Title: Old News
Product review: Part hagiography, part self congratulation, Kurlansky tells us the tale of a generation that changed the world so much that the world is now fundamentally the same as it was before, only more so (that is, the world is increasingly state capitalist). The GI generation bored the young of their era with war stories. The generation of '68 demonstrates that anti-war stories can be even more boring. Kurlansky tendentiously offers us more of the same, only more tediously.At 464 pages, the book is too long - but not nearly as long as the longwindedness of the generation of 1968.I recommend the book - as a wonderful example of self parody.
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