Daily Archives: June 12, 2017

Evergreen Review

Posted on June 12, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Evergreen Review is a U.S.-based literary magazine founded by Barney Rosset, publisher of Grove Press. It existed in print from 1957 through 1973, and was re-launched online in 1998. Its diversity can be seen in the March–April 1960 issue, which … Continue reading →

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MacBird! – Barbara Garson (1967)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“MacBird! is a 1967 satire by Barbara Garson that superimposed the transferral of power following the Kennedy assassination onto the plot of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Thus John F. Kennedy becomes ‘John Ken O’Dunc’, Lyndon Johnson becomes ‘MacBird’, Lady Bird Johnson becomes … Continue reading →

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Vietnamization

Posted on June 12, 2017 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Vietnamization of the war was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War through a program to ‘expand, equip, and train South Vietnam’s forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at … Continue reading →

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