{"product_id":"2026200014423-secondhand-french-revolution-1968","title":"French Revolution 1968","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1968, France was brought to its knees by a wave of student uprisings and worker strikes that shook the very foundations of Charles de Gaulle's republic — and French Revolution 1968 stands as one of the most vivid and authoritative eyewitness accounts of that seismic moment in modern European history. Patrick Seale and Maureen McConville, two seasoned journalists who reported from the barricades themselves, chronicle the explosive chain of events that began in the universities of Paris and rapidly engulfed an entire nation, threatening to topple a government and rewrite the social contract of postwar France.\n\nWritten with the urgency of breaking news and the analytical depth of serious scholarship, this account situates the May '68 uprising within the broader currents of Cold War politics, generational revolt, and the global tide of radical dissent that defined the late 1960s. Seale and McConville's prose is sharp and unsparing, presenting the key figures — from student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit to de Gaulle himself — with remarkable clarity and psychological insight. Enriched with sixteen pages of photographs that capture the drama of the streets, this essential document leaves the reader questioning just how close France came to a second revolution — and what truly stopped it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216201982171,"sku":"2026200014423-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9eee1943-bda8-4c2b-9568-73dd32874b00.png?v=1788405239","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014423-secondhand-french-revolution-1968","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}