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Fighting for Peace [electronic resource] : Veterans and Military Families in the Anti-Iraq War Movement
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leitz, Lisa.
- Series:
- Social Movements, Protest and Contention
- Social Movements, Protest and Contention ; v.40
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families of military personnel--Political activity--United States--History--21st century.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Protest movements--United States.
- Peace movements--United States--History--21st century.
- Veterans--Political activity--United States.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Moral and ethical aspects--21st century--United States.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Veterans--Political activity--21st century--United States.
- Veterans.
- Families of military personnel--History--Political activity--United States.
- Families of military personnel.
- Peace movements--History.
- Peace movements.
- Local Subjects:
- Families of military personnel--Political activity--United States--History--21st century.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Protest movements--United States.
- Peace movements--United States--History--21st century.
- Veterans--Political activity--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fighting for Peace brings to light an important yet neglected aspect of opposition to the Iraq War-the role of veterans and their families. Drawing on extensive participant observation and interviews, Lisa Leitz demonstrates how the harrowing war experiences of veterans and their families motivated a significant number of them to engage in peace activism.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface. Contradictions: Peace/War and Observer/Participant; Introduction: The Military Peace Movement; 1 Joining the Military Peace Movement: Risky Business; 2 Insider-Outsiders: From Warriors to War Protestors; 3 Building a Family and Transforming Activists' Emotions; 4 Managing and Deploying the Insider-Outsider Identity; 5 Using Grief to Connect with Bystanders; Conclusion: One War Ends, Another War Continues; Appendix. Timeline of Major Events: Wars, Public Opinion, and Protests; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K
- LM; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-4087-8
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