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...Brethren, Woodward & Armstrong (1) 2. Donahue, Donahue & Co. (2) 3. Free to Choose, Milton & Rose Friedman (3) 4. All You Need to Know About the IRS, Strassels with Wool (7) 5. Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient, Cousins (6) 6. On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors, Wright (5) 7. Aunt Erma's Cope Book, Bombeck (4) 8. The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise, Pritikin with McGrady (8) 9. How to Become Financially Independent by Investing in Real Estate, Lowry 10. White House Years, Kissinger...
...Milton Viorst is a liberal. He is a journalist--in name and spirit--who knew some of America's heroes. His book is an ambivalent portrayal of America in the '60s, a series of profiles of 14 heroes of the time. Some of them are still heroes. Fire in the Streets is honest history, good American story-telling, but there are no judgments or conclusions, and little adulation. Remember, Milton Viorst is a liberal...
...admission, Milton Viorst is an outsider looking in. And while he learned a lesson from the '60s, he betrays a naivete about the heart of America and its prodigal sons. After more than 500 pages of detailed interviews and timeless quotations. Viorst concludes that the movement died because the civil rights movement was no longer around "to enrich it." because the dissidents had alienated the liberal establishment sympathizers who legitimized the protest, because America was tired of it all. Though Viorst never sees the depth of the dehumanization in America that throttled the Movement and killed...
Though every hero in the book exposes him, Milton Viorst never seems to confront Moloch. Instead, he credits the success of the Movement to good liberals and dedicated reformers, and he blames the disintegration on cynical militants and radicals...
...Milton Viorst knew King, he knew some of the heroes, talked with them, held hands with them, wrote a book about them. But Milton Viorst's a liberal, and there is one thing he never shared with them--he never confronted Moloch...