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Author Roberts, Lawrence (Journalist), author.

Title Mayday 1971 : a White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest / Lawrence Roberts.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
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Description xxx, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography 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.
Summary "A cinematic history of the largest act of civil disobedience in US history, in Richard Nixon's Washington"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Demonstrations -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
Government, Resistance to -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
Civil disobedience -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Militarism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974.
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. (OCoLC)fst00862481
Demonstrations. (OCoLC)fst00890222
Government, Resistance to. (OCoLC)fst00945663
Militarism. (OCoLC)fst01020839
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Protest movements. (OCoLC)fst01079826
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Washington (D.C.) (OCoLC)fst01204505
Washington (D.C.) -- The Mall. (OCoLC)fst01333763
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Demonstrations.
Washington (D.C.) -- History.
United States -- Politics and government.
Vietnam War (1961-1975) (OCoLC)fst01431664
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Indexed Term 1971 May Day protests
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
History.
Added Title White House at war, a revolt in the streets, and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest
Other Form: Online version: Roberts, Lawrence, Mayday 1971 Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. 9781328766748 (DLC) 2019033951
ISBN 9781328766724 hardcover
1328766721 hardcover
9781328766748 electronic book
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