56 The Anti-War Movement in the US. (Recommended Reading List on the Viet Nam War)
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This article is from the Vietnam FAQ, by Brian Ross, John R. Tegtmeier, Edwin E. Moise, Frank Vaughan, John Tegtmeier with numerous contributions by others.
56 The Anti-War Movement in the US. (Recommended Reading List on the Viet Nam War)
Ehrhart, W.D. Passing Time : Memoir of a Vietnam Veteran
Against the War. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1989; 2nd ed, Amherst:
University of Masschusetts Press, 1995.
Gioglio, Gerald R. Days of Decision : An Oral History of
Conscientious Objectors in the Military During the Vietnam War.
Trenton: Broken Rifle Press, 1989.
This work contains the oral history of 24
in-service conscientious objectors, including some who served in
Vietnam as medics. All services are represented. The histories
include thedecision making processes of the individuals, the
procedures in the military for the application for CO status, and the
court marshalls of some of those relating their narratives. Valuable
study of the GI anti-war movement on a personal scale.
Heineman, Kenneth. Campus Wars : The Peace Movement at
American State Universities in the Vietnam Era. New York: New York
University Press, 1994.
Moser, Richard. The New Winter Soldiers : GI and Veteran
Dissent During the Vietnam Era. Perspectives in the Sixties. New
Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996.
*CORE* Moser, using interviews and oral history,
presents a stunning view of the GI Movement - the anti-war
protest that grew within the military itself in the later stages of the
war, as well as veteran groups (such as the VVAW) who actively opposed
the war.
Small, Melvin and William D. Hoover, eds. Give Peace a
Chance : Exploring the Vietnam Antiwar Movement. Essays from the Charles
Debenedetti Memorial Conference. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University
Press, 1992.
Wells, Tom. The War Within : America's Battle over Vietnam.
With a Foreword by Todd Gitlin. Berkeley: University of
California Press, 1994; reprint paper, Henry Holt, 1996.
*CORE* Wells is a sociologist, and presents in
this volume the social impact of the anti-war movement and its effects
on government policies. Based on both written sources and interviews
from both sides, Wells argues the increasing difficulties in
communication and alienation between the two sides, and the media's role
as both propagandist and mediator of their discourse.
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