Author Description

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. 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 Guide™ 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. library Journal 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