Briti kirjandus 20.-21. sajand kordamisküsimused vastustega
catholic. Changed the whole climate of world politics. Cold war intensified(tugevnema)
Science. Earth rising: apollo8 mission in December 1968, seven months before the first lunar
landing. Endless further visions and possibilities. Totally new horizons. Original NASA photograph:
earth: small, fragile, just behind the corner, example of visual manipulation. First man in space
circled the earth. First man on the moon 1969. Earth too small-US/USSR fighting for space.
Society.Attacks on authoritan government-against De Gaulle's regime in Paris, re-election in June.
May 1968 Student revolts, troubles in many student campuses. Appearance of radical youth-
students and intellectuals.Growing tension-Berlin wall-symbol of prison. Castro power in Cuba.
Cuban missile crisis (Krushchec). Rising nuclear threat.
Victories and losses. On a larger scale: opportunity to shake up the ,,old society" in many social
aspects incl