as the limits of dissent in democratic societies. Also illuminates pressing issues about the role of militancy in contemporary protest movements.

Todd Gitlin was an early president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and an organizer of the first national demonstration against the Vietnam War. Today he is a writer, media critic, and professor of sociology at the University of California. His book is part critical history, part personal memoir, part celebration, and part meditation and resurrects a generation in all its glory and tragedy.

The untold story of the Weathermen and the Weather Underground from its incendiary beginnings to its tumultuous end. Uses dozens of in-depth interviews to trace the group's evolution in relation to civil rights, Black Power, and anti-war movements.

A history of the social activism that defined a generation of young Americans and the decade of the sixties.

Drawing on unprecedented access, a leading terrorism expert profiles six terrorists to offer an astonishing new portrait of our enemies as we have never seen them before. Ballen offers an informed, urgent, and clear assessment of the true nature of this threat to America, allowing for a reasoned and effective response.

Chronicles the life of Timothy McVeigh and traces the events which lead up to his bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.

Profiles American activists who came to prominence in the 1960s.