Lawrence (Journalist) Roberts
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Physical Desc
xxx, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"A vivid account of the largest act of civil disobedience in US history, in Richard Nixon's Washington"-- Provided by publisher.
1971. Fiery radicals, flower children, and militant vets gathered for the most audacious act in a years-long movement to end America's war in Vietnam: a blockade of the nation's capital. The White House, headed by an increasingly paranoid Richard Nixon, was determined to stop it. Roberts, drawing on interviews, archives,...