Peace in the Mountains - Northern Appalachian Students Protest the Vietnam War

"This book explores student war protests at three northern Appalachian universities during the Vietnam War era: Ohio University, the University of West Virginia, and the University of Pittsburgh. All three universities had robust ROTC programs, and Thomas Weyant looks at these programs, its students, and the war protests surrounding them. He discusses how ROTC student dissent and other student protests-far removed from the widely known atrocities at Kent State and the nationally covered student protests at American universities in the DC area-illuminates our understanding of the Vietnam War and its lingering effects on American society"--

About the author

THOMAS WEYANT is an assistant professor of history at Black Hills State University in South Dakota.

Summary

Analyses student activism at the University of Pittsburgh, Ohio University, and West Virginia University during the Vietnam War era. Drawing from a wide variety of sources, Thomas Weyant tracks the dynamics of a student-led campus response to the war in real time and outside the purview of the national media.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Weyant
• Publisher: University Of Tennessee Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781621905714
• ISBN: 978-1-62190-571-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Legacies of War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous