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Japan was a physical and psychological wasteland at the end of World War II. With over three million dead, 39 percent of city populations homeless, 40 percent of all urban areas flattened, 80 percent of all ships destroyed, and 33 percent of all industrial machine tools rendered inoperable, the country was devastated and demoralized. And yet, just 19 years later, Japan stood proud-modern, peace-loving, and open - welcoming the world as the host of the 1964 Olympics, the largest global event of its time.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * THE BEST SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR "October 1964 should be a hit with old-time baseball fans, who'll relish the opportunity to relive that year's to-die-for World Series, when the dynastic but aging New York Yankees squared off against the upstart St. Louis...

No ano em que o Golpe Militar de 1964 completa 60 anos, a Revolução Brasileira (RB) lança o podcast 1964: O Golpe que Não Termina, que resgata de forma crítica o período político e histórico que mergulhou o Brasil em uma longa noite de 21 anos, e que reverbera até os dias atuais. Dividido em 3 episódios, o podcast analisa os processos e a conjuntura política e social que culminaram na deposição do Presidente da República João Goulart e reconfiguraram a economia política do país.

Golpe de 1964: Perdas e Danos lança luz sobre as propostas de políticas públicas que estavam em debate no início dos anos de 1960, porque não vingaram e quem lucrou com a ditadura. A primeira temporada, Futuro Interrompido, resgata os embates em torno das Reformas de Base do ex-presidente João Goulart que serviriam de estopim para que a direita se unisse e interrompesse o processo democrático.

Motivated by the idea of turning Flushing Meadows, literally a land of refuse, into his greatest public park, Robert Moses—New York's "master builder"—brought the World's Fair to the Big Apple for 1964 and '65. Though considered a financial failure, the 1964/65 World's Fair was a sixties flash point in areas from politics to pop culture, technology to urban planning, and civil rights to violent crime. In an epic narrative, Tomorrow-Land shows the astonishing pivots taken by New York City, America, and the world during the fair.

If 1968 marked a turning point in a pivotal decade, 1964—or rather, the long 1964, from JFK’s assassination in November 1963 to mid-1965—was the time when the sixties truly arrived. It was then that the United States began a radical shift toward a much more inclusive definition of “American,” with a greater degree of equality and a government actively involved in social and economic improvement.

In time for the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s epic trips to China and Russia, as well as his incredible Watergate downfall, the man who was at his side for a decade as his aide and White House Deputy takes readers inside the life and administration of Richard Nixon. From Richard...