Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists (Hardcover)

by Mary Susannah Robbins (Editor)

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Throughout these 25 essays and speeches, Robbins weaves the beginning of the antiwar movement of the 1960s with reflections about the consequences of Vietnam on today's social and political agenda. Some of these pieces are classics of the era, but others are published here for the first time.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 317 pages
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815627963
• ISBN-13: 978-0815627968
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 9.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,920,073 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Required reading in 2008, May 27, 2008

By	D. H. Robbins (NYC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists (Paperback)

Mary Susannah Robbins once again orchestrates a veritable panoply of talent and asks, in a very readable way, "How did we get here?" and, more importantly, "How are we going to get out?" This is not her first literary cry for peace and I sadly suspect not her last...If you are looking for a cogent summary about the state of terrorism and the state of our state, look no further. This is mandatory summer reading for the rightfully concerned.

5.0 out of 5 stars Vietnamese point of view, November 15, 2007

By	Jasmine (France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists (Paperback)

Growing up in a village during the "Vietnam War" I had suffered a great deal along side my family, relatives, and friends. Many of them had been killed by American bombs. Among the survivors, those who had been victims of Agent Orange have passed the disease onto their children and grandchildren. There is no future for them. I feel deeply grateful to those Americans who had been brave enough to speak out against that meaningless war and the senseless killing of innocent Vietnamese. There are lessons for the Americans to learn. Will they be willing to learn them?

5.0 out of 5 stars Against the Vietnam War, July 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists (Paperback)

'At (Mary Susannah Robbins') 25th class reunion at Harvard she attended a symposium, "Vietnam: The Choices We Made." After the event, she recalls, "In Harvard Square it seemed that the sidewalk was glass, that below lay the rubble of the Vietnam War on which American society was built, and that no one was looking down... So I would look down, I would not deny it any longer: I would look at the war and the antiwar movement, so inextricable."
Robbins assembled essays from 24 writers -- 19 men, five women... The authors include some of the best known opponents of the war -- Eugene McCarthy, Joan Baez, Daniel Berrigan, Howard Zinn, Martin Luther King Jr.-- and some of the less known....'
Colman McCarthy, The Washington Post