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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties

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In this blast from the past, critically acclaimed playwright and journalist Jonathan Leaf reveals the politically incorrect truth about one of the most controversial decades in history: the 1960s.

Did you know that the civil-rights movement did little to improve the lives of average African Americans or that most Americans actively supported the Vietnam War and the draft? The Politically Incorrect GuideTM to the Sixties proves the anti-Vietnam War sentiment and free love slogans that supposedly "defined" the decade were just a small part of the leftist counter culture. The mainstream culture was more politically incorrect, but you'll never hear that from a liberal pundit or read it in a politically correct textbook.

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    • Library Journal

      December 15, 2009
      In this fact-based and well-balanced overview, journalist/playwright Leaf debunks popular myths and assumptions about the 1960s. His deep and wide-ranging research delves into campus unrest, politics, rock'n'roll, fashion, hippie culture, and, in the most illuminating section, the Vietnam War and its protesters. Unfortunately, the lack of modulation in newcomer Rick Silversmith's narration belies the fascinating and provocative aspects of this work. Still, fans of James W. Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me" or anyone interested in a fresh look at this mythologized and romanticized decade will find much to ponder here.Douglas King, Univ. of South Carolina Lib., Columbia

      Copyright 2009 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In the ever-maddening series of Politically Incorrect Guides, author/playwright Leaf takes on the most sacred of cows, particularly in the hearts and minds of Baby Boomers: the sixties. Leaf's purpose is to debunk the fiction that the decade was all peace, love, and flowers. Despite the book's truisms, however, the sixties were ultimately too complex a time to define with such generalities. But that doesn't make Leaf's well-researched refutations any less interesting. Rick Silversmith's voice is smoky and guttural--he makes the words snap, elongating syllables for emphasis, delivering the text with a certain angry earnestness that would sound equally at home in a dramatic context. J.S.H. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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