Fighting for Peace : Veterans and Military Families in the Anti-Iraq War Movement /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leitz, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Veterans > Political activity.
Protest movements.
Peace movements.
Ethics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Mouvements pacifistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Familles de militaires > Activite politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Contestation > États-Unis.
Anciens combattants > Activite politique > États-Unis.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Aspect moral.
Peace movements > United States > History > 21st century.
Families of military personnel > Political activity > United States > History > 21st century.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Protest movements > United States.
Veterans > Political activity > United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Moral and ethical aspects.
United States.
Iraq.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9781452940878

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