History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of "history" it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody understands at the time—and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (ed. Vintage, 2010) - ISBN: 9780307744067