xThe Sixties : Years of Hope, Days of Rage by Todd Gitlin (Post-War Era, Politics)

The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage 

by Todd Gitlin 

Post-War Era
Politics

Thesis:

Specific examples/evidence that supports the thesis:

Summary:
The prologue lays out the main topics the author discusses throughout as the legacies/missed opportunities/accomplishments of the 60's...
1. Social Equality (Race, Gender, Sexuality)
2. Wide Open Lifestyles
3. Limitation of National Violence
4. Care of the Earth
5. Spread of Democratic Activity

What does this tell us about Politics in the Post War Era?

What parts of the book can be applied to lectures?

General Thoughts:

Gitlin experiences this era first hand. His interpretations are largely personal in his efforts to explain why the SDS movement ultimately failed to move forward the New Left Agenda and make any permanent long lasting impact 

Excerpts from Book Reviews: 

"One of the most perplexing, yet historically important, phenomena of our era has been the rise and abrupt fall of the New Left during the 1960s."

"Gitlin is on home base when describing the early, heady days of the student movement; he is increasingly introspective about the later sixties when the "movement" splintered. As much as anything, this is a book that seeks to explain what went wrong—what decisions, influences, and intentional disruptions pushed the Left into its final spasms of self-destruction."

My Highlighted Passages: