Most of the literature on 1968 in this respect focuses on the Western world and only rarely puts forward an integrative, transnational perspective.

The very few decidedly transnational studies of 1968 to date are:

• Francois, Etienne. 1968: Ein europäisches Jahr? Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 1997.
• Gilcher-Holtey, Ingrid. Die 68er-Bewegung: Deutschland, Westeuropa, USA. Munich: Beck, 2001.
• Horn, Gerd-Rainer. The Spirit of ’68: Rebellion in Western Europe and North America, 1956–1976. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Horn, Gerd-Rainer and Padraic Kenney. Transnational Moments of Change: Europe 1945, 1968, 1989. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.
• Klimke, Martin. The “Other” Alliance: Global Protest and Student Unrest in West Germany and the U.S., 1962–1972. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, forthcoming 2008.
• Marwick, Arthur. The Sixties: Cultural Revolution in Britain, France, Italy, and the United States, c. 1958–c. 1974. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Schildt, Axel and Detlef Siegfried, ed. Between Marx and Coca–Cola: Youth Cultures in Changing European Societies, 1960–1980. New York: Berghahn, 2006.
• Teodori, Massimo. Storia delle nuove sinister in Europa, 1956–1976. Bologna: Mulino, 1976.

For other comparative or global approaches see:

• Ronald Fraser, 1968: A Student Generation in Revolt. New York: Pantheon, 1988.
• Katsiaficas, George. The Imagination of the New Left: A Global Analysis of 1968. Boston, Mass.: South End Press, 1987.
• Statera, Gianni. Death of a Utopia: The Development and Decline of Student Movements in Europe. New York: Oxford University Press, 1975.
• Suri, Jeremi. Power and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of Détente. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003; Carole Fink et al., eds. 1968: A World Transformed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

For a chronology of the year itself, see:

• Caute, David. The Year of the Barricades: A Journey through 1968. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
• Watkins, Susan and Tariq Ali, 1968: Marching in the Streets. New York: Free Press, 1998.