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Since I turned 8 in 1959, I felt like this was a book that put my childhood in historical context. Kaplan argues that the particular gestalt of 1959--well, really, the late 50's and early 60's--was the simultaneous belief in possible annihilation from the recently deployed atomic bomb and the infinite possibilities inspired by space exploration. With chapters on subjects as diverse as Ginsberg and Kerouac; the legal battle over the publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover; the early days of the Cuban revolution; the development of the microchip; and the FDA approval of the birth control pill, among others, Kaplan tells his story in an inviting and interesting manner. As with all history books, I seemed to forget everything within a few days of reading, but this appears to be my problem, and not the author's.