Beyond Vietnam should appeal to a considerable audience, given the paucity of books dealing with the history of radical movements in the United States over the past thirty years. The book has two major strengths: first, its close-in, tactile engagement with how activism actually works, beginning with Sam Lovejoy's spectacular tower-toppling through the various referenda, occupations, and campaigns; and second, ... Read moreits illumination of the connection between grassroots radicalism and mainstream liberal politics. - Van Gosse, author of Rethinking the New Left: An Interpretative History Show Less