![]() ![]() The author shows a similar eye for the telling anecdote in his succession of multiple chapters on Czechoslovakia, Cuba, France, West Germany, Mexico, the United States, and numerous other countries. Kurlansky's account of the dissident movement in Poland, for instance, describes the political controversy created by the production of Adam Mickiewicz's emotional play, Dziady (pp. He does this with verve and colorful detail. Kurlansky's book offers a chronological tour through the hot spots of rebellion in 1968 to illustrate the "combustion of rebellious spirits around the world" (p. In his introduction, Kurlansky explains: "What was unique about 1968 was that people were rebelling over disparate issues and had in common only that desire to rebel, ideas about how to do it, a sense of alienation from the established order, and a profound distaste for authoritarianism in any form" (p. He focuses on the phenomenon of popular rebellion across societies and cultures. Mark Kurlansky's new book joins a growing literature that examines the history of the 1960s, and 1968 in particular, from a global perspective. Remembering the Emotions and Images of 1968 Reviewed by Jeremi Suri (Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison) ![]()
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