1960s Books


Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy davis is a very good writer who does alot of research before he writes his books.the way he...	Total Cold War: Eisenhower's Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad Best Price: $22.45 In the early 1980s, with the publication of Fred I. Greenstein's book, "The Hidden-Hand...	The Struggle for Student Rights: Tinker V. Des Moines and the 1960s (Landmark Law Cases and American Society) Best Price: $5.93 Dr. Johnson has written a moving portrait of Tinker v. Des Moines, a major 1960s Supreme Court...	Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President Best Price: $16.00 Given the complexity of both the man and the times he lived in I would have thought that a one...	Roar of the Heavens Best Price: $7.16 Hurricane Camille was a beast of mythic proportions and she is still one of those extraordinary...



Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton Best Price: $8.00 I read this book in the 1970s, shortly after it came out in hardback. It was then and remains...	Pop Dreams: Music, Movies, and the Media in the American 1960's (Harbrace Books on America Since 1945) Best Price: $49.01 This little book could easily have been a fully fledged tome. Loss surveys the popular American...	JFK And Sam: The Connection Between the Giancana And Kennedy Assassinations Best Price: $8.95 I recommend this book to anyone. I got hooked into reading the whole book, by just the first...	Battleground Chicago: The Police and the 1968 Democratic National Convention Best Price: $13.80 This is not your typical history book; lots of action, violence, swearing--in other words, real...	Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era Best Price: $20.20 Peniel Joseph has compiled a wonderful collection of essays pertaining to the Black Power...



Bobby and J. Edgar: The Historic Face-Off Between the Kennedys and J. Edgar Hoover that Transformed America Best Price: $10.00 I found this book very interesting to read. It is of special interest to me living in...	The Hippies and American Values Best Price: $13.80 This is a good read but like all books about the hippies and the sixties it completely misses...	JFK: The Cuba Files: The Untold Story of the Plot to Kill Kennedy (Secret War) Best Price: $10.42 Well-written, thoughtfully composed. If there's anyone left in the world who doubts a...	An Act of State: The Execution of Martin Luther King, New and Updated Edition Best Price: $10.52 Edit of 8 May 08: Reverend Wright preaches in the negative, but this does not mean he is wrong,...	High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Krushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis Best Price: $8.81 Max Frankel's "High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile...

The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot Best Price: $1.87 The Kennedy Mystique is a wonderful book. My 7 year old Daughter likes to look at the pictures....	The Sixties: Photographs by Robert Altman Best Price: $22.00 I've heard that if you lived through the 60's, you probably can't remember it. If you did live...	The End of the Innocence: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair Best Price: $18.70 The first half of the book explains the birth and idea to even think about initiating another...	Regicide: The Official Assassination of John F. Kennedy Best Price: $8.85 I tried to contact both, but it was fruitless. Like one fellow said, there may may a number of...	The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool: A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events, and Artifacts of the 1960s Best Price: $15.65 Anyone who contrasts the stresses of the new century with this special decade in the last one, ...

Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960's and 70's Best Price: $30.77 One of the most fascinating artifacts arising in the midst of the turbulent 1960s was the...	Bay of Pigs Declassified: The Secret CIA Report on the Invasion of Cuba (National Security Archive Documents Reader) Best Price: $14.95 A fascinating post-mortem on the Bay of Pigs operation and all the more so because it was done...	The Killing of a President: The Complete Photographic Record of the Assassination, the Conspiracy, and If you are a fan of John F. Kennedy, you will find this book difficult to put down. Believers...	Truth At Last: The Untold Story Behind James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Best Price: $3.47 This book is complete made up crap...written by a hairdresser (yes I said a hairdresser not a...	The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclass Best Price: $5.16 THE DREAM AND THE NIGHTMARE is an exceptionally important book. President George W. Bush...

