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Dangerous grounds : antiwar coffeehouses and military dissent in the Vietnam era /
As the Vietnam War divided the nation, a network of antiwar coffeehouses appeared in the towns and cities outside American military bases. Owned and operated by civilian activists, GI coffeehouses served as off-base refuges for the growing number of active-duty soldiers resisting the war. In the fir...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | As the Vietnam War divided the nation, a network of antiwar coffeehouses appeared in the towns and cities outside American military bases. Owned and operated by civilian activists, GI coffeehouses served as off-base refuges for the growing number of active-duty soldiers resisting the war. In the first history of this network, David L. Parsons shows how antiwar GIs and civilians united to battle local authorities, vigilante groups, and the military establishment itself by building a dynamic peace movement within the armed forces. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 157 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469632025 1469632020 9781469632032 1469632039 9781469661551 1469661551 |