Ron Carver, David Cortright, Barbara Doherty

Broschiertes Buch

Waging Peace in Vietnam: US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War

Beschreibung

Presenting firsthand accounts, oral histories, and a wealth of underground newspapers, posters, flyers, and photographs documenting the actions of anti-war GIs and veterans who took part in the resistance, this text features 14 original essays by leading scholars and activists.

Autor

Ron Carver worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC in the early 1960s. From 1969-71 he coordinated support for the GI antiwar movement, helping soldiers tell their stories in underground newspapers. For decades Carver has directed campaigns for labor unions. He has also produced award-winning documentary films. Carver curated the exhibition Waging Peace for the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. David Cortright was active in the GI movement and plaintiff in the lawsuit Cortright v. Resor to uphold soldier First Amendment rights. Cortright is the author or editor of more than 20 books including the 1975 classic Soldiers in Revolt and Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas. He is a professor of peace studies and director of policy studies and the Peace Accords Matrix at the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Barbara Doherty was, during the Vietnam War era, a member of Alameda People for Peace, a multi-generational antiwar community organization. Doherty is a longtime writer and editor for labor unions and nonprofit organizations and lives in the Washington, DC, area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Village Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 216mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9781613321065
• ISBN-10: 1613321066
• Artikelnr.: 56713261