Lisa’s Reviews > Wichita Lineman: Searching in the Sun for the World's Greatest Unfinished Song > Status Update

1968 - "The country found itself in a ferocious culture war over so-called values issues - crime, abortion, patriotism, prayer in school, freedom of speech, etc.- all magnified by popular culture and dramatised by an increasingly aggressive news media. It was no wonder that many Americans thought their country was having a nervous breakdown." Add in assassinations, the Vietnam War, Civil Rights, and mix.