Give Peace a Chance

by Small, Melvin; Hoover, William D.; Charles Debenedetti Memorial Conference; Debenedetti, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780815625599
• ISBN10: 0815625596
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

Written by veterans of the Vietnam War and participants in the organized opposition to it, this book examines how the activities of America's most important antiwar movement affected the lives of its citizens and its government.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xix
Antiwar Movement Strategies and Tactics	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The Counterculture and the Antiwar Movement	p. 7
You Don't Need a Weatherman but a Postman Can Be Helpful	p. 22
Calcav and Religious Opposition to the Vietnam War	p. 35
Pacifists and the Vietnam Antiwar Movement	p. 53
May Day 1971	p. 71
The Military and the Antiwar Movement	p. 89
Introduction	p. 91
The Gi Movement and the Response from the Brass	p. 93
Gi Resistance During the Vietnam War	p. 116
Vietnam Veterans and War Crimes Hearings	p. 129
They Moved the Town	p. 141
Women and the Antiwar Movement	p. 155
Introduction	p. 157
Not My Son, Not Your Son, Not Their Sons	p. 159
Women Power and Women's Liberation	p. 171
The Women Who Left Them Behind	p. 182
The Antiwar Movement in the Schools	p. 197
Introduction	p. 199
Look Out Kid, You'Re Gonna Get Hit!	p. 201
Conscience and the Courts	p. 223
Notes Selected Readings Contributors Index	p. 241
Notes	p. 243
Selected Readings	p. 275
Contributors	p. 283
Index	p. 287
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