1960s Books


The Last Innocent Year: America In 1964--the Beginning Of The 'sixties'The Last Innocent Year: America In 1964--the Beginning Of The 'sixties'
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The year 1964 - well, the events that would shape the nation, anyway, from the funeral of JFK in...
A Hard Rain Fell: SDS and Why It FailedA Hard Rain Fell: SDS and Why It Failed
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Serious works on the SDS are rare, and this one certainly ranks among them. Yet its view of the...
Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy YearsMrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years
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I have always admired Jackie and I found this book to be a sensitive work about her life. It...
Looking Back at LBJ: White House Politics in a New LightLooking Back at LBJ: White House Politics in a New Light
Best Price: $30.08
Lyndon Baines Johnson ascended to the presidency in the wake of tragedy to lead the United...
The Civil Rights Movement (Seminar Studies in History Series)The Civil Rights Movement (Seminar Studies in History Series)
Best Price: $11.95
This is an accessible and engaging examination of the African-American struggle for equality,...


Support Any Friend: Kennedy's Middle East and the Making of the U.S.-Israel AllianceSupport Any Friend: Kennedy's Middle East and the Making of the U.S.-Israel Alliance
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This book came so quickly that I haven't had the chance to read it. Thanks. Read about Mr Bass...
We Came in Peace for All Mankind: The Untold Story of the Apollo 11 Silicon DiscWe Came in Peace for All Mankind: The Untold Story of the Apollo 11 Silicon Disc
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Given an accomplishment as large as landing the first men on the Moon, it is easy to understand...
Destiny Betrayed : J.F.K., Cuba, and the Garrison CaseDestiny Betrayed : J.F.K., Cuba, and the Garrison Case
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James DiEugenio is to be commended for a fine book on the Garrison case that still holds up...
Decision for Disaster: The Battle of the Bay of PigsDecision for Disaster: The Battle of the Bay of Pigs
This book detailed what actually happened during the Bay of Pigs incident. The author is one of...
The 1960s' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Hip Happenings, Swinging Sounds, and Out-of-Sight Oddities (Most Wanted)The 1960s' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Hip Happenings, Swinging Sounds, and Out-of-Sight Oddities (Most Wanted)
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The 1960s was a decade of contrasts. It had the Summer of Love, but it also witnessed the...


The Kennedy White House : Family Life and Pictures, 1961-1963The Kennedy White House : Family Life and Pictures, 1961-1963
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Sferazza-Anthony has put together a book on the Kennedy White House that is like none of the...
Aquarius Revisited: Seven Who Created The Sixties Counterculture That Changed AmericaAquarius Revisited: Seven Who Created The Sixties Counterculture That Changed America
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A great collection of tales from "the greater generation" Peter O. Whitmer is a...
Bloody Treason: On Solving History's Greatest Murder Mystery : The Assassination of John F. KennedyBloody Treason: On Solving History's Greatest Murder Mystery : The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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While I thought this book was worthwhile in many respects, ULTIMATE SACRIFICE is simply the best...
Faces of Freedom SummerFaces of Freedom Summer
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Only five of the 1800 photos from which these were selected had been printed before. The...
Robert Kennedy PbRobert Kennedy Pb
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I liked this book very much. It's not like a biography of RFK, but it is a biography of RFK's...

The Deadly Bet: LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 Election (Vietnam. America in the War Years)The Deadly Bet: LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 Election (Vietnam. America in the War Years)
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There is nothing here that one cannot read elsewhere and possibly with greater detail. This...
Paper Soldiers: The American Press and the Vietnam WarPaper Soldiers: The American Press and the Vietnam War
Best Price: $64.65
Paper Soldiers is an in-depth look at print media and those who wrote it during the Vietnam War....
The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968 (Southern Dissent)The Changing South of Gene Patterson: Journalism and Civil Rights, 1960-1968 (Southern Dissent)
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In the Eye of the Storm: Castro, Khrushchev, Kennedy and the Missile CrisisIn the Eye of the Storm: Castro, Khrushchev, Kennedy and the Missile CrisisPromises Kept: John F. Kennedy's New FrontierPromises Kept: John F. Kennedy's New Frontier
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Since the death of John F. Kennedy, the early hagiography has given way to a sharply critical,...

