The Resource Mayday 1971 : a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest, Lawrence Roberts
Mayday 1971 : a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest, Lawrence Roberts
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The item Mayday 1971 : a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest, Lawrence Roberts represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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- Summary
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- "A cinematic history of the largest act of civil disobedience in US history, in Richard Nixon's Washington"--
- 1971. Fiery radicals, flower children, and militant vets gathered for the most audacious act in a years-long movement to end America's war in Vietnam: a blockade of the nation's capital. The White House, headed by an increasingly paranoid Richard Nixon, was determined to stop it. Roberts, drawing on interviews, archives, and newfound White House transcripts, recreates these largely forgotten events. It began with a bombing inside the U.S. Capitol-- a still-unsolved case. To prevent the Mayday Tribe's guerrilla-style traffic blockade, the government mustered the military. Riot squads swept through the city, arresting more than 12,000 people. An inspiring story of how our democracy faced grave danger, and survived. -- adapted from jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxx, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Prologue: Nixon's insurrection city
- March 1971
- This is real
- We need time
- The hot buttons
- A mighty waters
- The pivot point
- This is 36
- April 1971
- The courage part
- Move on over
- Fringe group
- The last man
- The Saturday march
- What's the harm?
- Public defenders
- Barricades
- May 1971
- War council
- Revoked
- Mayday
- The interest of justice
- A heavy cloud
- The holdouts
- Aftermath
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9781328766724
- Label
- Mayday 1971 : a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest
- Title
- Mayday 1971
- Title remainder
- a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest
- Statement of responsibility
- Lawrence Roberts
- Title variation
- White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest
- Subject
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- Civil disobedience
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Demonstrations
- Demonstrations
- Demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
- Government, Resistance to
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- History
- History
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
- Militarism
- 1900-1999
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
- Politics and government
- Protest movements
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Washington (D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.) -- History
- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
- Washington (D.C.) -- The Mall
- Militarism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1971 May Day protests
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "A cinematic history of the largest act of civil disobedience in US history, in Richard Nixon's Washington"--
- 1971. Fiery radicals, flower children, and militant vets gathered for the most audacious act in a years-long movement to end America's war in Vietnam: a blockade of the nation's capital. The White House, headed by an increasingly paranoid Richard Nixon, was determined to stop it. Roberts, drawing on interviews, archives, and newfound White House transcripts, recreates these largely forgotten events. It began with a bombing inside the U.S. Capitol-- a still-unsolved case. To prevent the Mayday Tribe's guerrilla-style traffic blockade, the government mustered the military. Riot squads swept through the city, arresting more than 12,000 people. An inspiring story of how our democracy faced grave danger, and survived. -- adapted from jacket
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Roberts, Lawrence
- Dewey number
- 959.704/31
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Demonstrations
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
- Government, Resistance to
- Washington (D.C.)
- Civil disobedience
- Militarism
- United States
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
- Civil disobedience
- Demonstrations
- Government, Resistance to
- Militarism
- Politics and government
- Protest movements
- United States
- Washington (D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Demonstrations
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Label
- Mayday 1971 : a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest, Lawrence Roberts
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-397) and index
- Contents
- Prologue: Nixon's insurrection city -- March 1971 -- This is real -- We need time -- The hot buttons -- A mighty waters -- The pivot point -- This is 36 -- April 1971 -- The courage part -- Move on over -- Fringe group -- The last man -- The Saturday march -- What's the harm? -- Public defenders -- Barricades -- May 1971 -- War council -- Revoked -- Mayday -- The interest of justice -- A heavy cloud -- The holdouts -- Aftermath -- Epilogue
- Control code
- on1105148378
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxx, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781328766724
- Lccn
- 2019033950
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1105148378
- Label
- Mayday 1971 : a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest, Lawrence Roberts
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-397) and index
- Contents
- Prologue: Nixon's insurrection city -- March 1971 -- This is real -- We need time -- The hot buttons -- A mighty waters -- The pivot point -- This is 36 -- April 1971 -- The courage part -- Move on over -- Fringe group -- The last man -- The Saturday march -- What's the harm? -- Public defenders -- Barricades -- May 1971 -- War council -- Revoked -- Mayday -- The interest of justice -- A heavy cloud -- The holdouts -- Aftermath -- Epilogue
- Control code
- on1105148378
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxx, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781328766724
- Lccn
- 2019033950
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1105148378
Subject
- Civil disobedience
- Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Demonstrations
- Demonstrations
- Demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
- Government, Resistance to
- Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- History
- History
- Mall, The (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
- Militarism
- 1900-1999
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy
- Politics and government
- Protest movements
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States
- Washington (D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.) -- History
- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century
- Washington (D.C.) -- The Mall
- Militarism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 1971 May Day protests
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