There's a Riot Going on: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars, and the Rise and Fall of the '60s

by Peter Doggett

Book Overview

Between 1965 and 1972, political activists around the globe prepared to mount a revolution. While the Vietnam War raged, calls for black power grew louder and liberation movements erupted everywhere from Berkeley, Detroit, and Newark, to Paris, Berlin, Ghana, and Peking. Rock and soul music fueled the revolutionary movement with anthems and iconic imagery. Soon the musicians themselves, from John Lennon and Bob Dylan to James Brown and Fela Kuti,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847671934
• ISBN13: 9781847671936
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Canongate Us
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Revolution of the 60s & 70s

One of the best books I've read in months. A sweeping inclusive view of history of the "revolution" from the mid sixties through the end of the Symbionese Liberation Army. If you lived through these times, this book will help put it all into perspective.