Ask anyone who lived through the 1960s about the most turbulent year of the decade, and they might say 1968: multiple assassinations, riots, and the election of Richard Nixon as president.
Clara Bingham suggests a different time frame in her book Witness to the Revolution. August 1969 to August 1970 saw the My Lai investigation, the American invasion of Cambodia, domestic bombings and murders, and millions of people protesting in the streets.
Bingham's book is an oral history compiled from dozens of interviews. The author details the people, places, and events of a year in which the country seemed to be coming apart.