The definitive interpretive survey of the political, social, and culturalhistory of 1960s america, Like A Civil War is written by two of the top expertson the era-- Maurice Isserman, a scholar of the Left, and Michael Kazom, aspecialist in Right-wing politics and culture. Arguing that the period markedthe end of the country's two-century-long ascent toward widespread affluence,domestic consensus, and international hegemony, the authors take readers on atour of the turbulent decade, exploring what did and did not change in the1960s, and why American culture and politics have never been the same since.Considering the factors which led up to the sixties, and issues such as thechanging mind and condition of black America, the heyday and limitations ofliberalism, youth culture, Vietnam, the New Left, the conservative revivial,Nixon, and the search for spirituality, Like a Civil War, explains what made the1960s a decade in which people felt they could 'make history' and why, in thefollowing decades, the history that was made has been so troubling to Americans.Also shedding some much-needed light on the era's often overlooked rise of theNew Right and its far-reaching implications, Like A Civil War is an exciting andeducational narrative for students of American history and general readersalike.