1968
1968 democratic national convention
A01=Frank Kusch
antiwar
Author_Frank Kusch
Category=NH
Chicago
Chicago police
convention
democratic
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incitement
Mobe
national
police riot
protest
riot
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the whole world is watching
Vietnam
Yippie
Product details
- ISBN 9780226465036
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 17 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2008
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The 1968 Democratic National Convention, best known for police brutality against demonstrators, has been relegated to a dark place in American historical memory. "Battleground Chicago" ventures beyond the stereotypical image of rioting protestors and violent cops to reevaluate exactly how - and why - the police attacked antiwar activists at the convention.Working from interviews with eighty former Chicago police officers who were on the scene, Frank Kusch uncovers the other side of the story of '68, deepening our understanding of a turbulent decade.
Frank Kusch has worked as a freelance editor, a communications consultant, and a political speechwriter. He is the author of All American Boys: Draft Dodgers in Canada from the Vietnam War.
