What began at colleges in the sixties as a rejection of parental authority and the Vietnam War rapidly evolved into a social movement one with lasting influences in diverse areas of American life. As antiCommunist and Great Society Democrats lost control of the Vietnam War and the unrest in Americas inner cities Students for a Democratic Society SDS the chief organization of the campusbased New Left gained strength ending the decade with 100000 members. From political protest SDS and its faculty and intellectual allies moved to violent confrontation with university and government officials. Sitins building takeovers riots and strikes hit more than 300 of the nations 2000 campuses in the 1960s. Between January 1969 and April 1970 young radicals bombed 5000 police stations corporate offices military facilities and campus buildings. Twentysix thousand students were arrested and thousands injured or expelled while engaged in protest activities. Meanwhile 57000 youths many of whom lacked the financial means to attend college and secure draft deferments died in Vietnam. Against a backdrop of student protest the campus drug culture blossomed. In Put Your Bodies Upon the Wheels a quote from Free Speech leader Mario Savio Mr. Heineman plays no favorites in indicting foolishness and absurdity on both left and right. While his account may make us wonder what happened to our common sense in those years his assessment of the causes and consequences of the sixties revolt is impossible to evade. Heinemans sensible survey of student protest in the 1960s neither celebrates upheaval nor condemns the reform impulse. As a result members of both camps can read his chronicle of events at Berkeley and elsewhere with nostalgia and for insight.Dallas Morning News.