Stuck In The Sixties

The 1960s were a colorful, tumultuous age that transformed American
society. Ever since the decade ended, Americans have debated the changes
that it unleashed. While most liberals argue that the eras effects were mainly
positive and long overdue, conservatives perceive the 1960s as a disastrous
time that has left ruinous legacies for us.





Stuck in the Sixties analyzes conservatives views about the 1960s
era and its legacies by examining their discourse about such sixties figures
and movements as John F. Kennedy, Marti n Luther King, Jr., the civil-rights
movement, the Warren Court, the Great Society, the Vietnam War, the
anti war movement, the New Left , and the counterculture. The book reveals
that, for a generation, a focus on attacking and reversing the legacies of the
1960s has been essential to the conservative Republican agenda.