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The Soviet Sixties

The Soviet Sixties

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\\'The Soviet Sixties\\' is a compelling non-fiction exploration of a transformative decade in Soviet history. This meticulously researched volume, featuring contributions from renowned historians and cultural analysts, delves into the political, social, and cultural shifts that defined the 1960s in the USSR. Themes of reform, artistic expression, and ideological conflict are vividly illustrated through first-hand accounts and archival material. This book offers an insightful, nuanced perspective on a pivotal era, making it an essential read for those interested in Soviet history and Cold War dynamics.
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Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.'The Soviet Sixties' is a compelling non-fiction exploration of a transformative decade in Soviet history. This meticulously researched volume, featuring contributions from renowned historians and cultural analysts, delves into the political, social, and cultural shifts that defined the 1960s in the USSR. Themes of reform, artistic expression, and ideological conflict are vividly illustrated through first-hand accounts and archival material. This book offers an insightful, nuanced perspective on a pivotal era, making it an essential read for those interested in Soviet history and Cold War dynamics.
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Prologue

Warnings For The Decade

January 20, 1961: John F. Kennedy: 'Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You'

November 14, 1961: Pablo Casals White House Concert

John F. Kennedy: 'The Problems Are More Difficult Than I Imagined Them To Be'

John F. Kennedy: 'Each Day The Crises Multiply' - January 30, 1961 State Of The Union

John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon: Excerpts From 1960 Debate On Cuba

April 17, 1961: United Nations Security Council, Ambassador Adlai Stevenson Denies Bay Of Pigs Invasion

April 21, 1961: News Conference: John F. Kennedy Takes Responsibility For Bay Of Pigs

July 25, 1961: John F. Kennedy: Berlin Crisis / Need For Air Shelters

March 21, 1962:John F. Kennedy: 'Inequity Of Life'

June 26, 1963: John F. Kennedy: 'Ich Bin Ein Berliner'

John F. Kennedy Humor: December 6, 1961: N.A.M. Speech; June 11, 1962: Yale Honorary Degree

September 29, 1960: Krushchev Pounds Shoe At U.N., Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's Jibe At Krushchev

October 3, 1960: Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld's Fight Against Soviet Attempts To Impose Troika On United Nations

September 25, 1961: John F. Kennedy Delivers Hammarskjöld's Eulogy

October 25, 1962: Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, Soviet Delegate Valerian Zorin: Cuban Missile Crisis At U.N.

October 22, 1962: John F. Kennedy Reports To Nation On Cuban Confrontation

December 17, 1962: John F. Kennedy Describes Andrei Gromyko At White House During Missile Crisis

October 28, 1962: Radio Moscow: Cuban Missile Crisis

John F. Kennedy Sums Up Cuban Missile Crisis And American Position By Christmas 1962

November 7, 1962: Nixon Concedes Defeat In California Gubernatorial Election

February 20, 1962: Progress In Space, Early '60s: Sputnik I, Wehner Von Braun, Yuri Gagarin, Mercury I, John Glenn And Flight Of Friendship One

May 8, 1963: John F. Kennedy: Need For A Test Ban Treaty

June 10, 1963: John F. Kennedy American University Speech: 'We All Breathe The Same Air...'

July 26, 1963: John F.Kennedy Announces 'Important First Step' Treaty Between United States, Soviet Union, And United Kingdom

June 11, 1963: Deputy Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach And Governor George Wallace At The University Of Alabama; John F. Kennedy Broadcasts To The Nation After Black Students Have Entered University Of Alabama

August 28, 1963: Civil Rights March On Washington: Mahalia Jackson; A. Philip Randolph; Martin Luther King Jr: 'i Have A Dream'

November 22, 1963: John F. Kennedy Assassination / Lyndon B. Johnson Oath Of Office

November 24, 1963: Lee Harvey Oswald Interview / Jack Ruby Murders Oswald

November 25, 1963: Funeral Of John F. Kennedy

November 27, 1963: Lyndon B. Johnson Addresses Joint Session Of Congress On Civil Rights Bill

