Who Spoke Up?; American Protest Against the War in Vietnam, 1963-1975

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1984. First Edition [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 460 pages. Includes Foreword, Afterword, Glossary, Notes, Bibliographical Note, Selected Bibliography, and Index. Signed by Jerry Sullivan and inscribed by Nancy Zaroulis on the front free endpaper, . Her inscription reads: For Matt Schaffer--With best wishes to a good talker. Includes Foreword, Afterword, Glossary, Notes, Bibliographical Note, Selected Bibliography, and Index. DJ has several small tears and chips. Nancy Zaroulis aka Cynthia Peale writes fiction and nonfiction. American protest against the war in Vietnam was begun and sustained by American citizens who believed that in a representative democracy, individuals can make themselves heard and, more, can affect public policy. Never before in time of war (declared or not) had so many citizens freely stood up to say to their government, "No. Stop!" If the anti-war movement is remembered at all today, it's through the distorted image of the foul-mouthed, rock-throwing, hate-filled protester spitting on returning soldiers, an image designed to tar the very idea of honorable protest. This book is a valuable reminder of the truth about the anti-war movement: that it was largely made up of ordinary people appalled and deeply saddened by this country's actions in Vietnam. Did you know there were organized groups such as Businessmen for Peace? Housewives for Peace? Did you know that a majority of military bases in the USA published underground anti-war newspapers? You'll learn all that and more in this thoroughly researched history of a movement too many people would like to forget. Read and learn! In a society that would rather feel good about itself than examine its national conscience, it's good to know that some refuse to settle for complacency.