Books

• The 1960s by Gini Holland
• America's Longest War by George C. Herring
• Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic
• A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and American in Vietnam
• Daily Life in the United States, 1960-1990 Decades of Discord by Myron A. Marty
• The 1960s From the Vietnam War to Flower Power by Stephen Feinstein
• From Camelot to Kent State by Joan Morrison includes a piece about a woman arrested for protesting at Griffiss Air Force Base.
• Our Century: 1960-1970 includes statistics from the 1960 and 1970 for comparison and is in ia newspaper-like format with a brief coverage of major events of the decade.
• The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage by Todd Gitlin

Web Sites

• The 1960s Ladies' Style Site highlights hair, makeup and clothing of the sixites.
• The Apollo Manned Space Program is a site provided by the National Air and Space Museum. The Apollo 1 was scheduled for launch in 1967.
• The Apollo Program 1963-1972
• The Costumer's Manifesto has many links to 1960s clothing and style.
• The National Civil Rights Museum
• No-Quarter The Vietnam Casulaty Search Page allows searching by ciy and state as well as by last name. More advanced options are available.
• The Peace Corps has a history page that talks about the Corps' beginnings in the sixties.
• The Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change is provided by the University of Virginia Library.
• The Rachel Carson Homestead on the web is a source of information about Rachel Carson and the modern environmental concern she spurred with her 1962 book Silent Spring.
• The Science of Star Trek by NASA scienctist David Allen Batchelor

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Updated 5/24/06 by NCI