The Shattering

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A Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2021 From the National Book Award winner, a masterful history of the decade whose conflicts shattered America’s postwar order and divide us still. [A] rich, layered account of the 1960s. [A] luminous guide to a tumultuous decade…Boyle elegantly narrates the ‘60s through his three lenses—race, militarism, and sexuality—and grounds his narrative with individuals caught in the whirlwind. A lively popular history of the 1960s…Boyle enlivens his narrative with emblematic vignettes. We live in eventful times, but they can’t compare to the 1960s. Kevin Boyle has masterfully given sense and shape to a chaotic decade. is panoramic, astute, and compellingly readable. is history at its absolute best. Boyle is such a gifted storyteller—I found myself riveted by this captivating portrait of a time when America exhibited its best and its worst natures side by side. is an epic history of the 1960s for a new generation. This passionately narrated, luminously written account of the decade that forever transformed America brilliantly recounts how that era’s struggle for social justice and radical democracy continues to shape our own. Gripping…Kevin Boyle gives us a fresh perspective on the central debates of the decade that will help readers understand the era in an entirely new light. is a magnificent book, immensely rewarding on many levels. With elegant fluency and quiet command, Kevin Boyle probes deeply into the intertwined struggles of the ‘long Sixties’ and their meaning for us today. In his beautifully rendered , Kevin Boyle returns us to those challenging years, peopling them with real characters both famous and ordinary. A brilliantly achieved history of some unusually fraught years of American history. Boyle’s elegantly written account…is a skillful encapsulation of an era that brought to boil conflicts still tormenting American society today. US

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