The Assassination Chronicles: Inquest, Counterplot, and LegendThe Assassination Chronicles: Inquest, Counterplot, and Legend
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The Assassination Chronicles consists of three short books - Inquest, Counterplot, and Legend -...
John F. Kennedy and a New Generation (Library of American Biography)John F. Kennedy and a New Generation (Library of American Biography)
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It is interesting to me that a short book such as this illuminates as much about the Kennedy...
If White Kids Die: Memories of a Civil Rights Movement VolunteerIf White Kids Die: Memories of a Civil Rights Movement Volunteer
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This book was recommended by a friend who is mentioned in the book. Otherwise I probably would...
The Politics of Hope and The Bitter Heritage: American Liberalism in the 1960s (The James Madison Library in American Politics)The Politics of Hope and The Bitter Heritage: American Liberalism in the 1960s (The James Madison Library in American Politics)
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The Politics of Hope and The Bitter Heritage brings together two important books that bracket...
History Will Not Absolve Us :  Orwellian Control, Public Denial, & the Murder of President KennedyHistory Will Not Absolve Us : Orwellian Control, Public Denial, & the Murder of President Kennedy
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The thrust of History Will Not Absolve Us though is not so much sifting through the considerable...

Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and StatementsMalcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements
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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. NO ONE HAS BROUGHT THE TRUTH LIKE MALCOLM HAS "EVER" IN THIS...
Kennedy Contract: The Mafia Plot to Assassinate the PresidentKennedy Contract: The Mafia Plot to Assassinate the President
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In 1979, after a wide-ranging two-year investigation, the House Select Committee on...
The Sixties: Cultural Transformation in Britain, France, Italy and the United States, c. 1958 - c. 1974The Sixties: Cultural Transformation in Britain, France, Italy and the United States, c. 1958 - c. 1974
In his book, The Sixties, Arthur Marwick argues that a cultural revolution took place from 1958...
Impossible to Hold: Women and Culture in the 1960s (American History and Culture Series)Impossible to Hold: Women and Culture in the 1960s (American History and Culture Series)
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"A superb accomplishment that assembles lively, spirited writing about women, some...
The Chicago Conspiracy TrialThe Chicago Conspiracy Trial
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Great historical trial. You will find that the same is going on now 40 years later with the...

The Johnson Years, Volume Three: LBJ at Home and AbroadThe Johnson Years, Volume Three: LBJ at Home and Abroad
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Over the past decade, Lyndon Johnson has become the focus of an increasing number of revisionist...
Reasonable Doubt: An Investigation into the Assassination of John F. KennedyReasonable Doubt: An Investigation into the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Henry Hurt's "Reasonable Doubt" is a very fine book that only suffers from the passage...
On the Walls and in the Streets: American Poetry Broadsides from the 1960sOn the Walls and in the Streets: American Poetry Broadsides from the 1960s
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If you ever wanted to enter the treasure troves of a rare manuscript collection, you can now...
I Always Sang for My Father/Or Anyone Who Would ListenI Always Sang for My Father/Or Anyone Who Would Listen
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I Always Sang for My Father is a memoir about a life spent serving and entertaining the public....
The Johnson Years, Volume Two: Vietnam, the Environment, and ScienceThe Johnson Years, Volume Two: Vietnam, the Environment, and Science
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In exploring the antiwar movement, tax and foreign economic policies, environmental and health...

In Love With Night: The American Romance With Robert KennedyIn Love With Night: The American Romance With Robert Kennedy
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The book starts off by wanting to expose the myth behind the legend of RFK. The author plays him...
The South Side: The Racial Transformation of an American Neighborhood (Glas, 21)The South Side: The Racial Transformation of an American Neighborhood (Glas, 21)
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Neighborhoods are created by groups of individuals, usually of the same ethnic background. How a...
Chappaquiddick: The Real StoryChappaquiddick: The Real Story
Best Price: $25.00
James Lange is a practicing lawyer (drunk driving and accident cases) and a former investigator....
False Witness: The Real Story of Jim Garrison's Investigation and Oliver Stone's Film JFKFalse Witness: The Real Story of Jim Garrison's Investigation and Oliver Stone's Film JFK
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My 15-year-old nephew Michael shall be writing all future reviews, just for future reference... ...
Killing Kennedy: And the Hoax of the CenturyKilling Kennedy: And the Hoax of the Century
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While I thought this book was worthwhile in many respects (I am mentioned on several pages, as...

