{"product_id":"the-long-68-9780141982526","title":"The Long 68","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\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 so\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply researched, richly detailed and thoroughly absorbing -- John Gray * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eFresh, compelling ... an important book, revealing that 50 years on, 1968 is still unfinished business -- Andrew Hussey * Financial Times *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732501803351,"sku":"9780141982526","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-long-68-9780141982526","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}