They Started It

Clearly, a reassessment of the New Left and the young radicals of the 1960s is long overdue. And it is also clear that the present political mood, so markedly different from that of 20 years ago, has played its part in this book’s composition.

The authors are both academics. Stanley Rothman teaches government at Smith College and S. Robert Lichter political science at George Washington University. Their book is the outcome of four related studies conducted over the past decade. T...