History at Last? 1968–2008

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Notes

[1] This article considers only book publications; for an analysis of the wider public discourse at the 40th anniversary, see Gordon (forthcoming).

[2] Cf. Foot (2008).

[3] More substantive recent autobiographies from the ‘usual suspects’ include Krivine (2006) as well as the English translation of Debray (2007), while Gildea (2009) discusses contributions by, amongst others, Jean-Pierre Duteil and Alain Geismar. In a neat historical symmetry, Alain Krivine's political ‘son’, Olivier Besancenot, has now offered his own account of Régis Debray's early political ‘father’, Che Guevara—for a critique of which see Martel (2008).

[4] Sirinelli has also co-edited a useful special issue of Vingtième Siècle, no. 98 (April–June 2008) entitled L'ombre portée de Mai 68.

[5] Cf. Seidman (2004).

[6] I am grateful to Jill Lovecy for this point. Cf. Vinen (1996, pp. 143–145).