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This anthology covers the major events that shaped the world during the pivotal decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Topics covered include the Bay of Pigs invasion, the building of the Berlin Wall, U.S. president Kennedy's assassination, the first moon landing, the U.S. legalization of abortion, the Vietnam War, and the Ayatollah Khomeini's deposition of the shah of Iran.Jennifer A. Bussey is the author of '1960-1980 The Twentieth Century', published 2003 under ISBN 9780737717587 and ISBN 0737717580.
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