Wartime Dissent in America

A History and Anthology

R. Mann

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9780230104846
• eBook ISBN:
  9780230111967
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

Through the speeches, essays and interviews of some of the most compelling individuals in American history who stood against the key conflicts of their lifetimes, this book gives remarkable insight into wartime dissent in the U.S. from the revolutionary war to the war on terror.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 The American Revolution: “Rebels to the Law of the Kingdom”
• 2 The War of 1812: “Weed Our Country of Traitors”
• 3 The Mexican War: “This Miserable War”
• 4 The Civil War: “This War is Murder, & Nothing Else”
• 5 The Spanish-American War and the Philippine War: “The Blind Passions of This Country”
• 6 World War I: “The Poison of Disloyalty”
• 7 World War II: “Stop Asking for War”
• 8 The Cold War: “Hurtling Toward War Again”
• 9 The Korean War: “No Substitute for Victory”
• 10 The Vietnam War: “Yellow in Color and Lacking in Courage”
• 11 The Persian Gulf War: “A Headlong Course Toward War”
• 12 The Global War on Terrorism: “The Patriot Games, the Lying Games”
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Index