{"product_id":"9780141982526-the-long-68","title":"The Long '68","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRadical Protest and Its Enemies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fresh, compelling . an important book, revealing that 50 years on, 1968 is still unfinished business' Andrew Hussey, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A thoughtful, readable account of a moment in history that deserves to be dwelt on' Andrew Marr, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1968 saw an extraordinary range of protests across much of the western  world. Some of these were genuinely revolutionary - around ten million  French workers went on strike and the whole state teetered on the brink  of collapse. Others were more easily contained, but had profound  longer-term implications; terrorist groups, feminist collectives, gay  rights activists could all trace important roots to 1968. Bill Clinton  and even Tony Blair are, in many ways, the product of that year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Long '68\u003c\/i\u003e  is a striking and original attempt half a century on to show how these  events - from anti-war marches in the United States to revolts against  Soviet oppression in eastern Europe -  which in some ways still seem so  current, stemmed from histories and societies that are in practice now  extraordinarily remote from our own time. The book pursues the story  into the 1970s to show both the ever more violent forms of  radicalization that stemmed from 1968, and the brutal reactions from  those in power that brought the era to an end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451331359094,"sku":"9780141982526","price":12.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34323694.jpg?v=1760461881","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141982526-the-long-68","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}