Historical Dictionary of the 1960s

by James S. Olson and James Stuart Olson

Book Overview

Few eras in U.S. history have begun with more optimistic promise and ended in more pessimistic despair than the 1960s. When JFK became president in 1960, the U.S. was the hope of the world. Ten years later American power abroad seemed wasted in the jungles of Indochina, and critics at home cast doubt on whether the U.S. was really the land of the free and the home of the brave. This book takes an encyclopedic look at the decade--at the individuals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031329271X
• ISBN13: 9780313292712
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"