num_pages: 192
description: This anthology covers the major events that shaped the world during the pivotal decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Topics covered include the Bay of Pigs invasion, the building of the Berlin Wall, U.S. president Kennedy's assassination, the first moon landing, the U.S. legalization of abortion, the Vietnam War, and the Ayatollah Khomeini's deposition of the shah of Iran.
language: English
title: Events That Changed the World - 1960-1980
titlecomplete: Events That Changed the World - 1960-1980 (paperback edition)
publisher: Greenhaven Press