To some, 1968 was the year of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Yet it was also
the year of the Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy assassinations;
the riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Prague Spring;
the antiwar movement and the Tet Offensive; Black Power; the generation gap;
avant-garde theater; the upsurge of the women.s movement; and the beginning
of the end for the Soviet Union.

In this monumental book, Mark Kurlansky brings to teeming life the cultural
and political history of that pivotal year, when television.s influence on
global events first became apparent, and spontaneous uprisings occurred
simultaneously around the world. Encompassing the diverse realms of youth
and music, politics and war, economics and the media, 1968 shows how twelve
volatile months transformed who we were as a people.and led us to where we
are today.

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