Turning PointsActual and Alternate Histories: America in Revolt during the 1960s and 1970s [Hardcover]

Offering a unique approach to studying one of the most eventful eras in American history, this volume looks at a dozen key events of the 1960s and 1970s and considers the possible paths history might have taken if the outcomes had been different.

This volume in theTurning PointsActual and Alternative Historiesseries looks at a tumultuous recent era in American history, a time when pivotal, often tragic, world-changing events seemed to be happening at an alarming rate.

America in Revolt during the 1960s and 1970slooks at 12 significant events, from the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the passage of the Civil Rights Act, from the student killings at Kent State to Richard Nixon's resignation. Drawing on the concepts of alternative history, the book portrays each event as it happened, then considers some plausible alternative scenarios of how history would have been different if these events had not occurred. It is a uniquely thought provoking way of exploring an explosive era, whose aftershocks continue to shape the American experience today.

Rodney P. Carlisle, PhD, is professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, and vice president of History Associates Incorporated, Rockville, MD.

J. Geoffrey Golsonis president and editor of Golson Books, Ltd., Croton-on-Hudson, NY.

This accessible but thought-provoking book is highly recommended for history, historiography, and political theory collections. Library Journal

High school libraries would find this a fine addition. Reference & User Services Quarterly