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In The Greatest Generation, his landmark bestseller, Tom Brokaw eloquently evoked for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, in Boom!, one of America's premier journalists gives us an epic portrait of another defining era in America as he brings to life the tumultuous Sixties, a fault line in American history. The voices and stories of both famous people and ordinary citizens come together as Brokaw takes us on a memorable journey through a remarkable time, exploring how individual lives and the national mindset were affected by a controversial era and showing how the aftershocks of the Sixties continue to resound in our lives today. In the reflections of a generation, Brokaw also discovers lessons that might guide us in the years ahead. Boom! One minute it was Ike and the man in the grey flannel suit, and the next minute it was time to "turn on, tune in, drop out." While Americans were walking on the moon, Americans were dying in Vietnam. Nothing was beyond question, and there were far fewer answers than before.Published as the fortieth anniversary of 1968 approaches, Boom! gives us what Brokaw sees as a virtual reunion of some members of "the class of '68," offering wise and moving reflections and frank personal remembrances about people's lives during a time of high ideals and profound social, political, and individual change. What were the gains, what were the losses? Who were the winners, who were the losers? As they look back decades later, what do members of the Sixties generation think really mattered in that tumultuous time, and what will have meaning going forward? Race, war, politics, feminism, popular culture, and music are all explored here, and we learn from a wide range of people about their lives. Tom Brokaw explores how members of this generation have gone on to bring activism and a Sixties mindset into individual entrepreneurship today. We hear stories of how this formative decade has led to a recalibrated perspective--on business, the environment, politics, family, our national existence. Remarkable in its insights, profoundly moving, wonderfully written and reported, this revealing portrait of a generation and of an era, and of the impact of the 1960s on our lives today, lets us be present at this reunion ourselves, and join in these frank conversations about America then, now, and tomorrow.From the Hardcover edition.
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American National characteristics, Journalists, Social conditions, Nineteen sixties, Biography, Social change, History, Nonfiction, nyt:e-book-nonfiction=2014-12-21, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, National characteristics, american, Journalists, biography, United states, history, 1961-1969, United states, social conditions, 1960-People
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Boom!: talking about the sixties : what happened, how it shaped today, lessons for tomorrow
2008, Random House Trade Paperbacks
in English
- Random House trade pbk. ed.
0812975111 9780812975116
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Boom!: voices of the sixties : personal reflections on the '60s and today
2007, Random House
in English
- 1st ed.
1400064570 9781400064571
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Boom!: Aftershocks of the Sixties
November 6, 2007, Random House
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0739326821 9780739326824
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Boom!: voices of the sixties : personal reflections on the '60s and today
2007, Random House
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Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today
November 6, 2007, Random House
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1400064570 9781400064571
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Boom!: Voices of the Sixties- Personal Reflections of the 60's and Today
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