Life - The '60s

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Edited by DORIS C. O'NEIL Introduction by TOM BROKAW Commentary by JOHN NEARY If in every century one decade stands out from the rest as a time of challenge and trial, anguish and achievement, surely in our century that decade is the sixties. Here, in 250 indelible images from the archives of LIFE magaziné, are the icons of those tumultuous years, a kaleidoscope of milestones and memories. At home, the clash of tradition and upheaval, violence and dreams created a portrait of a nation torn asunder, a montage of incomparable images: the New Frontier, Woodstock, Vietnam War protest, flower children, civil rights marches, the Beatles, sexual freedom, race riots, the moon landing, the tragic assassinations of John and Róbert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. And overseas, extraordinary events and disparate personalities stamped their imprint on the decade: the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the U.S. Embassy staff leaving Cuba, the death of Churchill, starving Biafrans, Popé John... Tovább

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Edited by DORIS C. O'NEIL Introduction by TOM BROKAW Commentary by JOHN NEARY If in every century one decade stands out from the rest as a time of challenge and trial, anguish and achievement, surely in our century that decade is the sixties. Here, in 250 indelible images from the archives of LIFE magaziné, are the icons of those tumultuous years, a kaleidoscope of milestones and memories. At home, the clash of tradition and upheaval, violence and dreams created a portrait of a nation torn asunder, a montage of incomparable images: the New Frontier, Woodstock, Vietnam War protest, flower children, civil rights marches, the Beatles, sexual freedom, race riots, the moon landing, the tragic assassinations of John and Róbert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. And overseas, extraordinary events and disparate personalities stamped their imprint on the decade: the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, the U.S. Embassy staff leaving Cuba, the death of Churchill, starving Biafrans, Popé John XXIII, the victims of My Lai, an East Berlin guard escaping to the West, Khrushchev canceling the summit meeting. Here, too, are lesser takes - but each vitai in its way: Nureyev, Black Is Beautiful, Burton and Taylor, Sámuel Beckett, the twist, Wilma Rudolph, Hair, Allén Ginsberg, the topless bathing suit, Janis Joplin, Muhammad Ali. The worlds of music, dance, theater, fashion, and sports were alsó testing the currents of shock and innovation. Quite possibly best of all are those fleeting reminders, anonymous glimpses of life, between joy and sorrow, that define the humán experience in every generation. {continued on backflap) Vissza