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Mayday 1971 : a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest  Cover Image Book Book

Mayday 1971 : a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest / Lawrence Roberts.

Summary:

"A cinematic history of the largest act of civil disobedience in US history, in Richard Nixon's Washington"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781328766724
  • ISBN: 1328766721
  • Physical Description: xxx, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-397) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements > United States.
Demonstrations > Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.) > History > 20th century.
Government, Resistance to > United States > History > 20th century.
Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
Civil disobedience > United States > History > 20th century.
Militarism > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.
Civil disobedience.
Demonstrations.
Government, Resistance to.
Militarism.
Politics and government.
Protest movements.
United States.
Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) > The Mall.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Demonstrations.
Washington (D.C.) > History.
United States > Politics and government.
Genre: History.
History.

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