America in the Sixties

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A M E R I C A I N T H E T W E N T I E T H C E N T U R Y John Robert Greene, Series Editor Other titles in America in the Twentieth Century America in the Twenties Ronald Allen Goldberg America in the Fifties Andrew J. Dunar America in the Seventies Stephanie A. Slocum-Schaffer John Robert Greene S Y R AC U S E U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S Copyright © 2010 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2010 10 11 12 13 14 15 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our Web site at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN (cloth): 978-0-8156-3276-4 ISBN (pbk.): 978-0-8156-3221-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Greene, John Robert, 1955– America in the sixties / John Robert Greene. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (America in the twentieth century) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3276-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8156-3221-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. United States—History—1961–1969. 2. United States—Social conditions— 1960–1980. 3. Social movements—United States—History—20th century. 4. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963—Influence. 5. Civil rights movements—United States—History—20th century. 6. Feminism—United States— History—20th century. 7. Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Social aspects—United States. 8. Counterculture—United States—History—20th century. 9. Nineteen sixties. I. Title. E841.G65 2010 973.92—dc22 2010027770 Manufactured in the United States of America For Patty, T. J., Chris, and Mary Rose and for Julia K. Ruse, Dorothy Harrington, John P. Gensler, Frank Sacco, Myron Kotch, Peter Marron, Nicholas Amato, Louis Leotta, Edward Eckert, and Patrick O’Dea . . . who showed me where I belonged. John Robert Greene is the Paul J. Schupf Professor of History and Humanities at Cazenovia College, where he has taught for the past thirty years. Dr. Greene’s teaching and writing specialty lies in American political history, particularly the American presidency. He has written or edited seventeen books, including one on the election of Dwight Eisenhower, one on the Nixon presidency, three on the Ford presidency, a biography of Betty Ford, and a critically acclaimed study, The Presidency of George H. W. Bush. He serves as an associate editor for the journal Congress and the Presidency and edits the America in the Twentieth Century Series for Syracuse University Press, of which this book is a part. He is a regular commentator in the national media, having appeared on such forums as MSNBC, National Public Radio, C-SPAN, the History Channel, and the Public Broadcasting System. In other lives, he was a radio disc jockey and played in a very bad small rock band. ...