Well performed by a reader I’ve come to know and enjoy on audible and a worthwhile read despite its flaws, though likely a one-time perusal.About the Book Critically-acclaimed playwright and journalist Leaf reveals the politically incorrect truth about one of the most controversial decades in history.
One should do what is right not what is conservative or liberal, and if that happens to be, in ones own mind, more often than not a conservative or liberal act, then one might identify as someone of that persuasion for that reason. He also seems at times to advocate conservatism because it is conservative rather than because such principles arrive at a just and righteous conclusion in the circumstance at hand. Recognizing the artistic quality and skill of the classical greats doesn’t turn their music into something I can turn on in the car or at the gym for in-the-moment enjoyment, much as I wish I could. The chapter on music, for example, presented fascinating statistics on what 1960s American society was really tuning into, but I could have done without the tirade against rock music. This specific title, however, was flawed in its over-reliance on subjective assessments of value.
I am usually quite a fan of this series for its ability to present well-researched and engaging alternate viewpoints to the standard high school or college curriculum (and certainly to the “conventional knowledge” upon which many people rely). This book does have some things going for it in that it presents a view of history often overlooked and deals with some specific events about which factual misperceptions seem to be very common in society today. Decent history, bogged down by tiresome qualitative judgments
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