Kent State/May 4: Echoes Through a Decade

by Scott L. Bills and Shirley Bills

Book Overview

The reverberations of the rifle shots that killed four students on May 4, 1970 echoed across the nation and beyond. Nowhere, perhaps, did they echo with more persistence and poignancy than at the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873382781
• ISBN13: 9780873382786
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Murder Will Out: The Long View of History on May 4th, 1970

It's said that the closer you stand to the target, the easier it is to hit it. But in the review and analysis of May 4th, 1970 at Kent State, it appears that the farther away we get, the less passionate and more information we have to judge the event and causes. As the most recent book on the event, this publication should be read and weighed against Michenor's early book, Peter Davies conspiracy book, and the other subsequent books. Only by examining all points of view will we come to our judgement of who fired, why and on what authority. Though we know it was the National Guardsmen who fired without an order from their superiors, we will likely never know the final true story until one of the Guardsmen brakes his silence and tells his story. Until then, this book may be the best account possible.