Rock 'n' Roll And War And Peace

Rock 'n' Roll And War And Peace Chronicles And Examines The Relationship Between Popular Music In The Rock Era And The Politics And Ideology Of War And Peace Throughout The Past Half-century, With Emphasis On The Vietnam War And Iraq War, Among Others. This Is A Topic That, While Its Been Touched On In A Variety Of Ways, Has Never Been Deeply Explored In A Single Coherent Work, Especially One That Links The Various Eras And Movements, From The 1960s Through The 2000s.the Book Offers Portraits Of Dozens Of Artists And Insights Into The Meaning And Impact Of Hundreds Of Songs Across More Than Five Decades.the Focus Of The First Section, Ending War, Is The Vietnam War And The 1960s Woodstock Generation: The First Time In History That Popular Music Turned Against An Active American War Effort. The Author Reviews All Of The Highlights Of This Period Of Vintage Protest Music, From Folk Pioneers Pete Seeger And Bob Dylan, Through Jimi Hendrix And Marvin Gaye, To John Lennon And Crosby, Stills, Nash, And Young.