Blood on the tracks : the life and times of S. Brian Willson : a psychohistorical memoir / S. Brian Willson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willson, S. Brian, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacifists--United States--Biography.

Pacifists.

Veterans--United States--Biography.

Veterans.

Peace movements--United States.

Peace movements.

Nonviolence--United States.

Nonviolence.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Willson, S. Brian, 1941-.

Willson, S. Brian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (537 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : PM Press, [2011]

Summary:

After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life fighting for. Chronicling his personal struggle with a government he believes to be unjust, Willson sheds light on the various incarnations of his protests of the U.S. government, including the refusal to pay taxes, public fasting, and, most famously, public obstruction. On September 1, 1987, Willson was run over by a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action in which he e

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Reviews""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Special Author�s Acknowledgment ""; ""Author�s Conventions ""; ""Introduction by Daniel Ellsberg ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Part I All-American""; ""1. July 4, 1941 ""; ""2. At Bat ""; ""3. Seeking a Calling ""; ""4. Enlisted ""; ""5. Us and Them ""; ""Part II Pax Americana""; ""6. In Country: Viet Nam""; ""7. Lett ers Home ""; ""8. Conduct Unbecoming ""; ""9. Sent Home ""; ""Part III The Criminal Injustice System""; ""10. No, Justice ""; ""11. A Caged Society ""; ""12. Back to the Land ""; ""13. Flashback ""

""Part IV The United States in America""""14. Without Leave ""; ""15. Becoming a Vet ""; ""16. Dignity Trumps Longevity ""; ""17. Fasting for Life ""; ""18. In Country: Nicaragua ""; ""Part V She Is Me""; ""19. Blood on the Tracks ""; ""20. “Here Comes the Train� ""; ""21. What Really Happened ""; ""22. S. Brian Willson, “Terrorist� ""; ""Part VI Third World Legs""; ""23. Becoming a Hero ""; ""24. Fighting Empire in El Salvador ""; ""25. Coca-Cola Colombia ""; ""26. Assimilation or Elimination ""; ""Part VII Steady State""; ""27. Cuba�A Special Case ""; ""28. Horizontalism ""

""29. Arrowheads """"30. Zapatistas! An Archetype ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Notes ""; ""Recommended Reading List ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Index ""; ""About PM Press""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781604865929

160486592X

9781604865943

1604865946

OCLC:

747410575