Review:
"What Did the Baby Boomers Ever Do for Us? returns Sixties mythology to history. The mirror Beckett holds up to the recent past is smeared with the suffering of young people today." -- Laurie Penny, New Statesman --Laurie Penny, New Statesman
"Another boomer has belatedly woken up to the problems they have left us -- Francis Beckett in his brilliant new book, What Did the Baby Boomers Ever Do for Us?" -- Rosemary Urwin, Evening Standard --Rosemary Urwin, Evening Standard
"Grey-haired hippies will read this book and shudder; the rest of us, though, will read it for the splendid stories and shafts of insight." -- Dominic Sandbrook, BBC History Magazine --Dominic Sandbrook, BBC History Magazine
"Another boomer has belatedly woken up to the problems they have left us -- Francis Beckett in his brilliant new book, What Did the Baby Boomers Ever Do for Us?" -- Rosemary Urwin, Evening Standard --Rosemary Urwin, Evening Standard
"Grey-haired hippies will read this book and shudder; the rest of us, though, will read it for the splendid stories and shafts of insight." -- Dominic Sandbrook, BBC History Magazine --Dominic Sandbrook, BBC History Magazine
About the Author:
FRANCIS BECKETT is an author, journalist, broadcaster and contemporary historian. His books include Gordon Brown, The Great City Academy Fraud and Clem Atlee.
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