Year the Dream Died

A prominent journalist looks at the most pivotal year in modern American history -- and its irrevocable consequences for today's society.

The tumultuous events of 1968 burden America to this day. The assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, campus riots, and the election of Richard Nixon led to disappointment, division, and self-doubt that bred distrust of the nation's leaders and institutions. For millions of Americans, the dream that we would at last face up with compassion to our most basic problems at home and abroad was shattered in 1968, and the groundwork was laid for the cynical social and political climate that exists today.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 06/01/1997
ISBN: 9780446518499
Pages: 560
Weight: 1.81lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.32w x 1.61d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 05/05/1997 pg. 185
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/1997 pg. 709
Library Journal 06/15/1997 pg. 84
New York Times 06/22/1997 pg. 7
Booklist 06/01/1997 pg. 1653
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1997 pg. 78
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1998 pg. 78