The Student Revolution: A Global Confrontation

by Joseph A. Califano Jr.

Book Overview

Mr. Califano proposes a greater role for the young in matters that affect them. He makes specific proposals about our draft boards, our educational system, our political process. And he asks our students to remember that it is one thing to fight for freedom where it does not exist, and quite another to abuse it where it does.

The book is a thoughtful exploration of the worldwide and profound nature of the crisis that besets youth. Professor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393005194
• ISBN13: 9780393005196
• Release Date: September 1970
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

An Interesting Find

I was lucky enough to come accross this book at a library book sale, and it was a good find. Califano gives a brief overview of the turmoil surrounding S.D.S. and the student uprisings at universities in the late sixties. Part of the focus is on Berkley, but the book also covers western european unversities in some detail. Califano's portrayal is from an outsider's perspective (he was not involved in the movement), but he is very sympathetic. Even where he disagrees with some individual causes the students brought up in their protests, he recognizes that if the students are in turmoil then there must be some very real problem underneath the surface.