Title: Peter Pan remembers it as the best of times....
Product review: Todd Gitlin shows he's lost none of the exuberance of youth and gained none of the wisdom that usually comes with age (and/or a career in academia) in this one. About as intellectually rigorous as the 60's phrase "Oh, wow, hea-vy, man!", this book becomes somewhat disturbing as the knowledgeable reader becomes increasingly aware of its shortcomings in dealing with some of the outright criminal activities of the more violent politicos and certain outlaw "allies" such as the Black Panthers street gang. Too bad. Some of us Berserkly types learned a lot from the movement, including the important reasons for its failure. Gitlin appears to have learned nothing --- or perhaps the comparison should be to leftists of the 30's whose first loyalty was always to "the line" no matter what experience might say
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