1960s Books


Ruffles and Flourishes Best Price: $5.02 This is Liz Carpenter's first memoir, a witty and intimate chronicle of life behind-the-scenes...	High Treason: The Assassination of JFK & the Case for Conspiracy Best Price: $13.99 High Treason is one of the most shocking, truthful, explicit detailed account of the Conspiracy...	When the News Went Live: Dallas 1963 Best Price: $11.99 The four authors were at the pivot point of American news delivery changing from morning and...	Assault on the Left: The FBI and the Sixties Antiwar Movement Best Price: $1.82 The New Left was founded in 1962, and as a social and political protest movement, it captured...	JFK for a New Generation Best Price: $7.31 Conover Hunt-Jones suprised me with this book, as I wasn't expecting much. Very well written...



Life in Camelot: The Kennedy Years Best Price: $14.73 This book will always hold a special place in my heart---it was one of the very first books I...	Blood, Money & Power: How L.B.J. Killed J.F.K. (MP3 CD) Best Price: $14.91 Barr McClellan really didn't have any reason to write this book other than the fact that he was...	Lbj's Texas White House: "Our Heart's Home" Best Price: $16.63	John F. Kennedy (Grandes biografias series) Best Price: $5.24 Outstanding figures who have shaped the path of history are profiled in these handsome,...	Treachery in Dallas Best Price: $39.62 Walt Brown is a former special agent of the Justice Department, and has a Ph.D. in American...



San Francisco in the Sixties (Cities in the Sixties) 80 black-and-white and color photos.	We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi This book gives an excellent account of what life was like in the South during the fight for...	Robert Kennedy and His Times Best Price: $63.35 Robert Kennedy played to win. The idea that he was a champion of the little guy is a myth. If...	Rag-Tags, Scum, Riff-Raff and Commies: The U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965-1966 Best Price: $15.11 The author portrays a very fascinating brief experiment in American support of politicians in...	Lex: Reminiscences of a late 60's student Best Price: $15.13 Lex is set in Lexington, Virginia. A coming of age novel about a student of the late sixties at...

Reassessing the Sixties: Debating the Political and Cultural Legacy Best Price: $24.98 Debate about the 60's continues in this noisy and intelligent book of essays by nine prominent...	Orders to Kill: The Truth Behind the Murder of Martin Luther King Best Price: $36.20 Bill Pepper, a personel friend of Dr. King's later became James Earl Ray's defense lawyer. Upon...	The Last Crusade: Martin Luther King Jr., The Fbi, And The Poor People's Campaign Best Price: $18.29 In The Last Crusade, Gerald McKnight examines the Poor People's Campaign, the last large-scale...	Vendetta!: Fidel Castro and the Kennedy Brothers Best Price: $6.90 The author's usage of demeaning terminology in reference to anyone associated with Castro...	Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism: A Brief Biography with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) This was required reading for a graduate course in American history. From the New Deal of the...

Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Best Price: $13.00 Having read several books on MLK's assassination, and well over 100 on JFK's, I am not what you...	An Act of Betrayal Best Price: $13.95 I bought this book with the hopes of learning specifically about the Bay of Pigs, such as: What...	DECADE OF SHOCKS: Dallas to Watergate 1963-1974	Colleagues: Richard B. Russell and His Apprentice, Lyndon B. Johnson Best Price: $104.64 I first became aware of the friend of Lyndon John and Richard Russell after reading MASTERS OF...	Playa Giron: Bahia De Cochinos : Primer Derrota Militar De Washington En America Best Price: $12.00 En menos de 72 horas en abril de 1961, Cuba repuls? una invasi?n de 1,500 mercenarios...

Kennedy, Johnson, and the Quest for Justice: The Civil Rights Tapes Best Price: $1.99 This text is great for real history buffs and anyone looking for more information on the civil...	Kennedy and Macmillan: Cold War Politics Best Price: $19.04 Usually i don't like to comment on books that i have read, but this is quite possibly the most...	Economists with Guns: Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations, 1960-1968 Best Price: $43.48 Offering the first comprehensive history of U.S relations with Indonesia during the 1960s, ...	Correspondence with Vincent Salandria Best Price: $25.37 By 1964, Vince Salandria knew that the assassination of JFK could only have been carried out and...	The Party: A Political Memoir (Volume 1) (The Socialist Workers Party 1960-1988) Best Price: $12.39 No radical can read Barry Sheppard's book without being simultaneously awestruck and inspired. ...

