Power And Protest

The book puts thetumultuous 1960s into a truly international perspective in the first study toexamine the connections between great power diplomacy and global social protest.In the early part of thedecade, Cold War pressures simultaneously inspired activists and constrainedleaders; within a few years activism turned revolutionary on a global scale. Theauthor examines the decade through leaders and protesters on three continents.He describes connections between policy and protest from the Berkeley riots tothe Prague Spring, from the Paris strikes to massive unrest in Wuhan, China.