67 shots : Kent State and the end of American innocence / Howard Means
- Author:
- Means, Howard B.
- Additional Titles:
- Sixty-seven shots : Kent State and the end of American innocence and Kent State and the end of American innocence
- Published:
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2016
- Physical Description:
- vii, 261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- Prologue: May 4, 1970: South Vietnam -- "We have to say 'f---' everywhere" -- Burn, baby, burn -- Night of the helicopters -- Danse macabre -- Blood like a river -- Once to every man and nation -- "Oh, my God! They've killed the guardsmen!" -- The age of hate -- An unfortunate incident -- Blind justice -- Plan B -- Paradise lost.
- Summary:
- "At midday on May 4, 1970, after three days of protests, several thousand students and the Ohio National Guard faced off at opposite ends of the grassy campus Commons at Kent State University. At noon, the Guard moved out. Twenty-four minutes later, Guardsmen launched a 13-second, 67-shot barrage that left four students dead and nine wounded, one paralyzed for life. The story doesn't end there, though. A horror of far greater proportions was narrowly averted minutes later when the Guard and students reassembled on the Commons"--Provided by publisher.
"Using recently available oral histories from participants, Howard Means examines the Kent State shooting and the tumultuous era that reverberates still, "--NoveList. - Subject(s):
- Kent State University
- Kent State Shootings (Kent, Ohio : 1970)
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- 1900-1999
- Student movements—Ohio—Kent—History—20th century
- Student movements—United States—History—20th century
- Students—Political activity—United States—History—20th century—Case studies
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975—Protest movements—United States
- Student protesters—United States
- Protest movements
- Student movements
- Student protesters
- Students—Political activity
- Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
- Ohio—Kent
- United States
- Ohio
- Genre(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780306823794 (hardcover)
0306823799 (hardcover) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index.
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