The Return of Nat Turner: History, Literature, and Cultural Politics in Sixties America	Children of the Movement: The Sons and Daughters of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, George Wallace, Andrew Young, Julian Bond, Stokely ... Rights Movement Tested and Transformed Thei Best Price: $11.87 This is really one of the most fascinating books to deal with the civil rights movement in...	Spy Capitalism: ITEK and the CIA Best Price: $40.16 Spy Capitalism is a valuable contribution for those of us who follow the history of technology...	Encyclopedia of the JFK Assasination (Facts on File Library of American History) While I thought this book was worthwhile in many respects (I am mentioned on several pages, as...	Constructing National Interests: The United States and the Cuban Missile Crisis (Borderlines) Best Price: $23.50

The Crusade for Justice: Chicano Militancy and the Government's War on Dissent Best Price: $19.62 The result is a terrific and important book... It's important because it is history and the...	RFK: Collected Speeches Best Price: $249.00 The majority of the speeches found in this book are from 1964-1968 (Bobby's Senate years). What...	Assignment: Oswald Best Price: $18.48 Aside from personally destroying potential evidence in the Oswald case--a note from Oswald in...	Missiles of October Best Price: $19.95 The trouble with history, particularly modern history, is that events can be interpreted and...	Beyond the Burning Bus: The Civil Rights Revolution in a Southern Town Best Price: $15.97 Having been a professor of Race Relations and Minority Peoples at an African-American College...

The New Left: Legacy and Continuity Best Price: $11.95 The greatest contribution of the New Left of the 1960s was its determination to build a culture...	The F.B.I. and Martin Luther King, Jr.	Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties Best Price: $3.00 This is a short, well-written and most welcome history of prominent social, cultural and...	Conspiracy of One: The Definitive Book on the Kennedy Assassination Best Price: $7.58 We've heard all the weird, wacky "researchers" out there, and their "books"...	Historical Dictionary of the 1970s Best Price: $6.00 The 1970s were difficult years for the United States, a time when long-held convictions were...

Young Men With Unlimited Capital: The Story of Woodstock Overall, YOUNG MEN WITH UNLIMITED CAPITAL is a hilarious, quirky, action-filled story with wry,...	Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kennedys Best Price: $11.94 On the whole I found this book to be a very informative guide to the Kennedy family. ...	From Laika With Love Best Price: $12.99 This book reveals the extraordinary life and achievements of Duane Graveline, MD, MPH. A...	Reclaiming Democracy: The Sixties in Politics and Memory Best Price: $5.95 Meta Mendel-Reyes' book is a great, quick read both for those who experienced and those who are...	Master Index to the J. F. K. Assassination Investigation: The Reports and Supporting Volumes of the House Select Committee on Assassinations and the

American Decades: 1960-1969 (American Decades) Best Price: $111.96 This anthology presents a wide variety of interesting info on all the decades that I used as one...	The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture in Recent America (Critical Perspectives on the Past) Best Price: $23.94 How can we make sense of the fact that after decades of right-wing political mobilizing the...	John F. Kennedy: Person, Policy, Presidency Best Price: $81.15	John F. Kennedy: The Promise Revisited (Contributions in Political Science) The introduction looks at Kennedy as president and as politician, and establishes the two...	Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House Restoration Best Price: $100.99 James Abbot and Elaine Rice are right on the money! This book entails the Kennedy restoration...

Coming Apart: A Memoir of the Harvard Wars of 1969 Best Price: $0.93 This is everything a book ought to be -- wise, thoughtful, well-written and inspiring. What a...	The Sixties and the End of Modern America (The St. Martin's Series in U.S. History) Best Price: $13.00	An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962 Best Price: $15.15 William Doyle has written an excellent account of the events surrounding Meredith's entry into...	The Kennedy Wit/the Humor and Wisdom of John F. Kennedy Best Price: $40.66 "The Kennedy Wit" is an entertaining collection of witty statements by JFK. Organized...

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