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Rules of Disengagement
About this book
Lessons from veterans and active duty service members in opposition to US interventionist military policy 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 US 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 US military policy.
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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
Bonhomme R...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Introduction
- One Resisting Illegal Wars
- Two Modern Conscientious Objectors
- Three Winter Soldier
- Four Dissent and Disengagement
- Five Challenging Racism
- Six Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in the Military
- Seven The Medical Side of War
- Eight Discharges
- Nine The Families
- Ten Conclusion
- Appendix: Resources
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors