The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties by Jonathan Leaf

Read Jonathan Leaf, who corrects and debunks the conventional wisdom-and who also teaches us interesting and important things about that time, and ours.' 'Has any decade been more mythologized than the 1960s? I doubt it. Sixties radicals might not find this book groovy, but for the rest of us, here's the unvarnished, politically incorrect truth about one of the most misrepresented decades in American history.

In truth, it was mainstream America-conservative America-that both quietly dominated the 1960s, and that has survived every outrage the radicals have tried to hurl against it. This myth-busting book shows how the decade's vaunted radicalism was, in fact, confined to a small group of isolated extremists who have rewritten the decade's history, casting themselves as the heroes. In The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties, Jonathan Leaf takes you on a raucous tour of America's real social, cultural, and political life during that supposedly transformative decade. From popular culture to social views, throughout the 1960s America remained a conservative nation-and in many ways, extremely so. Politically correct textbooks and Hollywood movies portray the 1960s as a momentous era of youthful rebellion and social upheaval. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. The mainstream culture was more politically incorrect-but you'll never hear that from a liberal pundit or read it in a politically correct textbook. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties proves the anti-Vietnam War sentiment and free love slogans that supposedly 'defined' the decade were just a small part of the leftist counter culture. * My Fair Lady was one of the most popular albums during the 1960s? * Most Americans actively supported the Vietnam War and the draft? * The civil rights movement did little to improve the lives of average African Americans?

In this blast from the past, Leaf exposes the lies and busts the myths propagated by the liberal establishment. Life was more 'square' than 'groovy' and Dean Martin was topping the Billboard charts-not Jimmy Hendrix.

Get ready to break on through to the other side as critically-acclaimed playwright and journalist Jonathan Leaf reveals the politically incorrect truth about one of the most controversial decades in history-the 1960s.

The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties by Jonathan Leaf