Japan's First Student Radicals

In January of 1969, thousands of Japanese riot police laid seige to several buildings on the campus of Tokyo University in an effort to evict the masked and helmeted student radicals who had been occupying the campus for 6 months. This epic exchange of rocks, firebombs and teargas proved to be the climax of the turbulent student movement of the late 1960s. Herein, the author relates all the details and the subsequent actions of and ramifications to the courageous protestors. 341 pages including index. B&W photos. Dust jacket is discolored along spine. Lovely copy.