| Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists Revised Edition Contributor(s): Robbins, Mary Susannah (Editor), Ash, Arlene (Contribution by), Ayers, William (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0742559149 ISBN-13: 9780742559141 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: 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 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | Military - General - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 959.704 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.37" W x 8.94" (1.15 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ayers, William: - educational theorist, author, and distinguished professor of education and senior university scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago |