world avoid far greater conflicts, are only the tip of a vast far wider wars, far more iceberg whose bulk can never be destructive than this one.” accurately measured.” REFERENCES: Marilyn B. Young, (1991); Jeffrey P. Kimball, ed., The Wars, 1945–1990 To Reason (1990). Why: The Debate About the Causes of Involvement in the Vietnam War . Was the nonviolent civil rights movement of the 1960s a success? Why or why not? Can it be argued that the violent protests of the civil rights movement were more successful than the nonviolent protests? 2. What were the causes of the Vietnam War? 3. Was justified going into ? What if the Communist countries invaded a country to the “contain spread of Democracy,” would this be justified? What is the difference between the two situations? 4. Were the cultural upheavals of the 1960s a result of the political crisis, or were developments like the sexual revolution and the student revolts inevitable results of affluence and the baby boom? See section Thinking Globally on pages 896-897. CONTENDING VOICES: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. VS. MALCOM X 1. What methods did Dr. King activists must use in their quest for justice? Why would he emphasize these methods over others? 2. How and why did Malcom X disagree with Dr. King’s methods? Todd Gitlin, (1987). The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage A view of the sixties as fundamentally constructive: what we will about the Sixties’ failures, limits, disasters, political and cultural space would “Say ’s probably not have opened up as much as it did without the movement’s divine delirium.… This side of an ever-receding millennium, the changes wrought by the Sixties, however beleaguered, averted some of the worst abuses of power, and made life more decent for millions. The movement in its best moments and broadest definition made philosophical breakthroughs which are still working themselves out.” William O’Neill, (1971). Coming Apart A view of the sixties as fundamentally destructive: much in the counter-culture was attractive and valuable, it was dangerous in three ways. “Though First, self-indulgence frequently led to self-destruction. Second, the counter-culture increased social hostility. The generation gap was one example, but the class gap another. Working-class youngsters
world avoid far greater conflicts, far wider wars, far more destructive than this one.” are only the tip of a vast iceberg whose bulk can never be accurately measured.” REFERENCES: Marilyn B. Young, The Wars, 1945–1990 (1991); Jeffrey P. Kimball, ed., To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of Involvement in the Vietnam War (1990). . Was the nonviolent civil rights movement of the 1960s a success? Why or why not? Can it be argued that the violent protests of the civil rights movement were more successful than the nonviolent protests? 2. What were the causes of the Vietnam War? 3. Was justified going into ? What if the Communist countries invaded a country to “contain the spread of Democracy,” would this be justified? What is the difference between the two situations? 4. Were the cultural upheavals of the 1960s a result of the political crisis, or were developments like the sexual revolution and the student revolts inevitable results of affluence and the baby boom? See section Thinking Globally on pages 896-897. CONTENDING VOICES: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. VS. MALCOM X 1. What methods did Dr. King activists must use in their quest for justice? Why would he emphasize these methods over others? 2. How and why did Malcom X disagree with Dr. King’s methods? Todd Gitlin, The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage (1987). A view of the sixties as fundamentally constructive: “Say what we will about the Sixties’ failures, limits, disasters, ’s political and cultural space would probably not have opened up as much as it did without the movement’s divine delirium.… This side of an ever-receding millennium, the changes wrought by the Sixties, however beleaguered, averted some of the worst abuses of power, and made life more decent for millions. The movement in its best moments and broadest definition made philosophical breakthroughs which are still working themselves out.” William O’Neill, Coming Apart (1971). A view of the sixties as fundamentally destructive: “Though much in the counter-culture was attractive and valuable, it was dangerous in three ways. First, self-indulgence frequently led to self-destruction. Second, the counter-culture increased social hostility. The generation gap was one example, but the class gap another. Working-class youngsters
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