What were the “four historic factors” that came together in 1968?

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i need help on finding answers on the book 1968 by mark kurlansk

  1. What were the “four historic factors” that came together in 1968?

 

  1. What was supposed to happen in Vietnam on January 1, 1968? What actually happened?
  2. What was France’s relationship to Vietnam, pre-1968?
  3. Who was Robert Clark? Why was he important?
  4. What was different between northern and southern Civil Rights movements in the US?
  5. How were US cities “preparing for war” regarding the riots that spread through major cities?
  6. How was the Vietnam War affecting the US economy/budget?
  7. What is napalm? How was it used? Who made it?
  8. What was significant about “the body count” in Vietnam?
  9. The United Nations assigned a theme to the year 1968. What was it?
  10. How did 1968 begin in Spain? How did the police react?
  11. What was the reaction to Israel attacking its neighbors in the Six Day War in 1967?
  12. What cultural identity emerged in Israel in 1968? What was that identity usually used to describe?
  13. Why was the British government losing tax revenue on miniskirts?
  14. How did Czechoslovakia become communist? What happened shortly after it did so?
  15. The author writes that the Czechoslovakian leader of the communist party, Alexander Dubček, “created a vacuum in which many things could grow” (35). What was one of those things, and what was the implication of it?
  16. What were the two innovations that changed broadcast news? How and why did they change it?
  17. What did the Toronto Anti-Draft Program mail to the United States? What was its purpose?
  18. How did Pres. Johnson react to Walter Cronkite’s Vietnam special?
  19. How did Polish students/youth master the spread of information? Why did they do this?
  20. What justification did the Polish government use for cracking down on student protest?

 

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