 Cover of the first edition | |
| Editors | Ron Carver, David Cortright and Barbara Doherty |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | History, Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War, Anti-war, Vietnam War |
| Published | September 2019 (New Village Press) (distributed by New York University Press) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 320 pages, 8.50 x 11.00 in, 200 black and white illustrations (1st edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | 978-1-61332-107-2 (1st edition, hardcover) |
| Website | https://wagingpeaceinvietnam.com |
| Includes oral histories and photographs by Willa Seidenberg and William Short from A Matter of Conscience | |
Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War is a non-fiction book edited by Ron Carver, David Cortright, and Barbara Doherty. It was published in September 2019 by New Village Press and is distributed by New York University Press. In March 2023 a Vietnamese language edition of the book (Vietnamese: Tranh đấu cho hòa bình) was launched at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[1]
The book documents the movement by U.S. GIs and veterans in opposition to the Vietnam War, and asserts that this resistance has "become an almost secret history." Through essays, oral histories, photographs, documents, poems, and pages of the GI underground press, the book refutes what it calls the "post-Vietnam myth" of antiwar protesters spitting on returning Vietnam GIs, and instead shows GIs to have been an integral part of the antiwar movement.
In an introductory essay, David Cortright, Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, counters the claim that the U.S. military could have won the Vietnam War had it not been undermined by politicians and the media, and he writes: "The dissent and defiance of troops played a decisive role in limiting the U.S. ability to continue the war." He adds: "It is arguable that by 1970 U.S. ground troops in Vietnam had ceased to function as an effective fighting force."[2]: p.4 The book presents evidence for this conclusion.
- ^ Nguyen, Hannah (2023-03-02). "HCMC Museum Launches Vietnamese Version of "Waging Peace in Vietnam"". Vietnam Times.
- ^ Carver, Ron; Cortright, David; Doherty, Barbara, eds. (2019). Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War. Oakland, CA: New Village Press. p. 15. ISBN 9781613321072.