PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION

Though often remembered as a student revolt, the events of May 1968 in France also saw what was up to that point the largest general strike in history. Singer offers an insightful and compelling account of how the radical student movement lit the powder keg of discontent at the heart of French society, triggering an explosion that sent shockwaves through Europe and beyond.

Singer's unrivaled eye for detail—both political and anecdotal—delivers a masterpiece of partisan journalism. Prelude to Revolution is a modern classic filled with relevant lessons for a new generation of radicals.

Daniel Singer (1926-2000) was a socialist writer and journalist. He was best known for his articles for The Nation in the United States and for The Economist in Britain, serving for decades as a European correspondent for each magazine. Gore Vidal described Singer as “one of the best, and certainly the sanest, interpreters of things European for American readers,” with a “Balzacian eye for human detail.”

PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION was first published in 1970 by Hill and Wang.