1968: The World TransformedCarole Fink, Philipp Gassert, Detlef Junker Cambridge University Press, 1998 M10 28 - 490 pages 1968: The World Transformed presents a global perspective on the tumultuous events of the most crucial year in the era of the Cold War. By interpreting 1968 as a transnational phenomenon, authors from Europe and the United States explain why the crises of 1968 erupted almost simultaneously throughout the world. Together, the eighteen chapters provide an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the rise and fall of protest movements worldwide. The book represents an effort to integrate international relations, the role of media, and the cross-cultural exchange of people and ideas into the history of that year. 1968 emerges as a global phenomenon because of the linkages between domestic and international affairs, the powerful influence of the media, the networks of communication among activists, and the shared opposition to the domestic and international status quo in the name of freedom and self-determination. |
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1968 Top Secret action activists American became Beijing Berlin Brandt Brezhnev campaign chapter China Chinese civil rights Cold War Communist countries CPSU crisis Czechoslovakia defense democracy democratic demonstrations détente developments Dubček East Eastern Europe economic European events of 1968 Federal Republic forces foreign policy France Frankfurt am Main global gold Gomułka groups Ibid invasion issues Johnson KSČ La Stampa LBJL Left liberal Lyndon March ment military Moscow Nazi Nixon nuclear officials Ostpolitik party Peace percent Politburo political Prague Spring president protest movement radical reform role Shelest Sino-Soviet social socialist society South Vietnam South Vietnamese Soviet leaders Soviet Union Springer Stampa strategy struggle student movement Tet Offensive Third World tion troops TsK KPSS TsKhSD United University Vietnam Vietnam War Warsaw Pact Washington West German Western women women's movement workers York