1968
Subtitle: memories and legacies of a global revolt
By: edited by Philipp Gassert and Martin Klimke
Series: Bulletin of the German Historical Institute. Supplement -- no. 6; Bulletin (German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.)) -- no. 6.
Publisher: German Historical Institute
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Achtundsechziger; Insurgency; Radicalism; Modern History; Internationaler Vergleich; Political violence; Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D.; History
Other titles: Nineteen sixty-eight : memories and legacies of a global revolt
Description: Protests and demonstrations, sometimes violent, swept the globe in 1968, from the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia.  The introduction to this collection of essays notes: "...the rebellious young people of 1968 sincerely believed they were involved in a struggle against established orders (and world orders) worldwide."  Herein one finds accounts of the anti-war left, the Prague Spring, and dozens of other protest movements.
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