Kent State: What Happened and Why - Hardcover

Michener, James A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394471997 ISBN 13: 9780394471990

Publisher: Random House, 1971

Synopsis

A probing and dramatic study of the tragic events leading up to the killing of four students by National Guardsmen at Kent State University in the spring of 1970

About this title

From the Publisher

My father served in Vietnam, but does not discuss it often. So, I try to read as much as I can about Vietnam so I can learn about what it must have been like for him. Most of what I read is about actual cobmat experiences, but I also find it interesting and important to know what was happening "back in the states" during the Vietnam era. The shootings at Kent State had a profound effect on the anti-war movement, and James Michener skillfully examines this tragic moment in U.S. history in KENT STATE: WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY.
--Stacey Witcraft, Advertising Manager

From the Back Cover

"A dramatic and, inevitably, a heart-breaking book. It bristles with dramatic incident and anecdote .... It is an excellent job of reporting and bringing into human terms an enormously complicated event that will be discussed and analyzed for decades."

-- San Francisco Chronicle

"Kent state is a superbly written work, meticulous in its detail, objective in approach, heart-breaking in its impact....No brief review can suggest Michener's scope or the power of his understated but unflinching presentation of the facts of the tragedy and its aftermath."

-- Publishers Weekly

"Kent state is a masterpiece about one of the dramatic historical events of our time. It surpasses anything published on the subject until now."

-- Cleveland Press

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394471997
• ISBN 13: 9780394471990
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 559