Above the Shots – An Oral History of the Kent State Shootings Simpson Wilson

Above the ShotsAn Oral History of the Kent State Shootings\nAuthor(s): Craig S. Simpson, Gregory S. Wilson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Kent State University Press, United States\nImprint: Kent State University Press\nISBN-13: 9781606352915, 978-1606352915\nSynopsis\nA deadly confrontation at Kent State University between Vietnam War protesters and members of the Ohio National Guard occurred in the afternoon on May 4, 1970. What remained, along with the tragic injuries and lives lost, was a remarkable array of conflicting interpretations and theories about what happenedand why.\n\nAbove the Shots sheds new light on this historic event through the recollections of more than 50 narrators, whose stories are unique and riveting: the former mayor of Kent a witness to the riot in town a few nights earlier a protester who helped burn the ROTC building a Black United Students member who was warned to stay away from the protest a Vietnam veteran who deplored the counterculture yet administe.