Vietnam, Protest, and a Nation in Crisis explores one of the most turbulent and transformative eras in modern American history. From John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and the terror of the Cuban Missile Crisis to the assassination of Kennedy, the rise of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, and the devastating escalation of the Vietnam War, this nineteenth volume examines how hope, reform, war, and distrust collided in the 1960s and early 1970s. It follows the growth of the antiwar movement, the women's movement, gay rights activism after Stonewall, and the political collapse brought by Watergate. The book concludes with the fall of Saigon and the crisis of confidence that reshaped America's understanding of power, democracy, and national identity.