About the book review, I gather that the writer has found little "documentation" and so uses vast generalizations about other times, other places, other events, to "prove" his case. I, for one, do not credit such an approach.

I thought there were so many different views and theories and ways of acting, in those days, that no quickie characterization can ever be accurate.

My appreciation to everyone who shared their experiences here, contributing their part of the elephant. It was a hellish time. It was also one of this country's most educational eras, politically, since WWII.That's one good and lasting thing we can say about it.
--Larry C.