After reading a few chapters, I decided this book held no interest for me at this time nor was it a good fit for my blog.  I elected not to finish the book now, but it may well be a case of "the wrong book at the wrong time" syndrome and I might be willing to try it again in the future.  Thank you to Perseus Books Group, Da Capo Press and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to sample this title.

I learned so much from this book!  I knew some things about Kent State, but was unaware about how much I didn't know.  There is so much that happened before and after the shootings, both on campus and around the country.  I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in history.

In my house, we talked very little about Vietnam, or the violence with the IRA. I suppose that is why certain days live in my mind, this is one of them. I was only ten at the time but I remember this violence in my home state. Three days of protest, more students than I could count and then the National Guard. It was so hard to believe in 13 seconds, 67 shots could be issued and four lives killed. 

The author, Howard Means, did a good job with the oral-history collection and interviewing to relay this story from those who were there. I feel he was able to describe the tension and the anger surrounding this time. Not only of those there but across the nation. From the President, the Governor, the Mayor and so on, each are examined to help us to reflect on that day and, hopefully, stop it from happening again. 

Very good. I was given this book by NetGalley and Perseus Group Books, De Capo Press in exchange for my honest review.