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Decades of the 20th and 21st Centuries
The 1960s from the Vietnam War to Flower Power
Traces the events, trends, politics, and important people of the 1960s, including lifestyles, fashion, arts and entertainment, sports, environmental issues, and technology.
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64 pages, Library Binding
First published September 1, 2000
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January 22, 2015Friday, December 5, 2014
Stephen Feinstein really managed to make the reader interested and very anxious about reading and learning the major events that had occurred throughout the 1960's. This book thoroughly explains in distinctive details how the 1960's was when some of the most important people, hopes', promises', scientific accomplishments, wars, and sport broken records had occurred and how they greatly affected our world nowadays. As stated in the book "President John F. Kennedy...symbolised the hopes and dreams of many Americans" (Feinstein 28). President John F. Kennedy could be described as a "youthful" president, he did succeed in fulfilling his promise of getting American people to the moon. Although this promise was accomplished by 1969, the United States of America was not a very joyful place.
The brilliant author, Stephen Feinstein sharply talked about and pinpointed the important figures of the 1960's. One important person in the 1960's that had greatly changed the world and how all people are judged is of course Martin Luther King. He had hoped of a world were all people would not be only judged by their skin color but by their actions and personality. The great Martin Luther King once said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" (Feinstein 43). King was one of the figures that have changed and might have even possibly saved numerous black peoples' lives. Stephen Feinstein still keeps on impressing the reader with his precise facts and knowledge about the 1960's.
The book "The 1960s from the Vietnam War to Flower Power" obviously gives the reader a hint that one of the most if not the most important event in the 1960s is the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war was also called the "Johnson's War" because the old U.S. president was personally involved in the planning of war strategy that was taking place in Vietnam. Since the Vietnamese had won their independence from the French in 1954 the territory was split the Communists and the anti-Communists. The United States helped the South Vietnamese because they were afraid of the Communists. The book clearly states "...the United States had been helping the south by sending economic aid and several hundred military advisors" (Feinstein 36). The Vietnam War was a truly sad and tragic war for both Vietnam and the United States of America.
With all this great and precise detail about the history of America expressed from Stephen Feinstein in the exquisite book "The 1960s from the Vietnam War to Flower Power" there comes a morality as some of the readers might say. Stephen Feinstein would talk about the ups and downs that the United States of America has had but behind all of this comes a life lesson that the readers as well as all people living on this Earth should know, understand, and follow. That life lesson is all people should have a dream of hope and or a goal that a person would stop at nothing to accomplish it and be proud of it. Stephen Feinstein expressed this them through President John Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Stephen Feinstein clearly wrote about President Kennedy, "President Kennedy also set a difficult goal for the nation's space program..." (Feinstein 5). Stephen also wrote about Martin Luther King saying, "I have a dream..." (Feinstein 43). Both of these important people in the U.S. as well as world history have fulfilled their hopes as well as dreams.
Stephen Feinstein really managed to make the reader interested and very anxious about reading and learning the major events that had occurred throughout the 1960's. This book thoroughly explains in distinctive details how the 1960's was when some of the most important people, hopes', promises', scientific accomplishments, wars, and sport broken records had occurred and how they greatly affected our world nowadays. As stated in the book "President John F. Kennedy...symbolised the hopes and dreams of many Americans" (Feinstein 28). President John F. Kennedy could be described as a "youthful" president, he did succeed in fulfilling his promise of getting American people to the moon. Although this promise was accomplished by 1969, the United States of America was not a very joyful place.
The brilliant author, Stephen Feinstein sharply talked about and pinpointed the important figures of the 1960's. One important person in the 1960's that had greatly changed the world and how all people are judged is of course Martin Luther King. He had hoped of a world were all people would not be only judged by their skin color but by their actions and personality. The great Martin Luther King once said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" (Feinstein 43). King was one of the figures that have changed and might have even possibly saved numerous black peoples' lives. Stephen Feinstein still keeps on impressing the reader with his precise facts and knowledge about the 1960's.
The book "The 1960s from the Vietnam War to Flower Power" obviously gives the reader a hint that one of the most if not the most important event in the 1960s is the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war was also called the "Johnson's War" because the old U.S. president was personally involved in the planning of war strategy that was taking place in Vietnam. Since the Vietnamese had won their independence from the French in 1954 the territory was split the Communists and the anti-Communists. The United States helped the South Vietnamese because they were afraid of the Communists. The book clearly states "...the United States had been helping the south by sending economic aid and several hundred military advisors" (Feinstein 36). The Vietnam War was a truly sad and tragic war for both Vietnam and the United States of America.
With all this great and precise detail about the history of America expressed from Stephen Feinstein in the exquisite book "The 1960s from the Vietnam War to Flower Power" there comes a morality as some of the readers might say. Stephen Feinstein would talk about the ups and downs that the United States of America has had but behind all of this comes a life lesson that the readers as well as all people living on this Earth should know, understand, and follow. That life lesson is all people should have a dream of hope and or a goal that a person would stop at nothing to accomplish it and be proud of it. Stephen Feinstein expressed this them through President John Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Stephen Feinstein clearly wrote about President Kennedy, "President Kennedy also set a difficult goal for the nation's space program..." (Feinstein 5). Stephen also wrote about Martin Luther King saying, "I have a dream..." (Feinstein 43). Both of these important people in the U.S. as well as world history have fulfilled their hopes as well as dreams.
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February 18, 2016
Were it not for the chronology at the end of the book, I would have given this one three stars. The organization kept certain types of events together - like advances in science, or politics. But it was hard to grasp how all of this came together in the decade as a whole until you looked at that list and realized what things were all happening at the same time. Which is necessary because how can you look at the history of a decade without that kind of overreaching view?
The 60s is not just a handful of events, it's how those events worked together. Where you see Civil Rights, you also see the battle for Women's Rights. You see how the Space Race affected advances in science, but also played out a part in the tensions between the U.S. and Russia and explains why it was so important to get there first.
The text was clear and easy to understand. The pictures were great to help illustrate points. But overall, I wish the author had linked the events of the day a little more clearly to one another. A decent book but not the best I've seen on the era.
The 60s is not just a handful of events, it's how those events worked together. Where you see Civil Rights, you also see the battle for Women's Rights. You see how the Space Race affected advances in science, but also played out a part in the tensions between the U.S. and Russia and explains why it was so important to get there first.
The text was clear and easy to understand. The pictures were great to help illustrate points. But overall, I wish the author had linked the events of the day a little more clearly to one another. A decent book but not the best I've seen on the era.
June 7, 2013
Clearly written, interesting overview of the 60's, with lots of photographs. Covers a lot of ground concisely. Good book for teens.
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