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Author: Scott H. Bennett
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2014-10-01
Total Pages: 397
ISBN-13: 0803240112
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Publication of these pages is enabled by a grant from Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford."
Author: Michael Kazin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-01-03
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1476705909
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this story of the movement that came close to keeping the United States out of the First World War,...Kazin brings us into the ranks of the largest, most diverse, and most sophisticated peace coalition up to that point in US history. They came from a variety of backgrounds: wealthy and middle and working class, urban and rural, white and black ... They mounted street demonstrations and popular exhibitions, attracted prominent leaders from the labor and suffrage movements, ran peace candidates for local and federal office, and founded new organizations that endured beyond the cause. For almost three years, they helped prevent Congress from authorizing a massive increase in the size of the US army"
Author: Ted Gottfried
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780761329329
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the efforts of anti-war activists throughout history from the Revolutionary War to the recent conflict in Iraq.
Author: Charles DeBenedetti
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1990-03-01
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 9780815602453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first interpretive history that covers the antiwar movement in this country throughout the entire Vietnam era. Richly illustrated with compelling photographs of the times, the book chronicles the war struggle that provoked a struggle about America.
Author: Mitchell K. Hall
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2018-01-04
Total Pages: 905
ISBN-13: 1440845190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow have Americans sought peaceful, rather than destructive, solutions to domestic and world conflict? This two-volume set documents peace and antiwar movements in the United States from the colonial era to the present. Although national leaders often claim to be fighting to achieve peace, the real peace seekers struggle against enormous resistance to their message and have often faced persecution for their efforts. Despite a well-established pattern of being involved in wars, the United States also has a long tradition of citizens who made extensive efforts to build and maintain peaceful societies and prevent the destructive human and material costs of war. Unarmed activists have most consistently upheld American values at home. Opposition to War: An Encyclopedia of U.S. Peace and Antiwar Movements investigates this historical tradition of resistance to involvement in armed conflict—an especially important and relevant topic today as the nation has been mired in numerous military conflicts throughout most of the current century. The book examines a largely misunderstood and underappreciated minority of Americans who have committed themselves to finding peaceful resolutions to domestic and international conflicts—individuals who have proposed and conducted an array of practical and creative methods for peaceful change, from the transformation of individual behavior to the development of international governing and legal systems, for more than 250 years. Readers will learn how individuals working alone or organized into societies of various size have steadfastly campaigned to stop war, end the arms race, eliminate the underlying causes of war, and defend the civil liberties of Americans when wartime nationalism most threatens them.
Author: Murray Polner
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Published: 2008-09-09
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 1568583850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA compelling collection of speeches, articles, poetry, book excerpts, political cartoons, and more from the American antiwar tradition beginning with the War of 1812 offers the full range of the subject's richness and variety, with contributions from Daniel Webster, Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, Patrick Buchanan, and many others. Original.
Author: Lawrence S. Wittner
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 384
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Randy Scherer
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces the history and development of the anti-war movement in America, profiling key figures and events in the movement that have had a significant impact on how Americans view war.
Author: Ron Carver
Publisher: New Village Press
Published: 2019-09-10
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1613321074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow American Soldiers Opposed and Resisted the War in Vietnam While mainstream narratives of the Vietnam War all but marginalize anti-war activity of soldiers, opposition and resistance from within the three branches of the military made a real difference to the course of America’s engagement in Vietnam. By 1968, every major peace march in the United States was led by active duty GIs and Vietnam War veterans. By 1970, thousands of active duty soldiers and marines were marching in protest in US cities. Hundreds of soldiers and marines in Vietnam were refusing to fight; tens of thousands were deserting to Canada, France and Sweden. Eventually the US Armed Forces were no longer able to sustain large-scale offensive operations and ceased to be effective. Yet this history is largely unknown and has been glossed over in much of the written and visual remembrances produced in recent years. Waging Peace in Vietnam shows how the GI movement unfolded, from the numerous anti-war coffee houses springing up outside military bases, to the hundreds of GI newspapers giving an independent voice to active soldiers, to the stockade revolts and the strikes and near-mutinies on naval vessels and in the air force. The book presents first-hand accounts, oral histories, and a wealth of underground newspapers, posters, flyers, and photographs documenting the actions of GIs and veterans who took part in the resistance. In addition, the book features fourteen original essays by leading scholars and activists. Notable contributors include Vietnam War scholar and author, Christian Appy, and Mme Nguyen Thi Binh, who played a major role in the Paris Peace Accord. The book originates from the exhibition Waging Peace, which has been shown in Vietnam and the University of Notre Dame, and will be touring the eastern United States in conjunction with book launches in Boston, Amherst, and New York.
Author: Daniel A. Sjursen
Publisher: Heyday Books
Published: 2020-09-08
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781597145145
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is patriotism in our volatile age? This incendiary work by Danny Sjursen is a personal cry from the heart by a once model U.S. Army officer and West Point graduate who became a military dissenter while still on active duty. Set against the backdrop of the terror wars of the last two decades, Sjursen asks whether there is a proper space for patriotism that renounces entitled exceptionalism and narcissistic jingoism. Once a burgeoning believer and budding conservative, who performed an intellectual and spiritual about face, Sjursen calls for a critical exploration of our allegiances, and suggests a path to a new, more complex notion of patriotism. Equal parts somber and idealistic, this is a story about what it means to be an American in the midst of perpetual war, and what the future of patriotism might look like.
