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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Mary Susannah Robbins - Contributions by Arlene Ash; William Ayers; Daniel Berrigan S.J.; Noam Chomsky; Jane Collins; David Cortright; Dave Dellinger; Tod Ensign; James Fallows; Michael Ferber; H. Bruce Franklin; David Harris; Jeff Jones; Eugeni Klappentext For 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 international significance.A foreword by Staughton Lynd considers the events of the Vietnam War in the context of the present war in Iraq. Zusammenfassung The protest movement in opposition to the Vietnam War was a complex amalgam of political! social! economic! and cultural motivations! factors! and events. This work brings together the different facets of that movement and its various shades of opinion. It includes essays by Noam Chomsky! Staughton Lynd! Martin Luther King! among others. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Vietnam and IraqIntroductionPart I: BeginningsChapter 1: The Need to RememberChapter 2: The Impossible Victory:VietnamPart II: The War at HomeChapter 3: From Ha Ha McNamaraChapter 4: My VietnamChapter 5: Burning Illusions:The Napalm CampaignChapter 6: The Responsibility of IntellectualsChapter 7: Declaration of Independence from the War in VietnamChapter 8: Why I Joined the ResistanceChapter 9: A Time to Say NoChapter 10: PoemsChapter 11: Chicago 1968: Street-Fighten' ManChapter 12: From the Suburbs to SaigonChapter 13: Vietnam Comes to Lexington: Memorial Day 1971Part III: Soldiers against the WarChapter 14: What Did You Do In the Class War, Daddy?Chapter 15: War Memorial: Staying Close to a Buddy Twenty-five Years after His DeathChapter 16: American War Crimes and Vietnam VeteransChapter 17: The War against the WarPart IV: ConsequencesChapter 18: Consequences of the Vietnam War and Government Policies of the SeventiesChapter 19: Passing It On: The Movement for Teaching the Vietnam War in SchoolsChapter 20: Visiting VietnamChapter 21: Chicago 1996: Despite Corporate Media Silence Many Powerful ProtestsPart V: ConclusionsChapter 22: What I Got Out of the WarChapter 23: Cherishing Vistas, Embracing Human Beings: Toward Peace and FreedomChapter 24: Deja Vu All Over Again...
