Introduction 3 I Sudden Freedom 13 II Killers of the Dream 49 III Resolve and Restraint: The Cold War under Kennedy 84 IV The Rucksack Revolution 113 V Do Not Spindle: The Student Rebellion 134 VI The Poverty Wars 167 VII The Liberals' War in Vietnam 189 Epilogue 217 Bibliography 225 Acknowledgments 287 Index 289
The 1990s continue to be haunted by the 1960s. In this lively, thought-provoking visit to the sixties, David Burner helps us understand why so many of the idealistic aspirations of that decade were disappointed and what we might do to recover them. -- William E. Leuchtenburg, William Rand Kenan Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill In this lively, thought-provoking revisit to the sixties, David Burner helps us understand why so many of the idealistic aspirations of that decade were disappointed and what we might do to recover them. -- William Leuchtenburg A wise and compelling account of liberalism's demise... Great fun to read--witty, perceptive, and well-written. -- David Oshinsky, Rutgers University
David Burner is Professor of History at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the author of John F. Kennedy and a New Generation, Herbert Hoover: A Public Life, and The Politics of Provincialism: The Democratic Party in Transition, 1918-1932.
"A thoughtful, almost elegiac, examination of liberalism's moral and ideological collapse over ten famously tumultuous years... The book is lucid, and Burner's tone throughout is as measured and reasonable as the creed whose redemption he seeks... a valuable contribution for those still trying to make sense of the '60s."--Kirkus Reviews "A sane, reasoned, civil book on the 1960s by a liberal academic: Who says the age of miracles is over? ... Making Peace with the 60s is a fine book."--Philip Gold, Washington Times "Burner has mastered the large volume of recent historical writing on the period, has thought carefully about the major issues, and makes some fascinating connections among the civil rights movement, the Beats, and the student rebellions in the middle of the decade... Burner is balanced and fair-minded, especially on such controversial topics as the origins of black power, the social contributions of the Great Society, and the political mistakes of liberalism during the Kennedy and Johnson years."--Lewis L. Gould, Book World "Burner offers a keen-sighted, comprehensive analysis of a fascinating era... Readers searching for an admirable explanation of the cross-connections in this mythic decade can find them here."--Publishers Weekly
"A thoughtful, almost elegiac, examination of liberalism's moral and ideological collapse over ten famously tumultuous years... The book is lucid, and Burner's tone throughout is as measured and reasonable as the creed whose redemption he seeks... a valuable contribution for those still trying to make sense of the '60s."--Kirkus Reviews "A sane, reasoned, civil book on the 1960s by a liberal academic: Who says the age of miracles is over? ... Making Peace with the 60s is a fine book."--Philip Gold, Washington Times "Burner has mastered the large volume of recent historical writing on the period, has thought carefully about the major issues, and makes some fascinating connections among the civil rights movement, the Beats, and the student rebellions in the middle of the decade... Burner is balanced and fair-minded, especially on such controversial topics as the origins of black power, the social contributions of the Great Society, and the political mistakes of liberalism during the Kennedy and Johnson years."--Lewis L. Gould, Book World "Burner offers a keen-sighted, comprehensive analysis of a fascinating era... Readers searching for an admirable explanation of the cross-connections in this mythic decade can find them here."--Publishers Weekly
Burner (John F. Kennedy and a New Generation, Addison-Wesley, 1988) chronicles the breakdown of liberalism during the 1960s. He begins with the Civil Rights movement, then continues with JFK and the Cold War, the counterculture movement, the war on poverty, and U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. With each topic he illustrates how liberalism went wrong and how it ultimately self-destructed. Although not meant to be a complete history of the decade, his book does report on most of the major movements of the time. (Burner does not cover the women's movement at all, explaining that it does not fit because it was not a "phenomenon of the 1960s either chronologically or as discussed herein.") Burner concludes that liberalism ultimately failed because it became splintered and fractious. He also provides some keen insight into the ways in which the liberalism of the era has affected politics right up to the 1990s. Recommended for academic and public libraries.‘Roseanne Castellino, D'Youville Coll. Lib., Buffalo, N.Y.
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