Rules of Disengagement

Marjorie Cohn, Kathleen Gilberd

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9781936227419
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice
• Index: Law

Rules of Disengagement examines the reasons men and women in the military have disobeyed orders and resisted the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It takes readers into the courtroom where sailors, soldiers, and Marines have argued that these wars are illegal under international law and unconstitutional under U.S. law. Through the voices of active duty service members and veterans, it explores the growing conviction among our troops that the wars are wrong. While the Obama Administration’s pledge to remove all American troops from Iraq by the end of 2011 is encouraging – and in no small way likely attributable to resistance by our armed forces – it continues to fight in Afghanistan, and the military may soon have a heightened presence elsewhere in the Middle East and in Africa. As such, Rules of Disengagement provides inspiration and lessons for anyone who opposes an interventionist U.S. military policy.

Index

Aberdeen Proving Ground, 115

absent without leave (AWOL), 8, 28, 33, 69, 107, 147, 150, 166. See also unauthorized absence

Abu Ghraib, 16, 34–36, 49, 108

Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), 68, 198

administrative action, 71, 102, 109

administrative discharge, 154, 162, 163

Advice for Conscientious Objectors in the Armed Forces (CCCO), 43, 165

Afghanistan, 29, 132, 133, 135, 182, 187, 193

African American involvement in the Vietnam War, 93–94

African American soldiers

dehumanizing, 90–92

Vietnam War and, 92–95

Agent Orange, 146

aggression

defined, 18”19

wars of, 18, 19, 65, 71, 191

Aguayo, Augustin, 32–33

Air Force, 101

Air Force Academy, 119

al Qaeda, 188

Ali, Muhammad, 37

Allison, Aimee, 91, 194

Alviso, Pat, 178

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 98–99

American Friends Service Committee, 164, 199

American GI Forum, 146

American Indian Movement, 94–95

American Veterans and Servicemembers Survival Guide (Veterans for America), 147

Amnesty International, 28

antidepressants, 140, 142, 143. See also psychological problems

Antiwar Soldier: How to Dissent within the Ranks of the Military (Hutto), 90

Appeal for Redress, 66–67, 72

Arabs, 88–90. See also Iraqis; Muslims

Arlington National Cemetery, 172

Army. See specific topics

Army of None (Allison and Solnit), 194

Army Reserve, 35, 135, 177

Asian American GIs, 93

“backdoor draft,” 9

bad conduct discharge, 96, 166

“bad paper” discharges, 162

Baghdad, 129, 134

Bahrain, 115

Bangert, Joe, 47

Barnes, Robert, 193

bipolar disorder, 140

Black Panther Party, 94

black power movement, 93, 96

Black Servicemen’s Caucus, 94

Black Veterans for Social Justice, 186, 196

Blackwater Security Consulting, 56

Blake, Michael, 88

blogs, 10, 73, 191

Boards for Correction of Military Records, 146, 163

Bodley, Derrill, 182

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