kevin boyle begins his look at the 1960s with the story of 8 cahill who in 1961 organized his neighbors to deck their houses with american flags for the 4th of july. boyle was inspired by a photograph of cahill and his neighbors that he had seniors before in a book published by the national archives the book which reproduced more than 200 images from our photographic holdings was called the american image boyle's book about america in the 1960s. the shattering takes us a decade beyond the american image and focuses on the periods transformative conflicts the new york times calls the shattering a rich layered account of the 1960s history is not simply the unfolding of events, but it is the story of individuals behind the events in the shattering boil introduces us to the people who propelled the changes the washington post reviewed declares that boyle has a gift for synthesizing and translating the often dry arguments and this a formal scholarship into artful and empathetic storytelling. kevin boyle is the william smith mason professor of american history at northwestern university his p

kevin boyle begins his look at the 1960s with the story of ed cahill, who in 1960, one organist's neighbors to check their houses with american flag for the fourth of july. boyle is inspired by a photograph of cahill, and his neighbors that he had seen the years before in a book published by the national archives. the book, which reproduce more than 200 images from our photographic archives let's call the american image. oil's book about america in the 1960s, the shattering, takes us a decade into the american image and focuses on the periods transformative conflicts. the new york times calls the shattering a rich layer to kind of the 1960s history is not simply the unfolding of events but it is the story of individuals behind the events. in the shattering, oil introduces us to the people that propelled the changes. the washington post review declares that boyle has a gift for synthesizing and translating the often dry arguments and analysis of former scholarship into artful and empathetic storytelling. kevin boyle is the william smith mason professor for of american history northwestern un

now let's hear from kevin boyle and suzanne e. smith. thank you for joining us today'y letting you know that professor smith wasn't able to join us the last minute there were complications that made it let me begin today simply by letting you know the professor smith was and able to join us. at the last minute there were complications of made it impossible for her to join us, and i am very sorry that she is not here. i would love to be sharing this afternoon with her. but i am honored to be sharing it with you. i just want to say how much i appreciate the national archives giving me the opportunity to talk with you today, i'm particularly i want to thank susan clifton for putting together today's program. i want to start today by doing one of those things that i think you are not supposed to do when you talk about your book. i want to start with somebody else's book. in particular, but i want to do is i want to start with a book by a woman who has been in the news a bit lately because of her passing. i want to start with joan didion's se

am the archivist of united states it is a pleasure to welcome you to today's conversation with kevin boyle about this new book the shattering. before i begin, i'd like to tell you about two programs coming up soon on our youtube channel. on wednesday, january 26th, at 1 pm, david keane will tel

ferio archivist of the united states as a pleasure to welcome you to today's conversation with kevin boyle and suzanne e smith about boyle's new book the shattering before we begin i'd like to tell you about two programs coming up soon on our youtube channel.

ferio archivist of the united states as a pleasure to welcome you to today's conversation with kevin boyle and suzanne e smith about boyle's new book the shattering before we begin i'd like to tell you about two programs coming up soon on our youtube channel. on wednesday, january 26th at 1 pm. david mckean will tell us about his new book watching darkness fall which recounts the rise of the third reich in germany and the road to war from the perspective of four american ambassadors in key western european capitals, london berlin