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Press Release: Kusch, Battleground Chicago

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2008 marks the fortieth anniversary of a black mark on American history: the 1968 Democratic Convention and its notorious example of police brutality against demonstrators. The provocative Battleground Chicago offers a new perspective on this tragic event by revealing how-and why-the police attacked antiwar activists at the convention. Working from interviews with eighty former Chicago police officers who were on the scene, Frank Kusch uncovers the other side of the story of ’68, deepening our understanding of a turbulent decade.

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Posted by TXM on April 24, 2008 12:25 PM | | Archived in Chicago | History | Politics and Current Events | Press Releases

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