May, 1964: Senator Everett Dirksen Explains How Civil Rights Bill Will Get Through Senate

July 16, 1964: Republican National Convention In San Francisco: Barry Goldwater: 'Extremisim In The Defense Of Liberty Is No Vice'

July 14, 1964: Republican National Convention In San Francisco: Dwight D. Eisenhower Warns Against 'Sensation-Seeking Journalists'

August 27, 1964: Democratic National Convention In Atlantic City: Lyndon B. Johnson Accepts Nomination

August 1964: Harlem Riots

August 4, 1964: Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam Incident And Resolution

May 24, 1964: Barry Goldwater Suggests Defoliation Of Vietnam Jungle; Lyndon B. Johnson: Restraint In Vietnam Bombing

1970: Reprise On Tonkin Gulf Resolution

February 1965: Malcolm X Defines Black Power, Mrs. Malcolm X Describes His Assassination

May 2, 1965: Santo Domingo Intervention

January 28, 1966: Senate Hearings On Vietnam And Dominican Republic

Government Officials Voice Optimism About Vietnam

August 5. 1965: Burning Of Village Of Cam Ne

November 1965: Great Power Blackout

Contrasts In Music Of The Decade

October 4, 1965: Pope Paul VI At United Nations

Riots And Civil Disorder

February 29, 1968: Report Of President's Commission On Violence

Bob Dylan: 'The Times They Are A-Changin'

Six-Day War

June 5, 1967: Gamal Abdel Nasser Calls For Holy War Of Vengeance Against Israel

June 5, 1967: War Comes To Cairo

June 5, 1967: First Reports Of Israel's 'Instant Victory'

June 7, 1967: Israeli Troops At Wailing Wall Of Ancient Temple

June 9, 1967: President Nasser Resigns

January 1968: New Hampshire Primary: Senator Eugene McCarthy Challenges President Johnson

March 16, 1968: Senator Robert Kennedy Decides To Run

March 31, 1968: Lydon B. Johnson Announces He Will Not Seek Another Term

April 4, 1968:Assassination Of Martin Luther King Jr.

We Shall Overcome', King's Last Speech, Atlanta Funeral

April 5, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy Interrupts Campaigning To Speak Of Dr. King And Violence

June 4, 1968: California Primary And Robert F. Kennedy Victory Announcement, Assassination Of Robert F. Kennedy

June 8, 1968: Senator Edward M. Kennedy Delivers Robert F. Kennedy Eulogy

August 8, 1968: Republican National Convention, Miami: Richard M. Nixon Accepts Nomination

August 28-29, 1968: Democratic National Convention, Chicago

August 20, 1968: Invasion Of Czechoslovakia

May 1968: Demonstations At Columbia University

April 28, 1969: President Charles De Gaulle Of France Resigns

September 11, 1968: George Wallace Campaigns For President

September 30, 1968: Hubert H. Humphrey, Salt Lake City

November 6, 1968: Richard M. Nixon's Victory Statement

December 24, 1968: Apollo Eight Orbits Moon

Apollo Eleven: First Moon Landing

July 24, 1969: President Richard M. Nixon Greets Astronauts Aboard Aircraft Carrier 'Wasp'

August 1969: Woodstock Festival

July 25, 1969: Incident At Chappaquiddick: Edward M. Kennedy

January 20, 1969: Richard M. Nixon Presidential Inaugural Speech : 'We Are Caught In War, Wanting Peace'

November 3, 1969: Richard M. Nixon Vietnam Policy Speech

October 15-November 15, 1969: Peace Demonstration And Moratorium

November 13, 1969: VP Agnew Castigates News Media

April 29, 1970: Eric Sevareid Answers Vice President: Elmer Davis Memorial Lecture

Chief Justice Earl Warren In One Of Has Rare Replies To Congressional Critics

January 20, 1969: Richard M. Nixon: 'We Find Ourselves...Reaching For The Moon, Discord On Earth'

Epilogue

December 25, 1968: 'To See The Earth As It Truly Is...'

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