The Anti-War Movement in
the US.
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| 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 the decision making processes of the individuals, the procedures in the military for the application for CO status, and the court martials of some of those relating their narratives. Valuable study of the GI anti-war movement on a personal scale. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
