{"product_id":"mayday-1971-paperback","title":"Mayday 1971 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA vivid account of the largest act of civil disobedience in US history, in Richard Nixon's Washington\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They surged into Washington by the tens of thousands in the spring of 1971. Fiery radicals, flower children, and militant vets gathered for the most audacious act in a years-long movement to end America's war in Vietnam: a blockade of the nation's capital. And the White House, headed by an increasingly paranoid Richard Nixon, was determined to stop it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Washington journalist Lawrence Roberts, drawing on dozens of interviews, unexplored archives, and newfound White House transcripts, recreates these largely forgotten events through the eyes of dueling characters. Woven into the story too are now-familiar names including John Kerry, Jane Fonda, and Daniel Ellsberg, leaker of the Pentagon Papers. It began with a bombing inside the US Capitol--a still-unsolved case to which Roberts brings new information. To prevent the Mayday Tribe's guerrilla-style traffic blockade, the government mustered the military. Riot squads swept through the city, arresting more than 12,000 people. As a young female public defender led a thrilling legal battle to free the detainees, Nixon and his men took their first steps down the road to the Watergate scandal and the implosion of the presidency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mayday 1971 is the ultimately inspiring story of a season when our democracy faced grave danger, and survived.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAWRENCE ROBERTS has been an investigative editor with\u003ci\u003e ProPublica\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg News\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Investigative Fund. He was a leader on teams honored with three Pulitzer Prizes. \u003ci\u003eMayday 1971\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699724193855,"sku":"9780358561972","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1efee70a8fcdedb7c9ae91c33823bc99.webp?v=1765014305","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mayday-1971-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}