{"product_id":"against-the-vietnam-war-9780742559141","title":"Against the Vietnam War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor some, it was a movement for peace. For others, it was a war against the war. In the eyes of certain participants, the movement was cultural and social at its core, a matter of changing society. Still others defined their protests as political and sought out the economic root causes of the war. What many would agree upon was that it was a time when a remarkable generation came of age and a great nation was shaken to its very foundations.The protest movement in opposition to the Vietnam War was a complex amalgam of political, social, economic, and cultural motivations, factors, and events. Against the Vietnam War brings together the different facets of that movement and its various shades of opinion. Here the participants themselves offer statements and reflections on their activism, the era, and the consequences of a war that spanned three decades and changed the United States of America. The keynote is on individual experience in a time when almost every event had national and inte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an outstanding collection of writings by anti-Vietnam war activists that gives a vivid sense of the range of principles and passions that motivated one of the largest and most influential social movements in American history. We hear from scholars and soldiers, senators and students, clergy, journalists, conscientious objectors, grassroots organizers and national mobilizers, some well-known and others from the rank-and-file of the movement. The result is a powerful compilation that should find a place on the reading lists for many courses on the Vietnam War, peace and justice, or the United States in the 1960s. -- William A. Joseph, Wellesley College, editor of Introduction to Comparative Politics, 4th Ed.\u003cbr\u003eInvaluable for reminding readers of the complexity within the antiwar movement. Robbins has composed an anthology with remarkable diversity in points of view, with due attention to resistance to the Vietnam War within the military and by veterans, and with respect for the political capacities of everyday citizens. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *\u003cbr\u003eIn its balance between famous and grassroots activists, Against the War offers a wealth of valuable insights into why Americans opposed the Vietnam War and how their opposition took form—and colored their lives forever. * Peace \u0026amp; Change *\u003cbr\u003eThere is no other book quite like this one and its importance has only grown over the years. We need to listen to these voices for they mirror a huge number of American lives. One is grateful for this sorrowful and wonderful record. -- Gloria Emerson, foreign correspondent for The New York Times in Vietnam from 1969 to 1972 and the author of Winners\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword: Vietnam and Iraq Introduction Part I: Beginnings Chapter 1: The Need to Remember Chapter 2: The Impossible Victory:Vietnam Part II: The War at Home Chapter 3: From Ha Ha McNamara Chapter 4: My Vietnam Chapter 5: Burning Illusions:The Napalm Campaign Chapter 6: The Responsibility of Intellectuals Chapter 7: Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam Chapter 8: Why I Joined the Resistance Chapter 9: A Time to Say No Chapter 10: Poems Chapter 11: Chicago 1968: Street-Fighten' Man Chapter 12: From the Suburbs to Saigon Chapter 13: Vietnam Comes to Lexington: Memorial Day 1971 Part III: Soldiers against the War Chapter 14: What Did You Do In the Class War, Daddy? Chapter 15: War Memorial: Staying Close to a Buddy Twenty-five Years after His Death Chapter 16: American War Crimes and Vietnam Veterans Chapter 17: The War against the War Part IV: Consequences Chapter 18: Consequences of the Vietnam War and Government Policies of the Seventies Chapter 19: Passing It On: The Movement for Teaching the Vietnam War in Schools Chapter 20: Visiting Vietnam Chapter 21: Chicago 1996: Despite Corporate Media Silence Many Powerful Protests Part V: Conclusions Chapter 22: What I Got Out of the War Chapter 23: Cherishing Vistas, Embracing Human Beings: Toward Peace and Freedom Chapter 24: Deja Vu All Over Again","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037628760407,"sku":"9780742559141","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780742559141.jpg?v=1750936571","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/against-the-vietnam-war-9780742559141","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}