Beneath the Diamond Sky: Haight Ashbury 1965 1970Beneath the Diamond Sky: Haight Ashbury 1965 1970
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I bought BENEATH THE DIAMOND SKY with the expectation that it would be a history of the...
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965: A Companion Volume to the PBS Television SeriesEyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965: A Companion Volume to the PBS Television Series
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This is a very good book on its own. But, as a companion to the series Eyes On The Prize, it's...
In the New WorldIn the New World
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I picked up this book on a whim and found it engrossing from the first page. Since I was born...
Seeds of the SixtiesSeeds of the Sixties
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"The Sixties." The powerful images conveyed by those two words have become an enduring...
A Question of Character the Life of John F KennedyA Question of Character the Life of John F Kennedy
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As a "life-time student" of Christianity and culture, a believer in "intentional...

Mrs. Paine's Garage: And the Murder of John F. KennedyMrs. Paine's Garage: And the Murder of John F. Kennedy
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Very good book taking information from the account of the landlord for Marina Oswald at the time...
Communists on Campus: Race, Politics, and the Public University in Sixties North CarolinaCommunists on Campus: Race, Politics, and the Public University in Sixties North Carolina
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Professor Billingsley is a passionate, knowledgable lecturer on race relations. I had the...
'63: The Story of the 1963 World Championship Chicago Bears'63: The Story of the 1963 World Championship Chicago Bears
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It has become fashionable in the last several years to write books about a particular year in...
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The Making of a First Lady : A TributeJacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The Making of a First Lady : A Tribute
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Jacques Lowe is a wonderful photographer, which is evident in these wonderful photographs of...
The Day Kennedy Was Shot: An Hour-by-Hour Account of What Really Happened on November 22, 1963The Day Kennedy Was Shot: An Hour-by-Hour Account of What Really Happened on November 22, 1963
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I have no idea why this book is no longer in print. Jim Bishop wrote an earlier book about the...

The Other Missiles of October: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Jupiters, 1957-1963The Other Missiles of October: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the Jupiters, 1957-1963
Best Price: $22.00
Though the author only deals with a narrow focus on "our" missiles and their effect on...
We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us Against (Elephant Paperbacks)We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us Against (Elephant Paperbacks)
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this is the best book about the 60s and the haight ashbury ever writen i should know im white...
Selling Outer Space: Kennedy, the Media, and Funding for Project Apollo, 1961-1963 (Studies Rhetoric & Communicati)Selling Outer Space: Kennedy, the Media, and Funding for Project Apollo, 1961-1963 (Studies Rhetoric & Communicati)
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Of Long Memory: Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar EversOf Long Memory: Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar Evers
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This account was writt6en in 1994 and covers the story of the murder of Medgar Evers up to the...
Real Answers: The True Story Told by Gary Cornwell, Deputy Chief Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations, in Charge of the Investigation of the John F. Kennedy AssassinationReal Answers: The True Story Told by Gary Cornwell, Deputy Chief Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations, in Charge of the Investigation of the John F. Kennedy Assassination
Best Price: $22.92
This book, written by former Deputy Chief Counsel to the HSCA Gary Cornwell, is an o.k. book,...

The Briar Patch: The Trial of the Panther 21The Briar Patch: The Trial of the Panther 21
This book gives some good information on The History of The New York Black Panther Party. It is...
Making Peace with the 60sMaking Peace with the 60s
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As a child of the 60's, I've read a lot of books about the period trying to pin down just what...
Following Our Bliss: How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives TodayFollowing Our Bliss: How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives Today
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>Book Review > >Following Our Bliss >By Don Lattin >Harper, San Francisco ...
Sad and Luminous Days: Cuba's Secret Struggle with the Superpower after the Missile CrisisSad and Luminous Days: Cuba's Secret Struggle with the Superpower after the Missile Crisis
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In tracing the developments of the Cuban Missile Crisis and beyond, this book presents and...
 
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