Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening

by Douglas Brinkley

Book Overview

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.

With the detonation of the Trinity explosion in the New Mexico desert in 1945, the United States took...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063212919
• ISBN13: 9780063212916
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 2.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"