Title:
Mayday 1971 : a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
xxx, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781328766724
Abstract:
A cinematic history of the largest act of civil disobedience in US history, in Richard Nixon's Washington.
Contents:
Prologue: Nixon's insurrection city -- March 1971 -- This is real -- We need time -- The hot buttons -- A mighty waters -- The pivot point -- This is 36 -- April 1971 -- The courage part -- Move on over -- Fringe group -- The last man -- The Saturday march -- What's the harm -- Public defenders -- Barricades -- May 1971 -- War council -- Revoked -- Mayday -- The interest of justice -- A heavy cloud -- The holdouts -- Aftermath -- Epilogue.
Subject Term:
Language:
English
