The Long ’68
The Long ’68 by Richard Vinen, published by National Geographic Books on May 21, 2019, offers a detailed exploration of the significant protests and social movements that characterized 1968 across the western world. This 300-page book presents a thoughtful account of a pivotal moment in history, examining the revolutionary strikes in France, the rise of various activist groups, and the broader implications of these events on modern political landscapes.
Readers will find an in-depth analysis of how the protests of 1968, including anti-war marches in the United States and uprisings against Soviet oppression in Eastern Europe, continue to resonate today. Vinen traces the roots of contemporary movements in political freedom and social justice back to this transformative year, illustrating the connections between past and present. The narrative extends into the 1970s, highlighting the radicalization that followed and the responses from authorities that ultimately shaped the course of history.
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‘Fresh, compelling … an important book, revealing that 50 years on, 1968 is still unfinished business’ Andrew Hussey, Financial Times
‘A thoughtful, readable account of a moment in history that deserves to be dwelt on’ Andrew Marr, The Times
1968 saw an extraordinary range of protests across much of the western world. Some of these were genuinely revolutionary – around ten million French workers went on strike and the whole state teetered on the brink of collapse. Others were more easily contained, but had profound longer-term implications; terrorist groups, feminist collectives, gay rights activists could all trace important roots to 1968. Bill Clinton and even Tony Blair are, in many ways, the product of that year.
The Long ’68 is a striking and original attempt half a century on to show how these events – from anti-war marches in the United States to revolts against Soviet oppression in eastern Europe – which in some ways still seem so current, stemmed from histories and societies that are in practice now extraordinarily remote from our own time. The book pursues the story into the 1970s to show both the ever more violent forms of radicalization that stemmed from 1968, and the brutal reactions from those in power that brought the era to an end.
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