Freedom Is, Freedom Ain't: Jazz and the Making of the Sixties Best Price: $12.39 In the long decade between the mid-fifties and the late sixties, jazz was changing more than its...	Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball Best Price: $5.96 This book is filled with loads of information about Truman Capote and his B&W Ball. I truly...	The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s (Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures) Best Price: $26.08 Aging baby-boomers like myself can rest more easily; herein one discovers a wonderful effort,...	Assassination Science : Experts Speak Out on the Death of JFK Best Price: $7.95 This is one of the best books on the JFK Assassination.it is very detailed and meticulous in...	Make Gentle the Life of This World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy Best Price: $70.10 Robert Kennedy is one of my heroes. I believe his death did not take away the meaning of his...

Into the Mouth of the Cat: The Story of Lance Sijan, Hero of Vietnam Best Price: $11.67 I read this book many years ago and it really hit me hard. I was a Navy Aircrewman who had been...	Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Laws That Changed America Best Price: $2.40 Author Nick Kotz brings out the personalities of the heavy hitters of the 1960's, especially...	The Making of the President, 1960 Best Price: $29.00 A gift to my old friend who ever read few books from the same authors.	Case Closed Best Price: $10.65 Posners joke of a book ignores so much evidence of a conspiracy its mind boggling.The Zapruder...	The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition Best Price: $16.07 Roszak's "Making of a Counter Culture" defined an era and the youth society that...

A Thousand Days of Magic: Dressing Jacqueline Kennedy for the White House Best Price: $23.96 I love reading and learning about Jackie Kennedy and feel she is the personification of...	America's Uncivil Wars: The Sixties Era from Elvis to the Fall of Richard Nixon Best Price: $19.00 I cannot in good conscience recommend Mr. Lytle's "America's Uncivil Wars" due to...	1968 in America: Music, Politics, Chaos, Counterculture, and the Shaping of a Generation Best Price: $8.38 From the vantage point of those courageous enough to take on the philosophies and rigidities of...	White Squall : The Last Voyage Of Albatross Best Price: $10.68 Having watched parts of "White Squall" on TV several times, I didn't really understand...	John F. Kennedy: The Presidential Portfolio: History as Told Through the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum Best Price: $8.64 there are over 250 pictures ans documents, it's very complete. the texts are interessing, not...

An Eye at the Top of the World Best Price: $5.49 Don't expect to learn much about the CIA operation reading this book. This is a poorly written...	"An Honorable Profession": A Tribute to Robert F. Kennedy Best Price: $6.99 This Book is a must read for all who Loved Kennedy.What a great man and Father.Its great reading.	October Fury Best Price: $3.19 I read this documentary because I was on the blockade line during the Cuban Missile Crisis and...	Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity (Reconfiguring American Political History) Best Price: $13.62 In the 1960s, the Nation of Islam and the Black Panther Party gave voice to many economically...	Definitive Proof: The Secret Service Murder of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy Best Price: $23.96 I will credit this author for atleast being able to see that there was a conspiracy to kill...

JFK: The CIA, Vietnam and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy In Oliver Stone's film "JFK" in the Mall Scene meeting between D.A. Jim Garrison...	Chicago '68 Best Price: $24.27 Farber's book deals with the three main forces behind the Chicago protest: the Yippies, the...	The Death of a President: November 20-November 25 Best Price: $53.65 Manchester's book is so well-written and well-researched that the reader is carried back in time...	Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary Best Price: $11.52 What makes this book especially interesting is how it describes the details and the process of a...	America in the Sixties--Right, Left, and Center: A Documentary History Best Price: $36.95 While this book covers a popular topic, it is an excellent source of primary resources from the...

Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud That Defined a Decade Best Price: $5.75 Jeff Shesol's book is an evenhanded account of the deep animosity that pervaded the relationship...	This Is America?: The Sixties in Lawrence, Kansas Best Price: $20.07 I grew up in Lawrence, Kansas in the '60s, and attended the University of Kansas during the time...	The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement Best Price: $18.45 Even forty years after the movement, the transition from son and grandson of Klansmen to field...	The Strike That Changed New York: Blacks, Whites, and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis Best Price: $23.22 The review below shows the passion this episode created and can still evoke. To argue that...

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